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Image Not Available for Stonebreakers - sifting stones and sand [recto]
Stonebreakers - sifting stones and sand [recto]
Image Not Available for Stonebreakers - sifting stones and sand [recto]

Stonebreakers - sifting stones and sand [recto]

Creator Skeen & Company (British, studio active in Ceylon [Sri Lanka], 1860-1920s)
Date1870s
Mediumalbumen print
DimensionsImage: 21.3 x 27 cm (8 3/8 x 10 5/8 in.)
mount: 30.2 x 36.6 cm (11 7/8 x 14 7/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Rhea Jack, 2008
Category
  • Photographs
Object number2008/630.1
LocationNot currently on display

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Image Not Available for Stonebreakers - sifting stones and sand (recto); Stonebreakers - apprentice (verso)
Stonebreakers - sifting stones and sand (recto); Stonebreakers - apprentice (verso)
Skeen & Company
1870s
Photograph
Image Not Available for Stonebreakers - apprentice [verso]
Stonebreakers - apprentice [verso]
Skeen & Company
1870s
Photograph
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Three Ceylonese Men
Skeen & Company
c. 1880
Photograph
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Cingalese Man
Skeen & Company
c. 1880
Photograph
Image Not Available for Breadfruit Tree
Breadfruit Tree
Skeen & Company
c. 1880
Photograph
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Hindu Fakir, Ceylon
Skeen & Company
1890s-1910s
Card Photograph
Image Not Available for The truck tire gets stuck in the layer of pebble stones. Underneath the pebbles lies fine sand.
The truck tire gets stuck in the layer of pebble stones. Underneath the pebbles lies fine sand.
Oscar Markus
1932
Photograph
Image Not Available for Landscape: Lone Figure on a Road (recto); Venton. From E.Cliff (verso)
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Frith and Company (Francis Frith, British, 1822 - 1898)
1870s
Photograph
Image Not Available for A clever sand artist on beach at Bournemouth sculp's the King, Queen and two princesses.
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Keystone View Company
unknown
Photograph
Image Not Available for Stone Cutters At Work, Cuba, ca 1935
Stone Cutters At Work, Cuba, ca 1935
Keystone View Company
c. 1930
Photograph
Image Not Available for The women of the Papua family cook using hot stones. The food (in this case kangaroo meat) is packed between the stones and cooked for around 6 - 8 hours. The hot stones are removed with the assistance of long wooden poles and the roasted food is collecte
The women of the Papua family cook using hot stones. The food (in this case kangaroo meat) is packed between the stones and cooked for around 6 - 8 hours. The hot stones are removed with the assistance of long wooden poles and the roasted food is collecte
Dr. Hugo A. Bernatzik
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for Making the ordnance survey maps. The "stone age" library. Huge lithegraphic stones being stored bt the Ordence Survey at Southampton. The library contains 5000 of these stones.
Making the ordnance survey maps. The "stone age" library. Huge lithegraphic stones being stored bt the Ordence Survey at Southampton. The library contains 5000 of these stones.
Fox Photos
unknown
Photograph
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