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Magnifying stereoscope, 1940

Surveying

1940

Government issue field operation instrument set

Surgery

1940

Radio with Bakelite case

Plastics and Modern Materials

1940

German two-load left split-hook prosthesis attachment

Orthopaedics

c. 1940

Saucer, ceramic, by Alfred Meakin, London & North Eastern Railway

Passenger Comforts

1940

BSA folding bicycle, c. 1940

Road Transport

c.1940

The Speedway Derby Trophy

Road Transport

1940

"Morgan Lee" Paper Trimmer

Papermaking

1940

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE
'Bel' cream maker, Empire Jubilee Model. Patent No. 448775. Made in England, c. 1940.

'Bel' cream maker, Empire Jubilee Model. Patent No

Domestic Appliances

c. 1940
Railway wagon, No 161042, 50-ton bogie flat wagon, Warflat WC, used by the War Department and British Railways built by Metropolitan-Cammell Carriage & Wagon Company Limited, 1940. Built to diagram number BR Wagon 73, number built 60. Length over buffers: 43' 10 1/2"; width 7' 10"; height 5'.

'Warflat' 50-ton bogie flat wagon, 1940

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1940

Sylvester, coal mining jacking

Coal Mining

c.1940

Left above knee peg leg made from leather and wood in Stalag VIIIB/344

Orthopaedics

1940

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

"Morgan Lee" Paper Trimmer

Papermaking

1940

Original cavity magnetron, developed by John Randa

Radio Communication

1940

Ice skating on the Serpentine

Photographs

1940-01-23

Joseph Kennedy and Lord Halifax at Westminster Abbey

Photographs

1940-09-03

Children on bicycles, wearing gas masks.

Photographs

c. 1940

7x50 binocular with internal filters model CF41 se

Optics

1940

Mill worker

Photographs

1940-01-21

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Shipyard worker

Photographs

1940-01-08

Tinplate worker

Photographs

1940-01-28

Artificial leg made by British prisoner-of-war, Germany, 1940

Orthopaedics

1940

Mill worker eating lunch

Photographs

1940-01-21

Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Baker at work

Photographs

1940-01-15

Print advertisement for Cine-Kodak cameras

Cinematography

1940

Sylvester, coal mining jacking

Coal Mining

c.1940

Imperial Typewriter Model 50, 1940

Printing & Writing

1940

Model 207.IFL shell fuse nosecap

Aeronautics

1940
Electric mantle clock, Smith's 'Sectric'. 200/250V, 50 hertz. Made in England, c. 1940.

Electric mantle clock, Smith's 'Sectric'. 200/250V

Domestic Appliances

c. 1940

Marconiphone 895 radio, 1940, restored 1988. 5-val

Radio Communication

1940

Model of the Kodak factory

Photographs

c. 1940

Train driver

Photographs

1940-01-30

London taxi driver

Photographs

1940-01-08

Welsh miner

Photographs

1940-01-28

Shipyard workers

Photographs

1940-01-08

Train driver

Photographs

1940-01-30

Women on stage

Photographs

1940-01-05

Collecting aluminium pots and pans to make aeroplanes

Photographs

1940

'Selfac' Automatic Fire Extinguisher by F.E. Proprietary Co. Ltd., England, 1940

Firefighting

1940

Phillips neon lamp

Lighting

c. 1940
Dungarees, London & North Eastern Railway, Driver, c.1940's, issued to Jowsey, Locomotive Running Depot York.

driver's dungarees

Railway Uniform & Costume

c. 1940
Egg cup, ceramic, Great Western Railway - Hotels, made by John Maddock and Sons Limited, Burslem, 1940; cream withred and black bands and "GWR" in red diamond, marked underneath "GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY HOTELS 3/40".

Ceramic egg cup, Great Western Railway - Hotels

Passenger Comforts

1940

Stone slab with seven holes for cosmetic ointments, Egypt, 1991-1786 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1991-1786 BCE

Set of playing cards with aeroplane designs

Penn-Gaskell Collection

1940

Welsh miner

Photographs

1940-01-28

Tinplate worker

Photographs

1940-01-28