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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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.
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.
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/...
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...
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...
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.
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 ...