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Weaver, China

Photographs

1944

Silver gelatin copy print made ca.1970s. Photograph by Sir Cecil Beaton of a man working at a loom in China during the second world war.

British soldier drinking tea

Photographs

1944

Silver gelatin copy print made ca.1970s. Photograph by Sir Cecil Beaton of a British soldier drinking tea next to a mobile tea dispensary in Calcutta, India, during the Second World War.

Women's ward

Photographs

1944

Silver gelatin copy print made ca.1970s. Photograph by Sir Cecil Beaton of a patient lying in the women's ward of the Red Cross hospital in Changsha, China.

Silver Wings in the Moonlight

Art

1943

Print, sheet music cover: Silver Wings in the Moonlight. / Words and music by Hugh Charles, Leo Towers and Sonny Miller. - London: Irwin Dash Music Co Ltd, 1943. 4pp, 28x22cm. Cover illustration in blue and black, lady looking out of window at bomber flying through starry sky.

Withdrawal of Restaurant Cars from 5 April 1944

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1944

Notice. Railway Executive Committee. No Restaurant Cars. Withdrawal of Restaurant Cars from 5 April 1944. Black text on white background. REC ref: No 83. Printed by Jas Truscott and Son Ltd, London and Tonbridge. Format: royal. Dimensions: 20 x 35 inches, 508 x 635mm.

Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer

Art

1943

Print, sheet music cover: Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer. / Words by Harold Adamson ; music by Jimmy McHugh; revised words by Frederick Day. - London: Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd; New York, Robbins Music, 1943. 4pp, 28x22cm. Cover illustration of bomber in flight

Model steam locomotive frame 1/8 scale, with pair of unfinished cylinder block castings

Railway Models

1944

Model steam locomotive frame 1/8 scale, with pair of unfinished cylinder block castings, LMS Crewe built 4-6-0, probably made for training purposes at LMS Crewe Works, 1944

"Perhaps this'll teach you to stay at 'ome next 'oliday"

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1944

Poster, Railway Executive Committee, World War Two, 'Perhaps this'll teach you to stay at 'ome next 'oliday' by Carl Giles.Coloured lithograph depicting a carriage filled with passengers surrounded by freight wagons in a marshalling yard, with industrial buildings in the background. Additional text reads "By courtesy of the Sunday Express". Reproduction of a cartoon from the Sunday Express of 9 April 1944. Reference "569.12.5.44" at bottom left.

Rainhill locomotive model

Railway Models

1943

Model steam locomotive, 3½ inch gauge, ‘Rainhill’, made by Charles Thomas Wooler, London, 1943.

William Heath Robinson's Paint box

Art

before 1944

One paint box. 8 1/4"x3 3/4"x3/4" used by William Heath Robinson in his work until his death in 1944

The Forces Favourites

Art

1943

Print, sheet music cover: The Forces Favourites. selection of popular choruses / by Lew Stern. - London: Keith Prowse & Co Ltd, 1943. 6pp, 28x22cm. Cover illustration in black on red, featuring schematic aircraft flying over armoured tank and battleship

races - ascot

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1943

Poster, Southern Railway. 'Races - Ascot' by Shep [Charles Shepherd], 1943. With yellow and green border. Announcing that there will be no additional trains for Ascot races due to the war. Second world war.

Johnny Zero

Art

1943

Print, sheet music cover: Johnny Zero. / lyric by Mack David; music by Vee Lawnhurst. Featured and broadcast by Jack Payne and his Band. - Campbell, Connelly & Co Ltd, 1943. 4pp, 24.5x15.5cm. - Cover illustration in blue of fighter pilot in open cockpit, wearing goggled hat: theme is the pilot as hero. Inset b&w photo of Jack Payne

Sons of the Lords of the Air

Art

1943

Print, sheet music cover: Sons of the Lords of the Air. The official theme song of the ATC broadcast 'First Flights' featured by Billy Cotton and his Band. / words and music Dick Hurran. - Peter Maurice Music co., 1943. 4pp, 28x22cm. Cover illustration, blc by M Sturm, of planes in flight to ATC logo, with inset photo of Billy Cotton

Arab II 'Utility' bus

Road Transport

1943

Guy Arab II double decker 'Utility' bus, 1943, Weymann body, registration no. DHR 192.

Self Portrait of Robert Capa

Photographs

1943-09

A silver gelatin self portrait of war photographer Robert Capa (1913-1954) taken during the campaign to liberate Naples, September 1943.

Miles Aircraft Co

1943 - 1948

1943-1948, manufacturer of aircraft and ballpoint pens, Reading, England

Kyoko Kumai

1943

1943-current (2012), artist, Japan, Japanese

George Watson Muir

1943

1943; businessman, engineer, railway company director, railway industry body director

Kemsley Newspapers Limited

1943

1943-1959, newspaper owners including Sunday Times, newspaper printers, England, British

Kodak Matchbox (MB) camera, 1943

Photographic Technology

1943

Kodak matchbox (MB) camera, 1943. For use by OSS in occupied Europe. Miniature box camera for 16mm film on spool pictures 14 x 14mm. F:1 inch lens anastigmat F/5. Swinging plate with f/11 aperture. Shutter 75/T. Fixed focus, depth of field 4 foot to infinity. Measures 60 x 38 x 22mm. Eastman Kodak, 1943.

