Shell Garden Beware - Other Colour Pics… 1962

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Hindlip, Worcestershire.

M/S of 78 year old Sidney Dowdeswell sweeping his garden path. L/S of Sidney walking down his path towards a concrete arch decorated with shells, the entire garden is littered with shell mosaics and models. M/S of two model stalks standing next to a shell encrusted...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
2661
Sort Number:
CP 367
Time in/Out:
01:03:47:00 / 01:05:47:00
Canister:
CP 367
Film ID:
175.03
Issue Date:
08/01/1962

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