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Total number of records: 1607

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Archives1083
Books and printed items304
Indexes135
Art items41
Textiles21
Objects11
Coins8
People and organisations3

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture644
Liddle Collection287
Brotherton Collection232
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections85
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society61
English Literature48
Art and Antique Market40
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History34
International Textile Collection21
Leeds Animation Workshop18

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SubjectCount
community life420
occupations415
nature411
animals393
agriculture316
culture307
vehicles263
implements, utensils etc218
food200
english language - dialects181

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England21
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Cumbria12
Appleby10
Bradford (England)6
China5
India5
Leeds (England)5
France4
Indonesia4

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)117
Brunk, Wille69
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)57
Fothergill, George William47
Barry, Michael V (1935-)22
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)17
Snaith, Eric16
Caunce, Stephen14
Chapman, Mr S.13
Dunn, Ginette13

Count of Earliest date

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From 1700129
From 1800220
From 19001233
From 200025

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Up to 179982
Up to 1899228
Up to 19991226
Up to latest71

Archive Object Item

horse’s head hilt

c.1800

A carved horse's head hilt or handle in alabaster. Carved with an indent and pin hole to fit onto a dagger or similar. The nose and ears are broken off. Associated with the Mughal Empire, India.

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Horses

Music, Zoran Antonio (1909-2005)

1949

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The horse

Duncan, Ronald (1914-1982)

1990

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Appleby Horse Fair: Showing Horses

Caunce, Stephen

June 1972

Horses being shown by horse dealers at Appleby Horse Fair, Appleby (Cumbria). The horses are ridden up and down a roadway at the fairground. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1608.

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Appleby Horse Fair: Showing Horses

Caunce, Stephen

June 1972

Horses being shown by horse dealers at Appleby Horse Fair, Appleby (Cumbria). The horses are ridden up and down a roadway at the fairground. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1607.

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The wooden horse

Williams, Eric (1911-1983)

1949

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Painting

Reflected Horse

Whittaker, Malcolm (1937-)

1990

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Horse Gag
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Horse Gag

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1965

Male informant holding a smithy-made horse gag, in the doorway of stables at Finghall ( Wensleydale). The gag is used to keep the horse's mouth open while its teeth are checked. A second male with a c...

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Horse Collar
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Horse Collar

Brunk, Wille

June 1967

Horse collar, or barfan, at Ryedale Folk Museum, Hutton-le-Hole (North Yorkshire). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0516. Ms. catalogue details in the hand of Wille Brunk.

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Horse Collar
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Horse Collar

Brunk, Wille

June 1967

Horse collar, or barfan, at Ryedale Folk Museum, Hutton-le-Hole (North Yorkshire). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0515. Ms. catalogue details in the hand of Wille Brunk.

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Horse Gear
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Horse Gear

Brunk, Wille

June 1967

Display of horse gear at the Ryedale Folk Museum, Hutton-le-Hole (North Yorkshire). The display includes harnesses, brasses and grooming tools. Mounted on Photo File card. Ms. catalogue details in the...

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Farm horses

Wright, C wagoner; National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs

1948

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