Young Man Standing With Hands In Pockets On Leith Streets c.1940
1940
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Nathaniel Cuthbertson.
Nathaniel was born in Leith in 1922 and he was know as “Sammy”. He worked in the merchant navy. He lost sight in one eye, and later worked making mattresses at the Blind Instutute. He died in 1976.
Donor number: 0532-126
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