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Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)130
Voitl, Herbert70
Hawley, Elizabeth K21
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Brunk, Wille12
Hartley, Dorothy9
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)9
Mcnay, Ian8
Maihaugen Museum
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Maihaugen Museum

1965

The new Maihaugen Museum building, Lillehammer (Norway). Maihaugen is the home of the Sandvig Collection, a large open-air museum with many restored farm buildings.

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Portlider Door Detail
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Portlider Door Detail

January 1965

Portlider detail on the door of a wooden gatehouse at the open-air Upplandsmuseet, Gamla Uppsala (Sweden). The door and doorposts are decorated, the door with a squared pattern typical of the mining d...

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Lofthouse (Sweden)
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Lofthouse (Sweden)

January 1965

Wooden loftbod, or lofthouse, at the open-air Upplandsmuseet (?), Gamla Uppsala (Sweden). There are two rooms on each floor of the building.

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Dwelling house at the Village Museum, Bucharest
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Dwelling house at the Village Museum, Bucharest

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

December 1974

Example of the oldest type of Romanian dwelling house, exhibited at the open-air Village Museum in Bucharest. The house is made of timber, with a thatched roof. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PH...

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Dwelling house at the Village Museum, Bucharest
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Dwelling house at the Village Museum, Bucharest

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

December 1974

Example of a dwelling house typical of Gorj Hobita, the birthplace of the sculptor Brancusi, exhibited at the open-air Village Museum in Bucharest. The house is made of timber. Mounted on Photo File c...

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Central Cruck from Longhouse
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Central Cruck from Longhouse

Brunk, Wille

16 June 1967

Central cruck of a long house from Stang End, near Danby (North Yorkshire). The longhouse was moved from Stang End to the Ryedale Folk Museum at Hutton-le-Hole in the spring of 1967. Mounted on Photo ...

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Central Cruck from Longhouse
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Central Cruck from Longhouse

Brunk, Wille

16 June 1967

Central cruck of a longhouse from Stang End, near Danby (North Yorkshire). The longhouse was moved from Stang End to the Ryedale Folk Museum at Hutton-le-Hole in the spring of 1967. Mounted on Photo F...

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Central Cruck from Longhouse
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Central Cruck from Longhouse

Brunk, Wille

16 June 1967

Central cruck of a longhouse from Stang End, near Danby (North Yorkshire). The longhouse was moved from Stang End to the Ryedale Folk Museum at Hutton-le-Hole in the spring of 1967. Mounted on Photo F...

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Central Cruck from Longhouse
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Central Cruck from Longhouse

Brunk, Wille

16 June 1967

Central cruck of a longhouse from Stang End, near Danby (North Yorkshire). The longhouse was moved from Stang End to the Ryedale Folk Museum at Hutton-le-Hole in the spring of 1967. Mounted on Photo F...

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Auchindrain Clachan
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Auchindrain Clachan

[1970s]

View of Auchindrain clachan, now the Auchindrain Township Open-Air Museum from the north. Mounted on Photo File card.

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Auchindrain Clachan
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Auchindrain Clachan

[1970s]

View of part Auchindrain clachan, now the Auchindrain Township Open-Air Museum from the west. Mounted on Photo File card.

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Thatch and Cruck Construction
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Thatch and Cruck Construction

[1970s]

Detail of inner roof showing thatch and cruck construction, in a building at Auchindrain clachan. The building is now Building D at Auchindrain Township Open-Air Museum . Mounted on Photo File card.

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