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Combined 35mm camera, printer and projector.

Combined 35mm Camera, Printer and Projector

Cinematography

c. 1897
Lion's head, Great Western Railway, carved wooden lion's head from corner of Queen Victoria's Saloon of 1874 (as rebuilt in 1897).

Lion's head, Great Western Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1897
Lion's head, Great Western Railway, carved wooden lion's head from corner of Queen Victoria's Saloon of 1874 (as rebuilt 1897).

Lion's head, Great Western Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1897
Bronze award medallion, Brussels Exhibition 1897. Depicting 3 classical figures holding hands/Royal Crest. Overall: 7 mm x 70 mm.

Exposition Internationale Bruxelles 1897 commemorative medal

Coins and Medals

1897
Black and white print mounted on card, James Craig Annan, 1897. Portrait of Mrs Grosvenor Thomas, wife of the Glasgow painter.

Mrs Grosvenor Thomas

Photographs

1897
Reversing thermometer by Negretti and Zambra, 1896, in Scottish pattern frame

Reversing thermometer by Negretti and Zambra, 1896

Oceanography

1896
Box camera for 102 rollfilm 1 1/2 x 2 inches. Fitted with a single lens, rotating plate with three apertures, T/I shutter, rotary. Eastman Kodak, 1896.

pocket Kodak camera

Photographic Technology

1896
Map, Railway Clearing House, London, 1897, coloured, published by H Smart, Railway Clearing House.

Map, Railway Clearing House, London, 1897, coloured, publish

Railway Maps & Plans

1897
Map, Railway Clearing House, Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire, 1897, coloured.

Map, Railway Clearing House, Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire

Railway Maps & Plans

1897
Map, Railway Clearing House, England South, 1897, coloured, scale not given, distorted.

Map, Railway Clearing House, England South, 1897, coloured,

Railway Maps & Plans

1897
Ross camera used in animal portraiture (no lens), 1896.

Ross camera used in animal portraiture (no lens), 1896.

Photographic Technology

1896
Travel Guide, Great Northern Railway, "Seaside Farmhouses, Country Lodgings & Hotels", 1897, list of places to stay, 52 pages, soft cover.

travel guide - seaside farmhouses country lodgings & hotels

Library Collections

1897
Liquid filter for potassium bichromate solution. In original carton.

Bausch and Lomb Filter

Photographic Technology

1897
Sugar tongs, silver plated, Glasgow & South Western Railway Steamers, made by Walker & Hall, Sheffield; garter on handle, 1896. Overall: 13 mm x 98 mm x 35 mm, 0.01kg.

Silver plated sugar tongs, Glasgow & South Western Railway - Steamers

Passenger Comforts

1896
Seal die, steel, Yorkshire Dales Railway, 1897.

Seal die, Yorkshire Dales Railway

Railway Heraldry

1897
Seal die, Dearne Valley Railway, 1897, engraved steel disc on spigot, full company title and date around circumference enclosing interlocking initials.

seal die - dearne valley

Railway Heraldry

1897
X-ray photograph entitled 'Grüne Eidechse' (Green Lizard), by Josef Maria Eder, 1896. Röntgen x-ray, a plate from the book 'Versuche über Photographie mittelst der Röntgen'schen Strahlen'.

Grüne Eidechse

Photographs

1896
Medal, bronze, to commemorate the 70th birthday of Professor Anton Drasche, an Austrian epidemiologist, made by Anton Scharff, Austria, 1896. Obverse: bust portrait of Anton Drasche. legend: HOFRATH PROFESSOR Dr. ANTON DRASCHE/GEB/2. JULI 1826. Reverse: DANKBARKEIT GEWT./V.S. FREUNDEN. COLLEGEN v. SCHULERN. Reverse depicts doctor, nun and angel at bedside of patient. 58 mm diameter, 4 mm thick

Medal commemorating Anton Drasche

Wellcome Medals

1896
Reproduction steam lawnmower, based on the remains of an original steam lawnmower, by Lancashire Steam Motor Company, Leyland, Lancashire, England, 1896, and assembled by apprentices at Leyland Motors Limited, Leyland, Lancashire, England, 1975-1985

Reproduction steam lawnmower

Road Transport

1896
Egyptian funerary statue of man and wife, granite, Old Kingdom, from plain of Memphis

Egyptian funerary statue of man and wife, granite

Classical & Medieval Medicine

4000-1000 BCE
Poster, bye laws for the management of the slaughter house, Newton Stewart, Scotland, 1896

Poster, bye laws for the management of the slaught

Veterinary Medicine

1896
Circular bronze medal, commemorates the 80th birthday of Albertus de Koeliker, from his colleagues at University of Wurzburg, designed by A. Borsch, German, 1897

Circular bronze medal, commemorates the 80th birth

Wellcome Medals

1897
Cylindrical Rontgen-type x-ray tube, by C. H. F. Muller, Hamburg, Germany, 1896.

Cylindrical Rontgen-type x-ray tube, by C. H. F. M

X-rays

1896
Bronze plaque, commemorates Dr. Benedikt, artist Teltsch(?), and Stanley(?), medal German, 1896

Bronze plaque, commemorates Dr. Benedikt, artist T

Wellcome Medals

1896
Pair of opera glasses with mother-of-pearl mounts, signed "LAMIER PARIS" (cast round eyepieces), and engraved "S.A. HURLINGHAM 1896"

Pair of opera glasses with mother-of-pearl mounts

Optics

1896
Lady's bicycle saddle, made by Christy, c. 1896

Lady's bicycle saddle, made by Christy, c. 1896

Road Transport

c. 1896
Sepia-toned photograph showing factory workers manufacturing Urban Bioscope (Warwick Bioscope) film projectors at the Warwick Trading. Co. in High Holborn.

