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Archive File

Printed works referring to the history of Leeds before c.1900: a draft bibliography prepared by Frank Beckwith

Beckwith, Frank (1904-1977)

c.1949

Partly original foliation. Mostly on clean versos of paper originally used for other purposes, including documents of the Leeds Library dated up to 1949.

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stencil
Textile

stencil

late 19th-mid 20th Century

This katagami stencil, used in resist dyeing, is one of a set in which separate stencils would have been used to apply different details and possibly different colours to the final design. Black ink...

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Coin

Denomination: heart-shaped 1d token

Date(s): 1670

Issuer/creator: Samuel Heath

Place: Chester

Material: brass

blanket
Textile

blanket

early 20th Century

A hand woven textile in green and red broad stripes, with small geometric patterns in black, white, yellow and pink on the red sections. The motifs in the stripes are similar to those found in Peruvi...

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Archive Item

Letter from: Sir George Joseph Ball, No address; 24th March 1939

24/03/1939

Information from 'a high German source' 3ff.

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Archive Item

Sender: Robertson, John Mackinnon

Recipient: Clodd, Edward

Letters: 7

Date(s): 23 Dec 1900 - 17 Oct 1928

Location: BC Clodd

Title: An epitaph that was writen on one Sarah Abraham tombstone a taylors wife at

St Edmundsbury

Author: Anonymous

Date(s): 174- ?

Manuscript: Lt 8

Contents: Witty epitaph on one Sarah Abraham

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