Leather Fair 1954

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London.

Various shots show the latest ideas from the leather goods industry at the Leather Fair.

A woman looks at two cocktails bags, a jazzy one made from straw with leather handles and "an all-purpose musical bag" that plays a tinkly tune when it is opened (expect...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
43971
Sort Number:
NP 498
Time in/Out:
01:57:23:00 / 01:58:21:00
Canister:
NP 498
Film ID:
1331.32
Issue Date:
29/03/1954

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