Manufacture of Urban Bioscope

Cinematography

1897
Photogravure print showing factory workers manufacturing Urban Bioscope (Warwick Bioscope) film projectors at the Warwick Trading. Co. in High Holborn.

Manufacture of Urban Bioscope

Cinematography

1897
Bronze medal to commemorate Marcello Malpighi (1628-1694), by Johnson, Milan, Italy, 1897

Bronze medal to commemorate Marcello Malpighi (16

Wellcome Medals

1897
Tin plated white metal medal to commemorate the Franco-Russian Alliance, French, 1896

Tin plated white metal medal to commemorate the Fr

Wellcome Medals

1896
Three inch lens with dust cap, by J. H. Dallmeyer, London used by Robert W Paul on "moving picture" projector, 1896, serial no. 55820.

Three inch Dallmeyer lens with dust cap

Cinematography

1896
Early cinema poster mounted on cardboard inscribed "Depicted by the Animatograph. Living photos by Robt. W. Paul". Made by David Allen & Sons Ltd, London.

Depicted by the Animatograph poster

Cinematography

c. 1896
The 1897 diary of Arthur Osborne Ladell, containing some details of work on the railways and rates of pay. Also contains a small number of enteries for 1896.

1897 diary of Arthur Ladell

Archive Collections

1896-1897
Induction coil with hammer-break interrupter, made by Alfred Apps, patent no.545, 433 Strand, London, England, 1896-1897.

Induction coil

Radiomedicine

1896-1897
Silver gelatin photograph by George Davison, mounted on card. Titled "May", this image shows Davison's niece, May Louisa Hiller.

May

Photographs

1897
Medal, bronze, commemorating sixty years as Queen for Queen Victoria, 1837-1897, English, 1897

Medal, bronze, commemorating sixty years as Queen

Wellcome Medals

1897
Bronze jubilee medal issued to Police Ambulance Service with riband, recipient P.C. Gray, English, 1897

Bronze jubilee medal issued to Police Ambulance Se

Wellcome Medals

1897
Rectangular bronze plaque, commemorates the end of the polar expedition on board the " Fram", led by F. Nansen, maker V.D. Brenner, plaque American

Plaque commemorating Nansen's polar expedition

Wellcome Medals

1897
Fish knife, silver plated, Great Western Railway and London & North Western Railway - Refreshment Rooms, Hereford Station, made by Elkington & Co, Birmingham, 1897. (BTH 10W). Overall: 15 mm x 218 mm x 26 mm, 0.05kg.

Silver plated fish knife, Refreshment Rooms - Hereford Station

Passenger Comforts

1897
Table fork, silver plated, by Elkington & Co, 1896, North Eastern Railway - Refreshment Rooms, Scarborough. Overall: 20 mm x 214 mm x 26 mm, 0.09kg.

Silver plated table fork, North Eastern Railway - Refreshment Rooms, Scarborough

Passenger Comforts

1896
Vegetable dish and cover, silver plated, by Elkington & Co, 1896, Great Western Railway Refreshment Department, circular, divided (2), garter at end of divider "GWR REFRESHMENT DEPARTMENT", circular cover with integral handle and garter.

Silver plated vegetable dish and cover, Great Western Railway - Refreshment Department

Passenger Comforts

1896
Instantograph camera made by J Lancaster & Son. Folding camera, mahogany and brass for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 plates. Sliding rising and cross front. Swing back. Double extension magenta bellows. Ground glass screen swings out to admit plate holder. With 1 wooden darkslide for Instantograph camera made by J Lancaster & Son.

Instantograph folding bellows camera

Photographic Technology

1896
Table fork, silver plated, West Coast Dining Saloons, made by Elikington & Co, Birmingham, 1896.(BTH 41W) Measurements overall: 21 mm x 208 mm x 26 mm, 0.07 kg.

Silver plated table fork, West Coast Dining Saloons

Passenger Comforts

1896
Silver medal to commemorate the centenary of the Societe de Medecine de Paris, unsigned, France, 1896

Silver medal to commemorate the centenary of the S

Wellcome Medals

1896
Circular bronze medal, prize, awarded by Exposition Nationale de L'Hygiene et des Arts de L'Enfance, designed by L. Bottee, made by Erdmarin, French, 1896

Circular bronze medal, prize, awarded by Expositio

Wellcome Medals

1896
Cased medal, copper, commemorating 50th anniversary of the Societe Centrale Protestante D' Evangelisation, Paris, 11 June 1897.French 1897

Cased medal, copper, commemorating 50th anniversar

Wellcome Medals

1897
Rectangular white metal medal, presented to E. Besnier by his colleagues at the Hospital Saint Louis, France, 1896

Rectangular white metal medal, presented to E. Bes

Wellcome Medals

1896
Darras 35mm cine camera with crank handle.

Darras 35mm Cine Camera

Cinematography

1896
Original box for fountain pen, European, 1896. Attributed to Baron Guillaume Dupuytren.

Original box for fountain pen attributed to Baron Guillaume Dupuytren

Wellcome (general)

1896
Printing plate, copper, Hull, Barnsley & West Riding Junction Railway Co., four per cent Preference Stock Share Certificate, 1897.

Copper printing plate, Hull, Barnsley & West Riding Junction Railway Company Share Certificate

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

1897