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Family Group
Leopold, Alice seated left and Mother Mary Burgess seated right

List of patents taken from a newspaper article.

Slide reads "Penponds, Camborne, Trevithick's Childhood home"
Etching

Etching after a portrait of Trevithick by John Linnell in 1816, when Trevithick was about 45years old.
Original painting is in the Science Museum

Bronze depicts a young woman kneeling next to locomotive engine.
Bronze is titled "Methyr Tydfil Locomotive"

Photograph stamped with"Copyright Photo Bennetts, Camborne"
WJ Bennetts, Cross Street, Camborne.
Statue unveiled in 1932

Trevithick Day, Centenary of Trevithick's Death

Statue unveiled by Prince George, Duke of Kent, later George VI,
possibly young man with bowler in left hand to right of statue.
Note large crowd, apparently thousands of people were there.

Crowd at Trevithick Day, Centenary of Richard Trevithick's death

Tractor with 2 men on small trailer. Tractor reg CRL 57
Penzance in background.
Same time as FARM 1PG 021

Tractor, trailer and 3 Men. Winter time, bare trees
St Michael's Mount in background

Hard copy names "Phyllis Edwards, Jackie Bartlett, John Ladnor"

Cardinney Farm, Crows-an-Wra,
Richard Cargeeg grandson, Kenneth Cargeeg

Same occasion as FARM 1PG 018, possibly Harvest Festival or Carnival.
9 Men and a baby on wagon.
Note decorated horses and wheels on wagon

Harvest time wagon filled with crop and 8 men with Cyril Eddy of Trenuggo Farm at the reins.

Possibly Carnival at Zennor or Sennen.
Note decorated horses and wheels on wagon.

Front door of Arthur Tanner's cottage
The image on the door was painted by Alfred Munnings as a message that he had cycled to Penzance for the Carnival

Truro Cathedral

Babs

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