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Ensign Selfix 820 camera guarantee

Photographic Technology

1949

Ensign Selfix 820 camera guarantee. Filled out in biro. Dealer's name Frank Woods. Address 1/3 Waterloo Road, Epsom, Date of purchase 13 September 1949.

Festival Pattern Group Fabric, 1951

Experimental Chemistry

1951

2 Samples of dress fabric ('Fibre') FPG 33, screen printed silk or fine filament acetate rayon crepe, design based on a Fourier contour map of Afwillite, in brown and gold and brown and silver colourways, designed by Arnold Lever, manufactured by Arnold Lever, cystallographer Helen Megaw, From a collection of 83 samples designed for the 1951 Festival of Britain.

Photographic contact sheet from filming of 'Once a Sinner'

Photographs

1949-11-19

Daily Herald photographic contact sheet by F. Greaves titled 'Filming in Camden Town'. Image 1 shows film crew in Shipton Place, Camden Town, London. Image 2 shows actors Sydney Taffler and Jock Keaton acting out a fight sequence. The film being made is 'Once a Sinner' (1950) starring Pat Kirkwood.

Cardboard pack containing a tube of foundation cream

Industrial Chemistry

c. 1950

Cardboard pack containing a tube of Atkinsons' "Rose Rachel" tint foundation cream.

Pink Jig lipstick

Industrial Chemistry

c. 1950

One of four examples of Atkinsons' lipsticks, in box, "Pink Jig" shade, c.1950.

Box of mascara

Industrial Chemistry

c. 1950

Box of Atkinsons' black mascara, c.1950, 75 x 40 mm

Capacitance bridge

Electricity and Magnetism

1950

Capacitance bridge, by H.W. Sullivan, London, no.702/1950, range 30-1000 picofarad

Oertling microbalance, model 143, 1951, brass beam

Experimental Chemistry

1951

Oertling microbalance, model 143, 1951, brass beam and column, glazed mahogany case, black glass base, serial no. 39911.

Cardboard packet containing tube of hand cream

Industrial Chemistry

c. 1950

Cardboard packet containing a tube of Atkinsons' Skin Deep hand cream, c.1950

Schwartz thermopile infra-red detector, 1 of 3

Heat

1950

Schwartz thermopile infra-red detector, one of three, by English Electric Co. Ltd., England, 1950.

Festival Pattern Group Paper, 1951

Experimental Chemistry

1951

Yellow paper sample, unknown pattern (hydrargillite?). Part of a collection of 83 samples designed for the 1951 Festival of Britain, based on X-ray crystallographic pattern

'Sumlock' adding / calculating machine no. 912/S/3475

Mathematics

1950

"Sumlock" adding/calculating machine no.912/S/3475

Acid Dyestuffs on Wool, ICI, 1950

Industrial Chemistry

1950

Dye book, ‘Acid Dyestuffs on Wool’, by ICI Limited, England, 1950

Mahogany carrying case, for periscopic bubble aircraft sextant: Type 1A, No. 2053

Navigation

1950-1951

Mahogany carrying case, for periscopic bubble aircraft sextant, Type 1A, No. 2053, by Kelvin and Hughes (Aviation) Limited, Barkingside, Essex, England, 1950-1951

German Model GHH Werk Sterkrade friction prop

Coal Mining

1950

German Model GHH Werk Sterkrade telescopic friction prop (yielding) and 2 link bars, a yielding arch foot (supporting shoe) and 2 miscellaneous pieces, 1950.

Avro 707C Scale Model

Aeronautics

1949

1:100 Scale model of the Avro 707C aeroplane with display stand.

"Sectograph" tomographic attachment for model R.500 couch

Radiomedicine

1951

"Sectograph" tomographic attachment for model R.500 couch, by Watson and Sons, Wembley, Middlesex, 1951 (see note)

Ferranti Transformer

Electricity Supply

1950

Ferranti quadrature voltage transformer.

Telephone lightning and curren

Telecommunications

c.1950

Telephone lightning and current protector made by Associated Electrical Industries Ltd, c.1950

Relay switch

Telecommunications

c.1950

Relay switch made by the Power Equipment Co. Ltd, c.1950

Selector 'bank splitting' plie

Telecommunications

c.1950

Selector 'bank splitting' pliers with capstan made by Maun Industries Ltd, Mansfield, c.1950

Cardboard packet containing a tube of beauty cream

Industrial Chemistry

c. 1950

Cardboard packet containing a tube of Atkinsons' Skin Deep beauty cream, c.1950

McVitie Weston valve collection, STC valve, type VLS 492 AG

Electronic Components

-1949

STC valve, type VLS 492 AG, surface crack round base of envelope, (RMW/Y674 - McVitie Weston number), by Standard Telephones and Cables Limited.-1949

McVitie Weston valve collection, STC valve, type 3J/160E

Electronic Components

c. 1950

STC valve, type 3J/160E, (RMW/Y519 - McVitie Weston number), by Standard Telephones and Cables Limited, c. 1950.

British Railways (London Midland Region) cabside plate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1950

Cabside plate, British Railways (London Midland Region), "This is the seven thousandth locomotive built at Crewe Works, September 1950", from 2-6-2 tank locomotive Class 2 No. 41272, withdrawn October 1965.

