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Total number of records: 498

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Archives462
Books and printed items35
Objects1

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture458
Brotherton Collection8
Cookery Collection8
Herbert Read Collection7
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive4
Leeds Russian Archive2
Art and Antique Market1
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections1
LGBTQ1

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handicraft492
occupations458
nature230
play205
implements, utensils etc200
material culture184
land use162
quarries and quarrying122
culture121
agriculture115

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Bath, United Kingdom1
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Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)176
Outhwaite, T. G.50
Langhorne, Richard46
Mcnay, Ian37
Marrison, Herbert15
Barry, Michael V (1935-)14
Aston, Michael Geoffrey13
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)12
Malden, John12
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Umelye ruki

Kulichenko, V F; Naumov, S

1954

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Ropemaking: Pasting
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Ropemaking: Pasting

McNay, Ian

September 1965

Ropemaker Herbert Marrison pasting, or sizing, the rope to make it supple, give it a sheen, and waterproof it, at Peak Cavern, Castleton (Derbyshire). This process is carried out on both the rope stra...

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Ropemaking: Dressing
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Ropemaking: Dressing

McNay, Ian

September 1965

Ropemaker Herbert Marrison dressing rope by wrapping other ropes around it and drawing them along, Peak Cavern, Castleton (Derbyshire).

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Roman technology and crafts

Green, Miranda J

1979

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Roman technology and crafts

Green, Miranda J

1979

Text on inside covers.

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101 things to do in wartime : a practical handbook for the home

Horth, Lillie B; Horth, Arthur C (1874-)

1940

Includes index.

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The young householder

Williams, Peter H M

1967

"This book has been written for the boy in his last year or two at school..."--Intro.

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Make things Gypsies made

Stapleton, Marjorie

1976

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Dänisches Silber und Handwerk : Ausstellung im Rahmen der Dänischen Wochen, Zürich : veranstaltet vom Kunstgewerbemuseum Zürich, vom Landesverband Dänisches Kunstgewerbe und von der Dänischen Handwerksgilde in Verbindung mit der Verwaltungsabteilung des Stadpräsidenten von Zürich

Hostrup-Pedersen, Anders; Lassen, Hans; Mørch, Ibi Trier; Helmhaus Zürich; Kunstgewerbemuseum Zürich

1962

Catalogue of an exhibition held at Helmhaus Zürich, 26 January - 25 February, 1962.

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Hay Ropemaking
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Hay Ropemaking

McNay, Ian

1966

Four men (two seated and two standing) making hay rope, Lleyn Peninsula (North Wales). The seated men plait/twist lengths of hay together, whilst the men standing twist the rope and keep its tension u...

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Hay Ropemaking
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Hay Ropemaking

McNay, Ian

1966

Four men (two seated and two standing) making hay rope, Lleyn Peninsula (North Wales). The seated men plait/twist lengths of hay together, whilst the men standing twist the rope and keep its tension u...

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Hay Ropemaking
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Hay Ropemaking

McNay, Ian

1966

Two men (both seated) making hay rope, Lleyn Peninsula (North Wales). The men are feeding hay stalks into the rope.

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