 | | Classmark: | RCS Y303E/2 | | Originator: | W L H Skeen and Co | | Title: | [Cleared land being planted out] T2 | | Description: | A view looking across newly cleared plantation land, with felled trees marking the lines for planting. In the foreground a group of estate labourers are placing stakes in position... | | Full information |
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 | | Classmark: | RCS Y303E/7 | | Originator: | W L H Skeen and Co | | Title: | [Plucking the leaf] T7 | | Description: | Close up of a single female worker plucking a tea plant. Annotated 'T7' on the bottom right hand corner. | | Full information |
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 | | Classmark: | RCS Y303E/9 | | Originator: | W L H Skeen and Co | | Title: | [Final pick-over of leaf for coarse leaf, etc.] T9 | | Description: | A view looking down on a group of female workers sorting through the leaf, with estate foremen and a manager watching over the proceedings... | | Full information |
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 | | Classmark: | RCS Y303E/10 | | Originator: | W L H Skeen and Co | | Title: | [Weighing up of day's gathering] T10 | | Description: | Showing estate workers bringing in baskets of tea to a shed where they are weighed on scales, and the figures recorded by a figure standing in the background... | | Full information |
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 | | Classmark: | RCS Y303E/11 | | Originator: | W L H Skeen and Co | | Title: | [Withering house with leaf laid out] T11 | | Description: | Showing leaf laid out on the withering 'tats' (shelves formed from Hessian spread over a wooden framework)... | | Full information |
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 | | Classmark: | RCS Y303E/12 | | Originator: | W L H Skeen and Co | | Title: | [Spreading out the leaf from the roller before firing] T12 | | Description: | Showing rolled tea being laid out on long mats for fermentation before firing... | | Full information |
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 | | Classmark: | RCS Y303E/13 | | Originator: | W L H Skeen and Co | | Title: | [Examining the day's firing of leaf] T13 | | Description: | Showing trays of tea of various grades being examined by workers... | | Full information |
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 | | Classmark: | RCS Y303E/14 | | Originator: | W L H Skeen and Co | | Title: | [Rolled leaf in hopper] 14 | | Description: | Showing a worker operating a rolling machine, with a wooden hopper placed beneath to catch the product... | | Full information |
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 | | Classmark: | RCS Y303E/15 | | Originator: | W L H Skeen and Co | | Title: | [Sirocco tea dryer. Leaf being dried] | | Description: | Showing a worker operating a fan belt driven 'Sirocco' tea dryer which arrests the fermentation of the leaf and evaporates remaining moisture. | | Full information |
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 | | Classmark: | RCS Y303E/16 | | Originator: | W L H Skeen and Co | | Title: | [Sifting and picking over a special sample of tea] T16 | | Description: | Showing female workers picking through a sifted and fired tea for grading before packing and shipment... | | Full information |
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 | | Classmark: | RCS Y303E/18 | | Originator: | W L H Skeen and Co | | Title: | [Warming up a break of tea before packing] T18 | | Description: | Showing the final warming of the tea before packing, with leaf spread out on metal trays... | | Full information |
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 | | Classmark: | RCS Y303E/20 | | Originator: | W L H Skeen and Co | | Title: | [Packing chests (100 lbs and half chests (50 lbs)] T20 | | Description: | Showing two workers packing crates of tea, with a third checking the weight of the boxes... | | Full information |
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 | | Classmark: | RCS Y303E/24 | | Originator: | W L H Skeen and Co | | Title: | [Tea at the wharf, ready for shipment] T25 | | Description: | Showing crates of tea being loaded onto a crane on the wharf at Colombo, with lighters and other shipping at anchor in the harbour beyond... | | Full information |
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