Holophane-Edgecombe street lighting photometer in

Gas Industry

c. 1950

Holophane-Edgecombe street lighting photometer in purpose built oak box, with instructions mounted on the inside of one of the hinged lids. Scales in foot candles, serial no. 436777.

British Empire Medal with box,

Coal Mining

c. 1950

British Empire Medal with box, and ribbon, awarded to Herbert Evitts of the Boothstown Rescue Station for rescue work at Lyme Colliery, Haydock, 1947.

Pneumatic drill

Coal Mining

c.1950

Pneumatic drill

Heyes & Co. Ltd flameproof ind

Coal Mining

c. 1950

Heyes & Co. Ltd flameproof indicator lamp with blue glass, c. 1950

Standard left below knee wooden prosthesis for a c

Orthopaedics

c. 1950

Standard left below knee wooden prosthesis for a child. Leather lace-up thigh corset connected, by side steels to a wooden socket with a felt foot, rigid ankle. Elastic back suspension strap and front forked pick-up. The belt to which these were attached is missing. Made by Hanger c.1950.

locomotive nameplate - wilson worsdell

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1949

Locomotive Nameplate, British Railways, "Wilson Worsdell", ex Peppercorn A1 Class, No. 60127, built May 1949, named September 1950, Doncaster Works No. 2044, withdrawn June 1965.

Prints showing the recording of the tracks of atomic particles, in electron-sensitive photographic emulsions

Nuclear Physics

1950

Black and white photographic print (1 of 24), showing the recording of the tracks of an atomic particle, in electron-sensitive photographic emulsions with scale (100 microns), unsigned, British, 1950

Coal miner's compressed paper helmet

Coal Mining

1950

Coal miner's compressed paper helmet ('hard hat') about 1950

Bridge Megger resistence teste

Telecommunications

c.1950

Bridge Megger resistence tester made by Evershed and Vignoles, Chiswick, c.1950, with plastic tube.

British Railways wrapover overall, female staff

Railway Uniform & Costume

1951

Long Overall Coat, British Railways, standard pattern, 1951, female staff, white drill, short sleeved, wrapover style, BR embroidered in black on left breast.

Roll of "Hillcrest" medicated pure toilet tissue.

Domestic Appliances

c. 1950

Roll of "Hillcrest" medicated pure toilet tissue. An L. P. M. product, c. 1950.

Festival Pattern Group Fabric, 1951

Experimental Chemistry

1951

Sample of pale peach/dark cream fabric with china clay pattern. Part of a collection of 83 samples designed for the 1951 Festival of Britain, based on X-ray crystallographic pattern

Hermes typewriter No. 720482, c. 1950

Printing & Writing

1950

Hermes typewriter No. 720482, c. 1950

British Railways overall coat, female staff

Railway Uniform & Costume

1951

Long Overall Coat, British Railways, standard pattern, 1951, female staff, green drill, short sleeved.

GAA reflection geophone (TP 840) c. 1950. 9x7 diam

Geophysics

1950

GAA reflection geophone (TP 840) c. 1950. 9x7 diam cm

Non-exhibition electrically operated flasher unit,

Road Transport

c.1950

Non-exhibition electrically operated flasher unit, c.1950.

National Benzole Mixture, white, oblong, petrol pu

Industrial Chemistry

c. 1950

National Benzole Mixture, white, oblong, petrol pump 'globe'.

PIC slide rule

Mathematics

1950

PIC slide rule, made by A. G. Thornton Ltd, Manchester.

Signalling sequence switch, ex interlock between Doncaster North and Doncaster South signalboxes

Signalling & Telecommunications

1949

Signalling sequence switch, ex interlock between Doncaster North and Doncaster South signalboxes, by STC, 1949, system withdrawn 1979, on display board.

H.M.V. radiogram Model 1609, serial A/13 70434, c.

Sound Reproduction

1950

H.M.V. radiogram Model 1609, serial A/13 70434, c. 1950.

Power switchboard circuit breaker

Telecommunications

c.1950

Power switchboard circuit breaker, made by the the Record Electrical Co. Ltd, Broadheath, c.1950.

Claud Butler road racing bicycle, 1950

Road Transport

1950

Claud Butler road racing bicycle (with a recovered saddle), 1950.

Surveyor's tripod with a theodolite

Coal Mining

C.1950

Surveyor's tripod with a theodolite, coal mining use. Microptic theodolite mounted on a tripod. Theodolite accurate to 20 secs. Has an optical plumbet at base.

Festival Pattern Group Fabric, 1951

Experimental Chemistry

1951

Sample of yellow fabric based on mica pattern, made by Dobroyd Ltd. Part of a collection of 83 samples designed for the 1951 Festival of Britain, based on X-ray crystallographic pattern

Festival Pattern Group Dress Fabric, 1951

Experimental Chemistry

1951

Sample of mustard and grey woollen woven dress fabric based on simplified mica pattern, made by Dobroyd Ltd., designed by Tony Dawson, crystallographers W W Jackson and J West, pattern number SB 4Y/1825. Part of a collection of 83 samples designed for the 1951 Festival of Britain, based on X-ray crystallographic pattern