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Shallow saucer-like palette of slate, 4 squared lugs on rim, probably Egyptian, 2000BC-800

Palette,slate,shallow saucer shape, 4 squared lugs on rim

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-800
London and Brighton Railway. Invitation Card to Director's Inaugural journey to Hayward's Heath 5.7.41. Overall size 4 1/2"x8 1/2".

London and Brighton Railway inaugural journey invitation

Tickets, Passes & Labels

1941
Wireless Valve, admiralty pattern number 3704, made September 1941. Type NR43.

Wireless Valve, 3704

Acoustics

1941
Stand for the wind tunnel model of the Spitfire Mk. I, by RAE [Royal Aircraft Establishment], Farnborough, Hampshire, England, 1941

Stand for the wind tunnel model of the Spitfire Mark I

Farnborough

1941
Plaque, brass, commemorating John K. Briers, former employee of LMS Research Dept, Derby, killed in action with RAF on 26.12.1941, plaque was commissioned by colleagues and displayed at Research Centre, Derby. Overall: 168 mm x 90 mm.

John K Briers memorial plaque

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1941
CV58 axial diode mixer valve, ( E1273 ),( up to 30cm ).

CV58 axial diode mixer valve, ( E1273 ),( up to 30

Electronic Components

c. 1941
Crawler excavator, Ransomes and Rapier S.6T 4 1/2 0, 1941. With skimmer attachment. British Estates Services Ltd. Machine No.376.

Crawler excavator, Ransomes and Rapier S.6T 4 1/2

Civil Engineering

1941
Copy of 'Picture Post' magazine. January 4, 1941 (Vol. 10 No. 1). Published by Hulton Press Ltd., 43/44 Shoe Lane, London EC4. Printed by The Sun Engraving Co. Ltd., London and Watford, Herts.

Copy of 'Picture Post' magazine. January 4, 1941

Domestic Appliances

1941
Shrunken head with curly hair, by Jivaro tribe, Ecuador

Shrunken head with curly hair, by Jivaro tribe, Ec

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

before 1941
Skull, no mandible or facial skeleton, said to be young adult female, from Upper Nile region, inscription Egyptian, 2000 BC-1900

Human Skull

Anatomy & Pathology

2000-1900 BCE
Photograph entitled 'New beacon pedestrian crossing' by Reuben Saidman, 5 October 1941. Gelatin silver print

New beacon pedestrian crossing

Photographs

1941-10-05
A silver gelatin portrait of war photographer Robert Capa (1913-1954) by William Vandivart for Life Magazine, 28 June 1941.

Portrait of Robert Capa

Photographs

1941-06-28
Printer, apparently home-made, for 3-channel Grass electroencephalograph (EEG) used by Dr William Sargant and Dr Dennis Hill at the Maudsley Hospital in London and at Belmont Hospital (Sutton Emergency Hospital), 1940-46.

Printer, apparently home-made, for 3-channel Grass

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1941
Metal case containing power amplifier for 3-channel Grass electroencephalograph (EEG) used by Dr William Sargant and Dr Dennis Hill at the Maudsley Hospital in London and at Belmont Hospital (Sutton Emergency Hospital), 1940-46. Number two of three; this one numbered 219 on front panel.

Metal case containing power amplifier for 3-channe

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1941
Contact sheet cut into three strips, by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985. Image taken for the "Fire-Fighters!" story in Picture Post, February 1, 1941. Photographer's stamp on verso.

Contact sheet showing firemen during the Blitz

Photographs

1941
Contact sheet cut into two strips, by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985. Image taken for the "Fire-Fighters!" story in Picture Post, February 1, 1941. Photographer's stamp on verso.

Contact sheet showing firemen during the Blitz

Photographs

1941
Model railway wagon, `0' gauge, LNWR cattle with drover's compartment, No.72324, built by M.C. Hart, c.1960

London & North Western Railway cattle with drover's compartment,

Railway Models

1955-195
Circular "Action to be taken by Southern Railway Home Guard in the event of invasion", issued by F J Wymer, Colonel, Commanding, Southern Railway Home Guard, Deepdene End, Deepdene Wood, Dorking, 1 August 1941.

action to be taken by southern railway home guard in the event of invasion

Documents

1941
Poster, London & North Eastern Railway, Clacton-on-Sea by Edmund Oakdale, 1941. Depicts a beach scene with a family tug-of-war in the foreground, and the pier in the background. Printed by Jarrold & Sons Ltd., Norwich & London.

