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social life and customs19
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Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)9
Dunn, Ginette6
Hunter, Robert6
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)5
Tammivaara, Irmeli5
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)4
Brooks, Margaret2
Langhorne, Richard2
Pasanen, Leena2
Shaw, David H2
Tree Trunk Used as Beehive
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Tree Trunk Used as Beehive

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

December 1974

Tree trunk in use as a beehive at the open-air Village Museum in Bucharest. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0542.

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Timber Buyer's Scribble

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

Summer 1968

Full circle timber marking in the bark of a tree at Low Row ( Swaledale). This mark was made by Robert Hunter of Castle Bolton, with a timber buyer's scribble, a double-bladed implement which used for...

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Dialect recording in Tideswell, Derbyshire. Survey of English Dialects recording in Kniveton, Derbyshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

23 Aug 1952

[Side 1] David talks about poor childhood and memories of parents, recalls keeping pigs and hens until he saved enough to buy smallholding, discusses cattle farming and describes how local farmer and ...

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Timber Buyer's Scribble
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Timber Buyer's Scribble

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

Summer 1968

Robert Hunter of Castle Bolton marking a tree with a timber buyer's scribble at Low Row ( Swaledale). The scribble is an implement with a wooden handle and two blades, one sharp like a compass blade f...

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Timber Buyer's Scribble

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

Summer 1968

Robert Hunter of Castle Bolton marking a tree with a timber buyer's scribble at Low Row ( Swaledale). The scribble is an implement with a wooden handle and two blades, one sharp like a compass blade f...

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Strip Lynchets near Conistone
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Strip Lynchets near Conistone

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

May 1962

Anglo-Saxon strip lynchets near Conistone ( Wharfedale). Trees in foreground. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0075.

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Stone Cottage at Carlton
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Stone Cottage at Carlton

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

1964

Dressed stone cottage with yew trees at Carlton ( Coverdale). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0330. With ms. notes.

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Stone Cottage at Carlton
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Stone Cottage at Carlton

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

1964

Dressed stone cottage with pear tree trained up the front, at Carlton ( Coverdale). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0329. With ms. notes.

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Fruit and Vegetable Market (Romania)
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Fruit and Vegetable Market (Romania)

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

December 1974

Permanent stalls at the fruit and vegetable market place in Sibiu (Romania). Traders are selling fruit, vegetables and Christmas trees. There are shops in the background. Mounted on Photo File card wi...

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Salmon Net Winch

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

Summer 1958

Salmon net winch, or jigger/row-tree, on the banks of the River Tweed at Low Bells Shiel, near West Ord (Northumberland). Salmon coble in background. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0411. Wi...

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Salmon Net Winch

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

Summer 1958

Salmon net winch, or jigger/row-tree, on the banks of the River Tweed at Low Bells Shiel, near West Ord (Northumberland). Viewed from above. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0410. With typed ...

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Tapestry (Norway)
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Tapestry (Norway)

January 1965

Tapestry in wool from Trondelag(?) (Norway). The tapestry is heavily patterned with a geometric tree motif, woven in red, blue, black, and white. A note in the Slide Index states that the tapestry dat...

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