Portrait of a Girl by George Hallett

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Date:1972

Description:Hallett (b. 1942) is a South African photographer. Whilst living in exile in Britain in 1971 he was commissioned by the Times Educational Supplement to take a series of photographs in Handsworth. Many of these show children at home or out on the street. The girl here is surrounded by items of significance to the family.

This photograph is part of a Digital Handsworth online gallery: <a href="http://www.search.digitalhandsworth.org.uk/engine/resource/exhibition/standard/default.asp?resource=42">George Hallett: Handsworth through Southern Eyes</a>

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Photographers Hallett, George Children and Childhood 1901-2000 (20th century)

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Image courtesy of: Birmingham Archives & Heritage

Donor ref:BA&H: MS 2449/A/1/31 (110/2388)

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