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Total number of records: 7

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Art items3
Books and printed items2
Archives2

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Brotherton Collection7
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections7

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english language1
songs (medium voice) with piano1

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England2
Appleby1
Bulgaria1
Cumbria1
Hungary1
Romania1

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Lawson, Fred2
Barrere, Albert Marie Victor1
Leland, Charles Godfrey1
Leland, Charles Godfrey (1824-1903)1
Martin, Easthope (1875?-1925)1
Taylor, Helen1
Taylor, Helen Songwriter1

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Up to 19996

Archive Print Item

Songs of a Gipsy trail : five songs

Martin, Easthope (1875?-1925); Taylor, Helen songwriter

c1923

No.3, high.

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Archive Print Item

A dictionary of slang, jargon & cant : embracing English, American, and Anglo-Indian slang, pidgin English, tinker's jargon and other irregular phraseology (v.1)

Barrère, Albert Marie Victor; Leland, Charles Godfrey (1824-1903)

1889-90

Printed for subscribers only.

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BC MS Rom 1/4/1/15
Archive Item

Photograph of women outside wagon [caravan] at Appleby Hill Fair. 1939

1939

Photograph of women outside caravan with caption, "Appleby Hill fair. Summer 1939. Photo by NP."

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Rabbit skin
Archive Art Piece

"Rabbit skins"

Frederick Lawson

c.1927

Charcoal drawing of a rack built outside a Gypsy Traveller wagon to hang rabbits that had been hunted/killed. Labelled, "Rabbit skins [indecipherable word- possibly location]."

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Gipsies at Lee Gap Fair
Archive Art Item

"Gipsies at Lee Gap Fair"

1947

Pencil drawing titled, " Gipsies at Lee Gap Fair." Showing people and dogs around campfire, with the camp of tents and caravans, (vardos) in the background.

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Scotts Yard, Lincoln.1929
Archive Art Piece

"Scotts Yard, Lincoln."1929

Frederick Lawson

11/May/1929

Charcoal drawing of a caravan [wagon] alongside vehicles in a large outhouse. Written in pencil, "Scott's Yard, Lincoln, May 11th 1929. Used in the winter quarter by Gypsys."

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Archive File

[Blue] Photograph album of Gypsy, Traveller and Roma subjects.

1909- c.1989

Album of black and white photographs of Gypsy, Traveller and Roma related subjects in UK and Europe by various photographers. [There are also many photographs where the photographer is not listed/unkn...

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