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Black and white photographic print of man bending a timber rib for the frame of a currach being made on the Aran Islands.

Black and white photographic print of boy in mask playing a whistle, possibly as a wren boy, taken by Dr. Becker to illustrate the beliefs and customs of the Aran Islands.

Black and white photographic print of man checking a wicker lobster pot in a currach on Galway Bay.

Black and white photographic print of group of men thatching a cottage on Inis Oírr.

Black and white photographic print of man mending fishing net, Aran Islands

Black and white photographic print of a young boy in traditional outfit on the Aran Islands.

Black and white contact print of a story-teller telling a story to a group of young people in a class-room on the Aran Islands.

Black and white photographic print of man re-thatching on Inis Oírr, showing him hammering in screeds of straw into place, mending previous thatch.

Man having tea on wickerwork tray by fire in a cottage on the Aran Islands.

Black and white photographic print of street from the Claddagh, showing thatched cottages, people walking and electricity lines.

Black and white photograph of Heinrich Becker sitting by fireplace in cottage on Aran Islands, smoking a pipe.

Black and white photographic print of an old couple by a fireplace in a cottage in the Aran Islands with some of their family and their cat.

Colour slide photograph of turf on Kilroran Pier, Inismore, waiting to be loaded onto a hooker.

Black and white slide featuring two men loading stone onto a donkey and cart, Aran Islands.

Black and white photographic print of a group of Aran Islanders.

Black and white slide of turf being unloaded on Kinvara Pier.

Black and white slide of young Aran Islander line fishing off the cliffs.

Colour slide of currachs unloading goods and people of the "Cill Einne" ferry to bring them into Inis Oírr.

View of a thatched and partially white-washed cabin which appears to have been extended or may have a barn for housing animals at one end. A substantially cultivated garden with ridges ready for planting is visible in front of the cabin surrounded by…

Almost two-thirds of the photograph is taken up by a mound of limpet shells. The seashore is visible in the background. Welch identifies the setting as Dog's Bay. A shell midden is an archaeological feature, often exposed by sands being blown off…