The archive consists of Wheatstone & Co. photographs, music catalogues and bound volumes, sheet music, photographs of concertina players and groups, postcards of concertina personalities, concertina makers catalogues and dealers bills of sale, tutors and instruction books, photographs of concertina revival personalities, research material, press cuttings and concertina patents.
Neil Wayne Collection
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Close up of feathered hair piece?
Two men with spears
Black and white print of large boat on water, looking from picket fence, framed by trees
Colour positive film of Wai Wai person in middle of river with trees surrounding
Collection Information
These objects are only a part of our collections, of which there are more than 350,000 objects. This information comes from our collections database. Some of this is incomplete and there may be errors. This part of the website is also still under construction, so there may be some fields repeated or incorrectly formatted information.
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