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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...
Wooden Building in Cluj (Romania)
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
December 1974
Detail of interlocking joints on the corner of a wooden building in Cluj (Romania). Mounted on Photo File card.
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...
Detail of Central Cruck Joint
Brunk, Wille
16 June 1967
Detail of timber joints on the central cruck of a longhouse from Stang End, near Danby (North Yorkshire). The longhouse was moved from Stang End to the Ryedale Folk Museum at Hutton-le-Hole in the spr...
Detail of Central Cruck Joint
Brunk, Wille
16 June 1967
Detail of timber joints on the central cruck of a longhouse from Stang End, near Danby (North Yorkshire). The longhouse was moved from Stang End to the Ryedale Folk Museum at Hutton-le-Hole in the spr...
Brushmaking
Hanna, Sam (1903-1996)
[1960s]
Brushmaker cutting the head of a brush with a stock knife, in his workshop, Burnley (Lancashire). This photograph is possibly a photographic still from Sam Hanna's film, 'The Brushmaker'. Mounted on P...
Brushmaking
Hanna, Sam (1903-1996)
[1960s]
Brushmaker fitting bristles into a brush head, in his workshop, Burnley (Lancashire). This photograph is possibly a photographic still from Sam Hanna's film, 'The Brushmaker'. Mounted on Photo File ca...
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...
Local Woodcrafts
Walton, James
1940
Article on the history of woodcrafts in the Halifax/ Calderdale area, published in the 'Transactions of the Halifax Antiquarian Society' (dated 5 October 1940). Includes sections on the woods themselv...
Wheelwright's Shop
[1970s]
Interior of wheelwright's shop with two males working. The shop forms part of the exhibits at the West Yorkshire Folk Museum, Shibden Hall, Halifax. Mounted on Photo File card.