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community life6
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retail trade6
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woodworking industries5
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Witton, Lesley A6
Taylor, Harry5
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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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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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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The Rag-and-Bone Men of Leeds and their Carts

Witton, Lesley A

1971

A study comprising an introduction and history of rag-and-bone collecting, a description of the Leeds Tatters' Market, the rag-and-bone business in 1971, with descriptions of some yards in Leeds, and ...

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Show Cart Body and Seat
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Show Cart Body and Seat

Witton, Lesley A

1971

View of the body and seat of an elaborately decorated rag-and-bone show cart, in Harry Taylor's yard in Leeds (West Yorkshire). The sides of the cart are decorated with a scroll motif. The cart body h...

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