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Total number of records: 497

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture483
Liddle Collection7
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Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections1
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society1
Leeds Russian Archive1
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive1

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Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)106
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)47
Fothergill, George William45
Brunk, Wille42
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)32
Witton, Lesley A19
Taylor, Harry18
Barry, Michael V (1935-)16
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Iron Straight Arm (Dales Cart)
Archive Item

Iron Straight Arm (Dales Cart)

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

September 1967

Straight iron arm, with iron cup and pin, from Dales cart, Healaugh ( Swaledale). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1204. With ms. notes and catalogue details in the hand of Werner Kissling.

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Patent Arm (Dales Cart)
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Patent Arm (Dales Cart)

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

September 1967

Patent arm, with naf, one spoke and one arm, from a Dales cart, Langthwaite ( Arkengarthdale). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1203. With ms. notes and catalogue details in the hand of Werne...

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Archive Print Item

Institutional reform and development of the Chinese motor industry

Lo, Dic; University of Leeds. School of Business and Economic Studies

1994

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Archive File

Wagon Distribution Map

Jenkins, Mr

[1957]

Coloured ms. map on a plasticised sheet (transparent), showing the distribution of box wagons and bow wagons in English counties. Also includes a coloured ms. map of Europe showing the North European ...

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Portuguese Farm Cart
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Portuguese Farm Cart

1965

Wooden farm cart with solid wooden wheels and high body, near Braganca (Portugal).

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Farm Cart (Cyprus)
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Farm Cart (Cyprus)

1971

Wooden farm cart outside a dwelling house in Lefkoniko (Cyprus). The cart has high sides and is open at the front and back.

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Farm Cart (Cyprus)
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Farm Cart (Cyprus)

1971

Wooden farm cart outside a dwelling house in Lefkoniko (Cyprus). The cart has high sides and is open at the front and back.

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Wolds Wagon
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Wolds Wagon

Brunk, Wille

1967

Remains of an old Wolds Wagon at Garrick Farm, Moorsholm (North Yorkshire). The body of the wagon is intact, and the wheels replaces and fitted with pneumatic tyres. The wagon once belonged to C. A. A...

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Wolds Wagon
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Wolds Wagon

Brunk, Wille

1967

Remains of an old Wolds Wagon at Garrick Farm, Moorsholm (North Yorkshire). This slide shows the front end of the wagon, on which are inscribed the names of previous owners, including C. A. Atkin of H...

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Coach and Daytrippers
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Coach and Daytrippers

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph dating to the early-20th century , of daytrippers in an open-topped coach, at an unidentified (English) location.

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Wensleydale Bus
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Wensleydale Bus

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph dating from the 1920s/1930s, of men, women and children standing next to a bus run by the Wensleydale Bus Service, at an unidentified location in Wensleydale.

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