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Cornish deer horn pick. Used in mining during the bronze age

From Album 3 (Red)
Album claims they are 300 years old
in 1935

Cornish Fish Woman.
taken from "Mates Illustrated Penzance"
(Corporation Official Guide)

Falmouth Harbour near the Prince of Wales Pier

Postcard depicting a Cornish fishwife in Market Jew Street, Penzance. The postcard is heavily doctored, and the 'fishwife' is probably composited into the scene.

Cornish Fishwives
Blanche Courtney and Betsy Lanyon. They sold their fish in the Market Place in Penzance and door to door. And Blanche in particular, became a favourite model for the Newlyn School Painters.

Cornish Fishwives, Studio Portrait.
Blanche Courteney and Betsy Lanyon

The Island, St. Ives.
Part of a collection of 8. See M.2400-2406

The Island, St. Ives.
also see M.393 and M.2401-2406

The Island, St. Ives.
also see M.393 and M.2400-M.2406

The Island, St. Ives.
also see M.393 and M.2400-2406

St. Ives Island

St. Ives Island.
also see M.393 and M.2400-2406

St. Ives Island
also see M.393 and M.2400-2406

St. Ives Island.
also see M.393 and M.2400-2405

Cornish hedgers in competition, note Cornish shovel and men working at "No 4"
Unknown location, Gents toilets in background
Same competition as CRAFT 9CG 008

Same competition as CRAFT 9CG 007
Men using Cornish shovels
Location unknown

Used during clay strikes 1913

Photo of Harrison Studios advertisement on the back of a postcard from the 19th century. Early photographers advertised on the back of any postcards they produced for general sale. This is a typical layout of a card from a Cornish photographer, dated…