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Norwegian Folk Dancers
March 1965
4 Norwegian folk dancers (1 older boy and girl; and 1 younger boy and girl) performing in traditional dress at the Norsk Folkemuseum (Norwegian Folk Museum) in Bygdøy, Oslo. They are performing insid...
Swedish Wedding Costume
March 1965
Traditional wedding costume from Leksand (Sweden), from the exhibition of peasant costumes at the Nordiska Museet in Stockholm . The costume consists of a red bodice with white blouse, and a blue skir...
Woollen Stockings (Handknitting)
Langhorne, Richard
18 June 1964
Knitted woollen stockings from the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York. Unmounted.
Cottage Interior (Norway)
March 1965
View of the interior of an old Norwegian cottage at the Norsk Folkemuseum (Norwegian Folk Museum) in Oslo. A woman in traditional dress sits to the left of the fireside; a wooden chair with a circular...
Norwegian Dulcimer
March 1965
Female in traditional dress, sitting at a wooden table and playing a Norwegian dulcimer, at the Norsk Folkemuseum (Norwegian Folk Museum) in Bygdøy, Oslo. The room in which the woman sits is inside o...
Sound Recordings, [Cheshire]
Price, Sarah M
August 1977
Annie Lownds talks about working at Quarry Bank Mill, Styal, before it was a museum - hours of work, pay, work (weaving) techniques and process. [Tr. 6] Mary Wolstenholme and her sister, Nellie, tal...
Needle Supports (Handknitting)
Langhorne, Richard
18 June 1964
Display showing child's bladed needle support with hen quill reinforcement, padded needle support with straps riveted to the pad, two Shetland-type horse-hair stuffed needle supports, and a cowband, f...
Clogmaking: Shaping Soles
[1970s]
Clogger shaping wooden clog soles on a wooden bench in a workshop at the West Yorkshire Folk Museum, Shibden Hall, Halifax. Shaping tools hand on the wall of the workshop in the background. Mounted on...
Sedan Chair
[1970s]
Photographic postcard from the West Yorkshire Folk Museum, Shibden Hall, Halifax. The postcard shows a woman in period costume, sitting in a sedan chair which dates from ca. 1790. The door of the seda...
Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire
Brears, Peter C D
July 1971
Museums Association Diploma Curatorial Course in Folk Life and Local History field trip. Interviews with employees at Birkby's Clog Makers, Birkby; female clogger (machinist) explains the method of cl...
Papers on Folk Collections, Etc.
[1961-1982]
This file contains various leaflets, printed volumes and other items relating to places of historical/folk interest, and folk-related collections. This includes a general leaflet for Bunratty Folk Par...
Needle Supports (Handknitting)
Langhorne, Richard
18 June 1964
Display showing methods of suspension of needle supports in the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York. The display shows items from Weardale, including a belt, wooden needle supports (some w...