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Bottle of tetanus vaccine, 1941.

Public Health & Hygiene

1941-1943

Bottle of 'Tetanus Toxoid' vaccine, with instructions in original carton, supplied by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., England, 1941-1943 (see note).

Experimental magnetic drum store

Computing & Data Processing

c. 1946

Experimental model used in design of magnetic-drum store

Microbarograph by Short & Mason Ltd., London, 1944

Meteorology

1944

Microbarograph by Short & Mason Ltd., London, 1944.

Open scale barograph by Short & Mason Ltd., London

Meteorology

1944

Open scale barograph by Short & Mason Ltd., London, MO 5980/44/58, dated 1944

Screw pitch caliper with a Boxford dial gauge, sto

Industrial Metrology

1942

Screw pitch caliper with a Boxford dial gauge, stored in a wooden case.

Tom Bavin, Labour candidate

Photographs

1945-06-22

A photograph of Tom Bavin, Labour candidate, canvassing during the general election, taken in June 1945 by George W Roper for the Daily Herald.

Badge making

Photographs

1940-02-08

A photograph of a woman making badges for the army, taken by Bishop Marshall for the Daily Herald newspaper on 8 January, 1940. Betty Cole is photographed using a gas torch to melt metal into a series of moulds for regimental badges. This photograph is one of a series taken to illustrate a Daily Herald feature story by Dudley Barker on workers in wartime.

Market salesmen

Photographs

1940-01-08

A photograph of two market salesmen, taken by Tomlin for the Daily Herald newspaper on 8 January, 1940.

Children tobogganing

Photographs

1945-01-22

A photograph of two children tobogganing on Hampstead Heath, London, taken by Esten for the Daily Herald newspaper on 22 January, 1945. 1945 began with a spell of very cold weather, widespread snowfalls and severe frost.

Hertfordshire school children have their own farm

Photographs

1941-09-30

A photograph entitled 'Hertfordshire school children have their own farm', taken by George W Roper in 1941 for the Daily Herald. The photograph shows Arthur Merritt feeding pigs.

Children drawing on the pavement

Photographs

1941-11-14

A photograph of a group of children drawing a wartime chalk scene on a street pavement, taken by D H Calcraft for the Daily Herald newspaper on 14 November, 1941.

Spinning thread

Photographs

1944

Silver gelatin copy print made ca.1970s. Photograph by Sir Cecil Beaton showing a young man sitting at a spinning wheel in Bengal, India.

Deborah Kerr Has Day Off

Photographs

03 July 1941

Vintage gelatin silver contact print sheet. Daily Herald photograph for Weekly Illustrated. Image shows actress Deborah Kerr at Denham Studios while filming "Hatter's Castle".

Upper swash-plate housing, for the Swash-plate axial aero engine

Aircraft Propulsion

1947

Upper swash-plate housing, for the Swash-plate axial aero engine, designed by John Wooler and made by the Wooler Motor Cycle Company (1919) Limited, Middlesex, England, 1947

Swash-plate axial aero engine

Aircraft Propulsion

1947

Swash-plate axial aero engine, designed by John Wooler and made by the Wooler Motor Cycle Company (1919) Limited, Middlesex, England, 1947

Cylindrical steel container for radium needles

Radiomedicine

1940-1945

Cylindrical steel container for housing radium needles during 2nd World War air raids. Originally used at Pembury Hospital Radiography Unit (Kent)

O-VEE Spring Thread Gauge, 3 5/16" Whitworth 5 t.

Industrial Metrology

1946 or later.

O-VEE Spring Thread Gauge, 3 5/16" Whitworth 5 t.p.i.

Penguin book, 'The Moon and Sixpence' by Somerset

Domestic Appliances

1945

Penguin book, 'The Moon and Sixpence' by Somerset Maugham. (First published 1919). First Penguin August 1944. Reprinted, this edition 1945. Penguin books, Harmondsworth, Middlesex. Made and printed in Great Britain for Penguin Books Ltd., by Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd., London and Aylesbury.

LNER head porter tailcoat

Railway Uniform & Costume

c.1947

Railway uniform summer tailcoat, London & North Eastern Railway, Head Porter, c.1947.

Type B12 Geiger-Muller tube

Nuclear Energy

1946-48

Type B12 Geiger-Muller tube

Portrait of a woman

Photographs

1943

A hand-coloured photographic portrait of a woman taken by an unknown photographer in 1943.

Polyethylene terephthalate filaments spool, 1943-1944

Plastics and Modern Materials

1943-1944

One of three spools of polyethylene terephthalate filaments produced at the Chemical Research Laboratory, Teddington (D.S.I.R) in 1943-44 Label reads: poly-ethylene terephthalate filamnet (A)

Opener for large tins, 1940

Domestic Appliances

1940

"Royal" tin-opener for large tins, c.1940

Rude's star identifier A-N type 1 date c. 1942

Astronomy

1942

Rude's star identifier A-N type 1 date c. 1942

Black and white photographic print, 7th of 8, showing the July 1945 New Mexico atomic bomb explosion test

Nuclear Physics

1945-1947

Black and white photographic print, mounted on card, 7th of 8, showing the July 1945 New Mexico atomic bomb explosion test, being an enlargement from a negative presented by Gaumont British Distributors Ltd., by Science Museum Photographer, South Kensington, London, England, 1945-1947

PSU for MCR1 'Biscuit Tin' Radio

Television

1943

PSU (Power Supply Unit) for 'Biscuit Tin' radio, British Government Miniature Communications Receiver, Mark 1 (MCR1), 1943.