It's Quicker by Rail - Clacton-on-Sea

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1941
Circular "Safety Precautions for Rail Traffic near Parachute Mines or Unexploded Bombs" near railway property, issued by R M T Richards, Traffic Manager's Office, Deepdene Hotel, Dorking, Surrey, 29 September 1941.

Safety precautions for rail traffic near parachute mines or unexploded bombs

Documents

1941
Circular "Action to be taken by Southern Railway Home Guard in the event of invasion - Memorandum to Station Masters and Goods Agents", issued by R M T Richards, Traffic Manager's Office, Deepdene Hotel, Dorking, Surrey, dated 7 August 1941.

action to be taken by southern railway home guard in the event of invasion

Documents

1941
Poster, London & North Eastern Railway, Dovercourt Bay, Harwich, by Percy Padden, 1941. Shows a woman looking down at the bay.

Dovercourt Bay

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1941
SR(Trade Advertising Service) carriage print. Newick, Sussex - Wherever you go you' ll always find Hovis by D W Burley, 1941. Village scene with shop advertising teas with Hovis. 255 x 650mm.

Newick, Sussex - Wherever you go you'll always find Hovis

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1941
Poster, London & North Eastern Railway, "St Andrews the home of the royal and ancient game" by Fred Taylor, 1941, printed by John Waddington Ltd., Leeds & London. Coloured lithograph of St Andrews castle, the cliffs and beach. The game referred to in the title is golf. Format: quad royal. Dimensions: 40 x 50 inches, 1016 x 1270 mm.

St Andrews - the Home of the Royal and Ancient Game

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1941
Circular, L.N.E.R. Boards on Sites Away from Stations, From the advertising manager (Southern Area) London & North Eastern Railway, Describing the response that staff should make following damage either by enemy action or other means to replace or repair the advertising boards within three weeks, July 1941, (Other Associaitons 80/40/10).

L.N.E.R. Boards on Sites Away from Stations

Documents

1941
Model locomotive, gauge '0', electrically propelled, Union Pacific Railroad "Big Boy" locomotive, 1941.

model union pacific railroad big boy

Railway Models

1941
Poster, London & North Eastern Railway, "York - York Minster", It's Quicker by Rail, by Fred Taylor, 1941.

It's Quicker by Rail - York

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1941
London Midland & Scottish Railway typed booklet "Chairman's Visit to Derby Locomotive Works" 1 July 1941, describing the works and the various shops that the Chairman's party was to visit. Typed booklet in a plain card cover. 28pp.

Chairman's Visit to Derby Locomotive Works

Documents

1941-07
Poster. List of stations. Defence Areas: No 41. Regional Commissioners for the Eastern & South Eastern Regions. 1941. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm.

defence areas no 41

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1941
Circular "Public Road Level Crossings - instructions to Station Master, Signalmen and Crossing Keepers" during active military operations, issued by Southern Divisional Superintendent's Office, Southampton Central, 18 November 1941. Marked Secret.

public road level crossings instructions to station masters, signalmen and crossing keepers

Documents

1941
Apprenticeship Indenture of Geoffrey Hall with London & North Eastern Railway, 25 July 1941 in Railway Signalling & Telegraph Engineering at York.

Apprenticeship indenture

Documents

1941
Poster, London and North Eastern Railway, Helensburgh - on the Clyde Coast - It's Quicker by Rail, by Frank Mason, 1941. With illustration of a pier leading to coast. At sea there is a steam paddler and in the background a mountain. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm.

It's Quicker by Rail - Helensburgh - On the Clyde Coast

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1941
Notice, London & North Eastern Railway / London Midland & Scottish Railway, 'Earlier Despatch of Parcels Traffic from Leeds from 11 August 1941'. Green text on white background; green border. Details of new times for last acceptance on parcels at Leeds station. Printed by Herald, York (R667); published by LNE & LMS Railways. Format: double royal. Dimension: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm.

Earlier Despatch of Parcels Traffic from Leeds

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

August 1941
Notice. Railway Executive Committee. Christmas Week Travel. Limited Services - You have been Warned. 1941. Black text on white background. REC ref: No 60. Printed by Jas Truscott and Son Ltd, London and Tonbridge. Format: double royal, 25 x 40 inches, 635 x 1016mm.

christmas week travel

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1941
Notice. Dundalk, Newry and Greenore Railway. Bye-laws and Regulations/Offences and Penalties/Bye-Laws and Regulations/Offences and Penalties/Byelaws under "The Explosives Act, 1875". Revised issue, 1941. Black text on white background. Ref: ERO19215/13. Printed by McCorquodale, London. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm.

