Colour slide taken in Bhutan. A chorten is a Buddhist shrine.
Slide of a mini pass with a chorten on the right and prayer flags across the road
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Photograph: cutting wood with a table circular saw at Boosey and Hawkes' Edgware factory
object | ARC/MCG/PH/0256-0271/0256
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Black and white medium format negative of two men standing with palm beside them
object | ARC/GUP/006/377
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Black and white negative of men working with drill on back of truck in mine
object | ARC/GUP/006/031
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Ground calabash on farm
object | ARC/HMG/RS/STANFIELD/542/002
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