The tool which makes one thread out of twelve spools
Slide showing the process of silk string manufacture by Rihzhon Khojakhanov and his family
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Black and white medium format negative (scanned positive) of a house surrounded by tall wooden fencing
object | ARC/GUP/007/013
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Courantlinf coastlands from air,Showing sand reef
object | ARC/GUP/002/281
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The Horniman Museum, short article by by Richard Quick, 1891
object | ARC/HMG/PR/004/001/039
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Black and white negative of ship sailing into (out of?) port with part of dock in mid-ground
object | ARC/GUP/005/034
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