Sound and Vision Galleries

Pinhole camera made from Quality Street tin

Pinhole camera made from Quality Street tin

circa 1982
Magic lantern slide showing a baker, the devil and fair weights and measures

Magic lantern slide showing a baker, the devil and fair weights and measures

circa 1820
Edison Kinetophone (or Phonokinetoscope)

Edison Kinetophone (or Phonokinetoscope)

1894
Horn for Edison 'Concert' phonograph

Horn for Edison 'Concert' phonograph

1910-1912
Photomicrograph of Dufay screen on an Autochrome plate

Photomicrograph of Dufay screen on an Autochrome plate

1935-1950
Photomicrograph of Krayn screen on an Autochrome plate

Photomicrograph of Krayn screen on an Autochrome plate

circa 1909
Hand Pump for Aeroscope camera

Hand Pump for Aeroscope camera

1910-1915
No 1 Kinemacolor Camera

No 1 Kinemacolor Camera

1909
Aeroscope Cine Camera

Aeroscope Cine Camera

1910-1915
Oxygen cylinder, 1922-1959

Oxygen cylinder, 1922-1959

1922-1999
Prestwich Model 5 cine camera used by Herbert Ponting

Prestwich Model 5 cine camera used by Herbert Ponting

1910
Photograph of General Bruce leader of Everest Expedition

Photograph of General Bruce leader of Everest Expedition

1922
Telefunken Ela-M302/2 Microphone

Telefunken Ela-M302/2 Microphone

circa 1932
Marconi-Sykes Magnetophone microphone

Marconi-Sykes Magnetophone microphone

1923
Zoetrope strip: Dog Playing with Ball

Zoetrope strip: Dog Playing with Ball

1860s
Zoetrope strip: Humming Bird

Zoetrope strip: Humming Bird

circa 1868
Zoetrope strip: Badgered Cat

Zoetrope strip: Badgered Cat

1860s
Ordinary copper ore from Alderley Edge, Cheshire

Ordinary copper ore from Alderley Edge, Cheshire

before 1889
Jacquard cards for model ribbon loom

Jacquard cards for model ribbon loom

1870
F/3.5 Ross "Xpres" lens

F/3.5 Ross "Xpres" lens

circa 1922
Cover sheet for model ribbon loom jacquard cards

Cover sheet for model ribbon loom jacquard cards

1870
Hand crank for “NS No. 3 Kine’ Camera"

Hand crank for “NS No. 3 Kine’ Camera"

1922
Wooden tripod used by Louis Le Prince

Wooden tripod used by Louis Le Prince

c 1888
Positive Krayn image of flowers

Positive Krayn image of flowers

circa 1907
Rosamond, Ela and Matilda Talbot standing in the cloister at Lacock Abbey by WHF Talbot

Rosamond, Ela and Matilda Talbot standing in the cloister at Lacock Abbey by WHF Talbot

circa 1840
Coley Avenue, Reading by Nicolaas Henneman

Coley Avenue, Reading by Nicolaas Henneman

1847
Robert Paul's Theatrograph Projector No 2 Mark 1

Robert Paul's Theatrograph Projector No 2 Mark 1

1896
Pedestal for Theatrograph Projector No 2 Mark 1

Pedestal for Theatrograph Projector No 2 Mark 1

1896
Leather case for photographic developing chemicals set

Leather case for photographic developing chemicals set

1854
Bottle of acetic acid

Bottle of acetic acid

1855-1860
Bottle of collodion

Bottle of collodion

1854
Bottle containing chloride of gold

Bottle containing chloride of gold

1854
John Logie Baird's original experimental television apparatus, 1925-1926

John Logie Baird's original experimental television apparatus, 1925-1926

1925-1926
'Iron Man' Television Camera Pedestal

'Iron Man' Television Camera Pedestal

1931-1941
Anna's Hummingbird, Los Angeles, California, 1947

Anna's Hummingbird, Los Angeles, California, 1947

1947
Model (scale unknown) of contemporary ribbon loom, using Jacquard principles

Model (scale unknown) of contemporary ribbon loom, using Jacquard principles

1870
Mullard pure music cone loud speaker

Mullard pure music cone loud speaker

1928
Daily Herald Archive photograph of sheep in a field with blossoming trees

Daily Herald Archive photograph of sheep in a field with blossoming trees

1931
Daily Herald Archive photograph of television studio at Alexandra Palace

Daily Herald Archive photograph of television studio at Alexandra Palace

1936