Pin Pointing Shoes 1949

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Description

Highgate, London.

Several good shots of cobbler Henry Jackson at work on shoes in his workshop. He specialises in mosaic pictures on the soles of the shoe. C/Us of the the soles which include a lion, a rose, and a crown.

Data

Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
34206
Sort Number:
NP 228
Time in/Out:
01:32:32:00 / 01:33:35:00
Canister:
NP 228
Film ID:
1263.22
Issue Date:
24/01/1949

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