Admiral Sir Dudley and Lady Pound Buried at Sea

Photographs

27 October 1943

Glass plate negative by Calcraft for the Daily Herald, titled "Admiral Sir Dudley and Lady Pound Buried at Sea", 27 October 1943. Image shows wreaths floating on The Solent after the service. Mourners stand aboard the deck of the HMS Glasgow.

Model of Sunbeam-Talbot 10 h.p. saloon motor car

Road Transport

1946

Model of Sunbeam-Talbot 10 h.p. saloon motor car, by Bassett-Lowke, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, 1946 (scale 1:10)

Daily Herald contact print showing bomb damage in Stepney, East London

Photographs

1945

Daily Herald contact print by F. Greaves, showing a general view of the damaged caused by a bomb in Stepney, East London, 1945. Caption on back reads: 'When the last V. Bomb fell in Southern England a large block of working class flats was destroyed and two others severely damaged.' M8949.

Early penicillin sodium salt in glass bottle, 1943.

Biotechnology

1943

Glass bottle of Penicillin sodium salt, dated 19.11.1943, British

Plaster cast arm splint worn by a child with polio

Orthopaedics

1942-1948

Plaster cast arm splint made for and worn by a child with polio, made at West Hill Hospital, England, 1942-1948

D'Arsonval galvanometer no. 151667, by Muirhead an

Telecommunications

1947

D'Arsonval galvanometer no. 151667, by Muirhead and Co. Ltd., December 1947

First ever prepared crystal of serotonin creatinine sulphate, United States, 1948

Biochemistry

1948

Single crystal of serotonin creatinine sulphate, the first ever prepared by Maurice Rapport

Tinian Island Pass, 1945.

Nuclear Physics

1945

Tinian Island Pass issued by the War Department, U.S Engineer Office, to Cyril Stanley Smith. [Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs were assembled on Tinian]

Touring bicycle frame and part

Road Transport

1941

Touring bicycle frame and (box of) parts made by Berry and Bentley, Rusholme, 1941. Serial number 41453.

Protective rubber glove, 1946.

Plastics and Modern Materials

1946

Protective grey rubber glove, for left hand, marked "Rated voltage 3,300 tested to 15,000 volts, made by Dunlop, January 1946

Penicillin sodium salt reduction residue

Biotechnology

1942-1943

Penicillin sodium salt reduction residue, prepared by Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, 1942-1943

Dewar flask marked Brighton Mental Hospital

Biotechnology

1943-1948

Dewar flask with wooden transit container marked 'B.M.H.' (Brighton Mental Hospital), used for transporting early supplies of penicillin, 1943-1948.

Aerial lead, 1942-1946

Radio Communication

1942-1946

Aerial lead No.2 for use with Wireless Set No. 19, unknown maker, British, 1942-1946

'S-phone' personal portable UHF transceiver, 1941-1945

Radio Communication

1942-1945

'S-phone' type 13/Mk IV personal portable UHF transmitter/receiver, designed by Charles Bovill, unknown maker, British, 1942-1945

Photograph showing a Super Emitron camera at an athletics track

Television

1948

Photograph taken during the televising of the Olympic Games athletics from Wembley Stadium in 1948.

Dipole Unit associated with the H2S Mk.IIC installation unit

Radio Communication

1943

Dipole Unit associated with H2S Mk.IIc airborne ground-scanning radar installation (c.1943), unmarked. Type 13 + DIR (Lucero)

Marconi AXBT Microphone & matching desk stand

Television

c. 1946

Marconi AXBT microphone Type A, manufactured by Marconi, c. 1944. BBC ribbon microphone with stand.

Tannoy Ribbon Velocity Microphone

Television

c.1947

Tannoy Ribbon Velocity Microphone, 1947. Grey in U-shaped supporting stirrup. The case is a light alloy casting about 5/32" thick.

Trafalgar Square

Photographs

1945

A Dufaycolor colour transparency of Trafalgar Square in London, taken by an unknown photographer in 1945.

The Palm House, Kew Gardens

Photographs

c. 1945

A Dufaycolor colour transparency of The Palm House in Kew Gardens, London taken by an unknown photographer in about 1945.

Liquid refractometer by Hilger, London, 1948

Optics

1948

Liquid refractometer by Hilger, London, 1948

McArthur portable microscope, prototype, without o

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1946

McArthur portable microscope, prototype, without objectives or eyepiece, by John McArthur, English, 1946

Woman holding Union flags

Photographs

1945-04-11

A photograph of a woman wearing badges and holding a number of flags, taken by Nixon for the Daily Herald newspaper on 11 April, 1945.

Factory workers making flags

Photographs

1945-04-06

A photograph of workers in a flag-making factory, taken by Nixon for the Daily Herald newspaper on 6 April, 1945.