Bye-laws

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1941
Instruction book, Railway Clearing House, "Special Instructions Relating to Goods, Mineral and Live Stock Traffic', 269pp., printed by Jas Truscott & Son, London, 1941.

Special Instructions relating to Goods, Mineral and Live Stock Traffic

Documents

1941
Southern Railway booklet "Instructions Applicable to the Electrified Lines (Direct Current Conductor Rail System)" - hardcover booklet of instructions re-issued on 1 July 1941 (originally isssued 8 June 1925). 69pp.

Instructions Applicable to the Electrified Lines (Direct Current Conductor Rail System)

Documents

1941-07-01
Booklet, paper, 'Air Raid Precautions - Special Instructions for the Working of Railways', issued by the LNER, printed by Knapp, Drewett & Sons Ltd., London, 1 September 1941. 73pp. Amendment slips dated MArch 1942, May 1943 and June 1944 have been fixed into the back, increasing the page total to 113. The booklet is numbered 'ARP3' and replaced 'ARP 2.' The booklet belonged to Signaller W. Kitching.

Air Raid Precautions - Special Instructions for the Working of Railways

Documents

1941-08
Secret memo issued from the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) District Superintendent's Office, Blankney, 'Use of Railway Telephones by Military Authorities', 23 October 1941.

Use of Railway Telephones by Military Authorities

Documents

1941
Notice re. Engineer's Rail Motors and instructions as to the operation of the single line sections between Carlin How and Skinningrove Sidings, issued by the Superintendent, London & North Eastern Railway, (North Eastern area), York, and Civil Engineers

notice

Documents

1941
Certificate of Occupation, for G H Tibbles, Motor Driver at Wendover Station, 1941, printed on paper.

certificate of occupation

Documents

1941
Poster, Southern Railway. 'First the Southern "Spitfire" and now the Southern "Fulmar"', 1941. WIth photograph of a plane.

First the Southern "Spitfire" and now the Southern "Fulmar"

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1941
Watercolour with white on board by Cliff Rowe, 1941. St Pancras Cleaning Yard. Woman cleaning locomotive. Finished painting worked from 85/22/41, with head-on view of woman before locomotive smokebox entrance, holding hose apparatus, in protective clothing; to left, shed window; to right, through smoky archway, more locomotives. One of a series of drawings and paintings by Cliff Rowe of St Pancras Locomotive Cleaning and Goods Yard, 1940-1945 (and derivatives, 1950-1970)

St Pancras Cleaning Yard

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1941
Notice, Dundalk Newry & Greenore Railway Co., "By-Laws and Regulations, Offences and Penalties "The Explosives Act, 1875"", 1941, bye-laws etc dated 1904, explosive Act notice dated 1903, entire notice - Legal Notice No. 1 Revised issue 1941.

By-Laws and Regulations, Offences and Penalties "The Explosives Act, 1875".

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1941
Poster, London and North Eastern Railway, Helensburgh - on the Clyde Coast - It's Quicker by Rail, by Frank Mason, 1941. With illustration of a pier leading to coast. At sea there is a steam paddler and in the background a mountain. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm.

It's Quicker by Rail - Helensburgh - On the Clyde Coast

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1941
LNER tea room tariff card, Newcastle station, May 1940. 7.9921 x 4.8031 in.

Tea Room Tariff - Newcastle Station

Documents

1941
London & North Eastern Railway poster. Harrogate by H. Tittensor. Printed by Jordison & Co. Ltd., London & Middlesbrough. 1941Format: quad royal. Dimensions: 40 x 50 inches, 1016 x 1270mm.

harrogate

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1941
Poster, London & North Eastern Railway, Harrogate by Henry Tittensor, 1941. Coloured lithograph depicting well dressed couples and servicemen in the grounds of the Royal Baths. Printed by Jordison & Co. Ltd., London & Middlesbrough. Format quad royal.

harrogate

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1941
Letter, L.N.E.R. Boards on Sites Away from Stations, 23 July 1941, (Other Associations 80/14/9).

L.N.E.R. Boards on Sites Away from Stations

Documents

1941
London Midland & Scottish Railway typed booklet "Chairman's Visit to Leeds Repair Shop" 3 July 1941, describing the Leeds (Holbeck) Locomotive Shops that the Chairman's party was to visit. Typed booklet in a linen cover, with fold-out plan. 2pp.

Chairman's Visit to Leeds Repair Shop

Documents

1941-07