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Total number of records: 38

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Archives34
Books and printed items4

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture32
Brotherton Collection2
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive2
English Literature1

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architecture38
buildings32
culture24
museums24
agriculture20
occupations17
dwellings10
house furnishings6
nature6
woodworking industries6

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Leeds, United Kingdom2
Bradford (England)1
Portugal1

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Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)7
Liman, Ingemar (1938-)3
Crystal Palace (London, England)2
Ruskin, John (1819-1900)2
Barry, Michael V (1935-)1
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)1
Bushell, Mr William1
Cartwright Hall (Bradford, England)1
Cartwright, Edmund, 1743-18231
Joiner, Mr Charles1

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From 190035
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Haugh Lathes: Opening
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Haugh Lathes: Opening

Liman, Ingemar (1938-)

October 1967

Opening in the wall of stone lathe at Haugh Lathes (east), near Conistone ( Wharfedale). Sheep visible through opening. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0204.

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Archive Print Item

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The opening of the Crystal Palace : considered in some of its relations to the prospects of art

Ruskin, John (1819-1900)

1854

Reprinted in: On the old road (1885), v.1, p. 349-370.

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The opening of the Crystal Palace : considered in some of its relations to the prospects of art

Ruskin, John (1819-1900)

1854

Reprinted in: On the old road (1885), v.1, p. 349-370.

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Wooden Staircase
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Wooden Staircase

[1970s]

Open wooden staircase inside a modern dwelling house at an unidentified location.

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Lello Bookshop : Prólogo livreiros, S.A

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Prólogo Livreiros, S.A; Lello Bookshop; Livraria Lello & Irmão

[2001]

"Almost ninety years after the opening of Lello Bookshop, the moment has come to introduce a new look of this bookshop to the public."

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Horse-Head Carvings
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Horse-Head Carvings

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

December 1974

Wooden horse-head carvings on the front of a wooden store shed, exhibited at the open-air Village Museum in Bucharest. The store shed is a small construction, set into the ground, with a sloped rood a...

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Farmhouse (Sweden)
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Farmhouse (Sweden)

January 1965

View of a timber farmhouse at the open-air Upplandsmuseet, Gamla Uppsala (Sweden).

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The Parkinson Building

1951

Printed pamphlet published on the occasion of the opening of the Parkinson Building on 9 November 1951, including details on the buildings of the University of Leeds, the Parkinson Gift, and future de...

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View at Maihaugen
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View at Maihaugen

1965

View through forest towards timber ?farm buildings at the open air Maihaugen Museum, Lillehammer (Norway).

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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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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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