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home34
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occupations23
implements, utensils etc19
animals16
nature16
agriculture12
community life9
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culture7

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Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)20
Horner, Mr M.9
Hunter, Mr T.4
Horner, Will3
Feather, Leslie2
Mallinson, J Mrs2
Cooper, Mary1
Cooper, William1
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)1
Henley, Fred1

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Shoemaker's Vice

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

Summer 1968

Mr. T. Hunter (retired shoemaker, saddler, cobbler and clogmaker) working leather with the aid of a shoemaker's vice, or clam, Redmire ( Wensleydale). The shoemaker's vice is an implement made of two ...

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Shoemaker's Vice

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

Summer 1968

Mr. T. Hunter (retired shoemaker, saddler, cobbler and clogmaker) working leather with the aid of a shoemaker's vice, or clam, Redmire ( Wensleydale). The shoemaker's vice is an implement made of two ...

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Shoemaker's Vice

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

Summer 1968

Mr. T. Hunter (retired shoemaker, saddler, cobbler and clogmaker) working leather with the aid of a shoemaker's vice, or clam, Redmire ( Wensleydale). The shoemaker's vice is an implement made of two ...

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Shoemaker's Vice
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Shoemaker's Vice

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

Summer 1968

Mr. T. Hunter (retired shoemaker, saddler, cobbler and clogmaker) working leather with the aid of a shoemaker's vice, or clam, Redmire ( Wensleydale). The shoemaker's vice is an implement made of two ...

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Norwegian Dulcimer
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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...

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Mr. Lipson
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Mr. Lipson

Unknown

[1970]

Mr. Lipson, sitting in a chair, possibly in the lounge of an old people's home, at an unidentified location. The provenance of this photograph is unknown.

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Man with Handcart
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Man with Handcart

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph taken in the late-19th/early-20th century of a man sitting on a piece of luggage by the roadside, next to a handcart on which there is a wicker crate.

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Miner's Candle
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Miner's Candle

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

1966

Miner's candle, Gunnerside ( Swaledale). The candle sits in a container comprised of zinc sheet nailed to a wooden top and base with a leather carrying strap. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/...

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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...

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Handknitting
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Handknitting

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

[1960s]

Incomplete handknitted woollen item (possibly a sock or stocking) made by Mrs. Jane Metcalfe of Keld ( Swaledale). The knitting sits on a low wooden stool, and is attached to traditional curved needle...

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Rag Rug Maker
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Rag Rug Maker

[1970s]

Woman working at a table in a dwelling house at an unidentified location. A bag of rags, and lengths of rag wound into balls can be seen on the table, where the woman is making a rag rug.

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Couple Reading
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Couple Reading

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph dating to the early-20th century, of a man and woman sitting on wooden chairs in a dwelling house at an unidentified location. The woman has her back to the camera and is reading ...

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