THE COLLECTOR
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Fantasy Transport: When only the very rich could drive a car, and practical flight was still a dream away, you could indulge your fantasies and be a daredevil or a toff for a shilling.
Two Men: Though these men pictured in Aberdeen are anonymous a whole novel could be improvised from the picture, both actual (types of jersey can be identified) and imaginary.
Footballer: This proud icon of the sportsman is the real thing, not a cossetted millionaire celebrity. We do not know his name and black and white photography does not identify his team, so he stands for all the players of past times.
Portrait; Jo Paterson. Postcards coutesy of Tom Phillips
Wall: While these men merely have their backs to us we know the implications, and see the grave and simple humour: as well as appreciating one of the age-old functions of a well-made wall.
Shop: The modern butcher does his best to be reticent about the animals that are carved up for our consumption. The opposite is the case with a butcher of a hundred years ago when pride was taken in raw reality.
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