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Timber Barn: Detail
April 1965
Close-up detail of a timber junction on a timber barn in Varmland (Sweden). This junction is at one of the corners of the end of the building containing a cowshed, and is thought to be Norwegian influ...
Field Barn at Skutskär (Sweden)
January 1965
Detail of timbering on a field barn in the forest at Skutskär (Uppsala Lan, Sweden). The detail shows a mix of round and square timbers. A note in the slide index states that the angle of the axe cut...
Storehouse: Timber Joists
January 1965
View showing detail of timber joists on a wooden bod, or storehouse, at the open-air Upplandsmuseet (?), Gamla Uppsala (Sweden). The joists and the shape of the timber (hexagonal) is typical of 16th c...
Storehouse: Timber Joists
January 1965
View showing detail of timber joists on a wooden bod, or storehouse, at the open-air Upplandsmuseet (?), Gamla Uppsala (Sweden). The joists and the shape of the timber (hexagonal) is typical of 16th c...
Storehouse: Carved Detail
January 1965
View showing timber joists and carved pattern detail on the outer walls of a wooden bod, or storehouse, at the open-air Upplandsmuseet (?) , Gamla Uppsala (Sweden). The carved decoration is typical of...
Grind Stone
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
September 1967
Grindstone made of millstone grit, used for grinding scythe blades, etc., Peat Gate Farm, Peat Gate Head, near Low Row ( Swaledale). Mounted on Photo File card. With ms. notes and catalogue details in...
Technical Terms from a Wheelwright's Ledger
Wilkinson, Karl V
1972
This file contains a typed alphabetical list ([7] leaves) of terms relating to wheelwrighting, woodwork and agricultural tools, with definitions, compiled from a ledger belonging to Edward Packhamof t...
Collected Papers
Brunk, Wille
1965-1967
This file contains papers received and collected by Wille Brunk during his assistant lectureship at the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS). This includes a copy of Åsa Werner-Ljungstr...
Miscellaneous Contact Prints
[1960s]
Sheet of contact prints with images of shepherds' crooks and their manufacture (14); a fish on a chopping board (1); and a ruined stone church and old churchyard, including LAVC/PHO/P2141-2142 (3). Th...
Sound Recording, Warwickshire
Wharton, Colin S
1968
[Collector announcement]; Mrs. E. Sutton, recorded in Aston Cantlow[conclusion of interview which starts on tape LAVC/SRE/A262r]; talks about a blackthorn winter; weatherlore; cures for warts (broad b...
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 ...
Sound Recording, Lancashire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
1963
Male informant [two women also present, ?wife and ?daughter], recorded in White Coppice; talks about his work for the Ministry catching moles and other pests; breeding/handling ferrets; rook shooting ...