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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture17
Leeds Russian Archive1

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transportation18
community life17
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culture10
buildings9
occupations9
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Witton, Lesley A6
Taylor, Harry5
Caunce, Stephen4
Guy, Eric2
Bull, Mrs. Walter1
Bull, Walter1
Croot, Mrs Oscar1
Croot, Oscar1
Douglas, Peter A1
Fensome, Charles1

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Cart Backboard
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Cart Backboard

Witton, Lesley A

1971

Harry Taylor in his workshop in Leeds, with the backboard of a rag-and-bone cart painted by him, with the name of Peter Cannon of Mirfield. The cart is richly painted in gold and dark red. The decorat...

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Box Wagon

[1970s]

Front view of a painted box wagon once belonging to John S. Reeve Esquire and dated 1829, Leadenham (Lincolnshire). Mounted on Photo File card.

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"Gypsy Caravan"

Caunce, Stephen

June 1972

Painted Gypsy Traveller caravan parked on the roadside at Appleby Horse Fair, ( Appleby, Cumbria). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1665 and LAVC/PHO/P1667.

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"Gypsy Caravan"

Caunce, Stephen

June 1972

Painted Gypsy Traveller caravan parked on the roadside at Appleby Horse Fair, ( Appleby, Cumbria). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1665 and LAVC/PHO/P1666.

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Show Cart Backboard [or] Side-Piece
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Show Cart Backboard [or] Side-Piece

Witton, Lesley A

1971

Detail of the elaborately decorated, painted and carved backboard or side-piece of a rag-and-bone show cart, in Harry Taylor's workshop in Leeds (West Yorkshire). Slide [9] in a series of 19.

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Show Cart Backboard and Side-Piece
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Show Cart Backboard and Side-Piece

Witton, Lesley A

1971

Detail of the elaborately decorated, painted and carved backboard and side-piece of a rag-and-bone show cart, in Harry Taylor's workshop in Leeds (West Yorkshire). Slide 10 in a series of 19.

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"Gypsy Caravan"

Caunce, Stephen

June 1972

Girls standing outside a brightly painted Gypsy Traveller caravan at Appleby Horse Fair, ( Appleby, Cumbria). A horse can be seen grazing to the left of the caravan. Mounted on Photo File card with LA...

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Appleby Horse Fair: Caravans
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Appleby Horse Fair: Caravans

Caunce, Stephen

June 1972

Modern Gypsy Traveller caravans, at Appleby Horse Fair, Appleby (Cumbria). A painted wooden horse trap and grazing horse stand in front of the caravans. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1612 ...

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"Gypsy Caravan"

Guy, Eric

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph taken around 1937 of a brightly painted traditional Gypsy Traveller caravan, drawn along the road by two horses led by a man, in Hungerford (Berkshire). Two children can be seen i...

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"Gypsy Caravan"

Guy, Eric

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph taken around 1937 of a brightly painted traditional Gypsy Traveller caravan, drawn along the road by two horses led by a man, in Hungerford (Berkshire). Two children can be seen i...

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Miniature Cart
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Miniature Cart

Witton, Lesley A

1971

View of an elaborately decorated miniature rag-and-bone cart, with the name of J. Sandham Jr. The cart was built as a showpiece (?by Harry Taylor of Leeds), and is richly painted in gold and dark red....

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"Gypsy Camp"

Hucklebridge, John

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph taken in 1960, of a temporary Gypsy Traveller encampment on a roadside near Glastonbury (Somerset). Two bowed caravans, and two trailer carts are pulled up on the verge. A woman s...

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