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Bee Keeping – c1900

Bee Keeping c1900
Title Bee Keeping
Date c1900
Location Yeadon
Photo ID L536
Comment Three unique in sequence photographs of bee keeping in Yeadon, taken on a glass slide by Ernest E Slater. The site appears to be allotments or vegetable plots with South View Terrace or possibly East View Terrace, in the background.
Bee Keeping c1900

L537 – Bee Keeping, c1900.

Bee Keeping – c1900

Photograph by E E Slater of Hopeville House, Yeadon.

Bee Keeping c1900

L535 – Bee Keeping, c1900.

Bee Keeping – c1900

Photograph by E E Slater of Hopeville House, Yeadon.

Bee Keeping c1900

H860 – Bee Keeping, c1900.

Bee Keeping – c1900

Ina Houlden was a jeweller and watchmaker, he had a shop on Ivegate. In this image taken by E E Slater he wears a veil round his head to protect himself from swarming bees.

Previous Comments:

Jools Symons
Born and bred on South View, I’ve been studying the terrace. It doesn’t have the same doors and windows, so I’m wondering if it’s East View instead?????
04 December 2020.

Consolidated by Jack Brayshaw. 22 October 2021.
Last updated: 19 November 2023 – Photo ID: H860. 22 August 2023 – Photo ID: L536, L537 & L535. 23 January 2023 – Image updated.

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