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Total number of records: 182

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Archives179
Books and printed items3

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buildings182
manners and customs182
culture128
community life124
human settlements108
occupations95
social life and customs86
religion78
english language - dialects60
dwellings59

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Rhode Island1
Tottenham Court Road (London, England)1

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Voitl, Herbert16
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)10
Pickering, Michael J8
Dunn, Ginette7
Sullivan, Keith Frederick7
Barry, Michael V (1935-)6
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)6
Liman, Ingemar (1938-)6
Tammivaara, Irmeli5
Caunce, Stephen4

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From 1900181
From 20001

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Church Tower
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Church Tower

[1970s]

Church tower at an unidentified (English) location.

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House in Knaresborough
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House in Knaresborough

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1962

View over the River Nidd of houses in Knaresborough (North Yorkshire). The view includes a brightly decorated house with a black and white check pattern on the gable end.

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Christ Church, Crewe

Latham, Jean

April 1964

View of Christ Church, Crewe (Cheshire). The image is out of focus.

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Christ Church, Crewe

Latham, Jean

April 1964

View of Christ Church, Crewe (Cheshire). The image is out of focus.

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Christ Church, Crewe
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Christ Church, Crewe

Latham, Jean

April 1964

View of Christ Church, Crewe (Cheshire) from Prudential Corner, with the Salvation Army centre in the foreground.

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Christ Church, Crewe

Latham, Jean

April 1964

View of Christ Church, Crewe (Cheshire) from Prudential Corner, with the Salvation Army centre in the foreground.

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Church Building, Hamar
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Church Building, Hamar

May 1965

View looking towards Hamar Domkirke, Hamar (Hedmark, Norway).

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Vicarage, Västra Tunhem
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Vicarage, Västra Tunhem

April 1965

The Vicarage at Prästgården, Västra Tunhem (Sweden). The building is timber with plank dressing. A note in the Slide Index suggests that Västra Tunhem is in Västergotland, but the town is liste...

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Capel Newydd: Interior
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Capel Newydd: Interior

McNay, Ian

1966

Interior of Capel Newydd, Lleyn Peninsular (North Wales), showing wooden box pews.

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The Mantelpiece

Cane, Rosemary

1971

A dissertation examining the question of what some people keep on their mantelpieces - which objects are placed there, and why - and to what extent the owners are conscious of the mantelpiece as a fea...

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Jubilee Celebrations (Preston Guild)

22 April 1974

Copy of a photograph taken in 1952 of a street scene in Preston (Lancashire), showing houses and street furniture adorned with decorations for jubilee celebrations by the Preston Guild.

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Preston Guild Photographs

[1974]

The two photographs show street scenes in Preston relating to the activities of the Preston Guild. The first shows decorations adorning houses and street furniture; the second a street party, with chi...

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