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Old Rectory, Mirfield
[1960s]
Board-mounted photograph of close-up detail of the timber framing of the Old Rectory at Mirfield (West Yorkshire). The building is half-timbered and dates from the early 14th-century.
Castleton Garland
McNay, Ian
September 1965
George Bramall and an unidentified male using ropes to construct the frame upon which a flower garland is fixed. The whole construction is worn by the Garland King during the Castleton Garland ceremon...
Ijele Masquerade
Maduakor, Robert Obiatuegwu
1978
Card-mounted copy of a photograph taken ca. 1976 of an Ijele dancing at an Ijele Masquerade (Nigerian East Central State). The Ijele costume consists of a frame made of lightweight materials, which is...
The Derbyshire Well Dressings
Bradbury, Kathleen Frances
1971
A study of the well dressing custom observed in a number of Derbyshire villages. The first of three chapters includes sections on the origins and history of well dressing, and well dressings in litera...
Conistone Survey Contact Prints: C
July 1971
Contact prints of photographs taken during a Survey of Vernacular Architecture around Conistone ( Wharfedale), undertaken by students on the Museums Association Diploma Curatorial Course in Folk Life ...
Life in the English country cottage
Tinniswood, Adrian; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)
1995
Illustrations on endpapers. Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-213) and index. "The English cottage is an icon for our times. Whether a harmonious blend of timber-frame and thatch or g...
Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire
Tammivaara, Irmeli
July 1975
[Collector announcement]; Christopher Haddock [ Albert Haddock's brother] and Elsie Haddock, recorded at Sutton Gault on the 22 July 1975; talk about wild mushrooms and mushroom picking; mushroom ketc...