David Rollin

1944 - 2021

1944; railway employee, railway engineer, railway engineering manager, railway company director

Bill Moggridge

1943 - 2012

1943-2012, designer, British

Davies, Hugh

1943 - 2005

Davies, Hugh

Keith Holmes

1944

b. 1944, artist, English; British

Priestman Tiger Mk.IV excavator

Civil Engineering

1944

Priestman Tiger Mk.IV excavator, with shovel attachment, 1944

Tim A. Stubbs

1944

1944; railway employee, railway engineer, railway personnel manager, railway engineer

Ampex Corporation

1944

1944-current (2022), audio and video recording & data management and storage, California, USA

Deer-antler pick, used in flint mining from Grimes Graves

Hand and Machine Tools

3000-1900 BCE

Deer-antler pick, used in flint mining from Grimes Graves

Ball recording sextant with case.

Astronomy

1944

Ball recording sextant with brass and alloy frame and plastic handle in rectangular fitted wooden box with a leather strap, made by the Mergenthaler Linotype Company, Brooklyn, New York, USA, 1944. Consists of scale (0° to 90°), on reverse, with 1°’ divisions and micrometer (1’), day and night telescopes (236mm) and no filter shades. In use, the celestial body is viewed directly and instead of a plumb bob, a falling steel ball records the altitude on a screen, and is read off the scale and micrometer.

Roger Perry

1944 - 1991

1944-1991; photographer; UK

Thomas Hugh Fenwick

1944

1944; railway employee, railway civil engineer, railway civil engineering manager, civil engineering consultant

21st Army Group

1943 - 1945

1943-1945, army unit, British and Canadian

Hugh Davies

1943 - 2005

1943-2005, electro-acoustic musician, British

Gretag AG

1943 - 2004

1943-2004, manufacturer of cryptographic and photographic equipment, Switzerland

Equipment used by Dr. Ludwig Koch for recording bird song

Sound Reproduction

1943

Equipment used by Dr. Ludwig Koch for recording bird song comprising: (1) disc recording and play-back desk, (2) amplifier, (3) loudspeaker, (4) wooden box containing leads, and headphones. Equipment was made by M.S.S. [Master Sound System] Recording Company in Slough, England.

National HRO.M high-frequency communications receiver, 1944

Radio Communication

1944

National HRO.M high-frequency communications receiver, 1944

Terence Paul Worrall

1944

1944; railway employee, railway manager, railway freight manager, railway company director

Malcolm C. Reed

1944

1944; railway signalling engineer, railway manager, railway planning manager, railway company director, civil servant

David Wharton-Street

1944

1944; railway employee, railway manager, station master, railway passenger manager, railway company chairman

Ernö Rubik

1944

b. 1944, inventor; sculptor; architect, Hungarian

Ford Ferguson 9NAN agricultural tractor on pneumat

Agricultural Engineering

1944

Ford Ferguson 9NAN agricultural tractor on pneumatic tyres, by Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, U.S.A., registration mark SH 6960, 1944. Engine: Serial No. NAN 136009, 4 cylinder overhead valve petrol/tractor vaporising oil, made for the British market. Fitted with Ferguson 3-point hydraulic linkage, this was the tractor resulting from the ill-fated Ford/Ferguson 'handshake' agreement, which later ended in a court case, Ford losing.

Half-wave rectifier, Type NU4, Admiralty Pattern 7415

Electronic Components

1943

Hard half-wave rectifier, Type NU4, Admiralty Pattern 7415, Serial Number Y2936, 1943

Sons of the Lords of the Air

Art

1943

Print, sheet music cover: Sons of the Lords of the Air. The official theme song of the ATC broadcast 'First Flights' featured by Billy Cotton and his Band. / words and music Dick Hurran. - Peter Maurice Music Co., 1943. 4pp, 28x22cm. Cover illustration, blc by M Sturm, of planes in flight to ATC logo, with inset photo of Billy Cotton

ASDIC Equipment, complete with spares, suitably modified for exhibition, 1944

Acoustics

1944

ASDIC Equipment, complete with spares, suitably modified for exhibition.

Plug-In Coil Unit for MCR1 'Biscuit Tin' Radio

Television

1943

Plug-in coil unit for 'Biscuit Tin' radio, British Government Miniature Communications Receiver, Mark 1 (MCR1), 1943.

Allan Peter Newbould

1943

1943; railway employee, railway civil engineer, railway manager, railway consultant

Brian Leonard Clementson

1943

1943; railway engineer, railway engineering manager, railway company director

Blood Transfusion Service

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1943

Medal on ribbon, Blood Transfusion Service, British Red Cross Society, with five bars (20th, 30th, 40th, bronze bars on ribbon; 50th, 60th, white metal loose) up to 60th service), British, 1943. Bronze, 33mm diameter, 11cm overall length, with original box 5.5x10.5x1.5cm. Medal reverse inscribed: Awarded to Mrs M Lester for 10 transfusions. Box lid label inscribed 14.1.43, no.1840, Mrs M Lester

John Logie Baird in 1943 with a 1933 Televisor

Photographs

1943

A photograph of John Logie Baird adjusting the controls of a 1933 Bush mirror drum Televisor.