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Silk scarf, `Festival of Britain' design, with Fes

Domestic Appliances

1951

Wrayflex camera

Photographic Technology

1951

British Railways railway wagon

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1950

Marconi Mark II television camera head, 1951

Television

1951

Electric locomotive, No. 26020

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1951

Festival of Britain souvenir tin

Domestic Appliances

1951

Logic door from a Ferranti Mark I computer, 1951

Computing & Data Processing

1951

Amateur radio call books, 1938 and 1951

Radio Communication

1938 and 1951

Haemoglobin 8.26, Festival Pattern Group red fabric, 1950-1951

Experimental Chemistry

1950-1951

Festival Pattern Group Wallpaper, 1951

Experimental Chemistry

1951

British Railways Special Cattle Van, 1951

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1951

Haemoglobin 8.26, Festival Pattern Group navy blue and white fabric

Experimental Chemistry

1950-1951

Haemoglobin 8.26, Festival Pattern Group silver fabric, 1950-1951

Experimental Chemistry

1950-1951

Haemoglobin 8.26, Festival Pattern Group brown/red fabric, 1950-1951

Experimental Chemistry

1950-1951

Haemoglobin 8.26, Festival Pattern Group beige fabric, 1950-1951

Experimental Chemistry

1950-1951

Haemoglobin 8.26, Festival Pattern Group blue fabric, 1950-1951

Experimental Chemistry

1950-1951

Haemoglobin 8.26, Festival Pattern Group dark olive green fabric, 1950-1951

Experimental Chemistry

1950-1951

Haemoglobin 8.26, Festival Pattern Group green fabric, 1950-1951

Experimental Chemistry

1950-1951

Eight Festival Pattern Group sample fabrics, 1951

Experimental Chemistry

1951

Xenon lamp from photic stimulator (stroboscope)

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1950

Festival Pattern Group Wallpaper

Experimental Chemistry

1951

Pair of small glass tumblers, with Festival of Bri

Domestic Appliances

1951

Two Motor Fuel coupons, '5E', KB 339150 and KB 339

Domestic Appliances

1950

Automatic Computing Engine (ACE) simulator, 1950

Computing & Data Processing

1950

Johnny Berry Bicycle

Road Transport

1951

'Dominion' badminton racket

Domestic Appliances

c. 1950

Dr. Mays and Dr. Prinz's Relay-operated logic machine

Computing & Data Processing

1951

Haemoglobin 8.26, Festival Pattern Group silk tie fabric

Experimental Chemistry

1950-1951

Insulin 8.25, Festival Pattern Group Rexine

Experimental Chemistry

1950-1951

Rolls-Royce Avon 100 Turbine Engine

Aircraft Propulsion

1950

Box of 'Kudos' pure soap flakes, unopened, with co

Domestic Appliances

c. 1950

Bottle of Waterman 88 Bleu Nuit ink

Domestic Appliances

c. 1950

Underwood electric typewriter, c. 1950

Printing & Writing

1950

RST Model D motorcycle

Road Transport

1951

British Railways and London Transport pocket map,

Domestic Appliances

1951

Model of LMS steam locomotive, 1950

Railway Models

1950

Cine-radiography set, England, 1950-1951

Radiomedicine

1950-1951

Festival Pattern Group Silk Tie Fabric, 1951

Experimental Chemistry

1951

Festival Pattern Group Lace, 1951

Experimental Chemistry

1951

Festival Pattern Group Paper, 1951

Experimental Chemistry

1951
Original artwork for the `Eagle' comic featuring the character `Dan Dare'. Gouache and ink on card, 53.5x41.5cm. Pilot of the Future. Eagle cover, volume 2, no 14. Artist, Frank Hampson, 1951. Storyline features: aboard Theron ships, first space battle, Dan Dare and Miss Peabody imprisoned in disconnected gun turret. In frame, 65x50.5x2cm

The Eagle: Pilot of the Future

Frank Hampson

1951

Model of GHH Werk Sterkrade te

Coal Mining

c. 1950

Bibby recorder Mark II, Met Ref No 985, MO 22/51, demonstration model, with perspex cover

Meteorology

1951
Locomotive worksplate, "Gas Turbine locomotive designed and built by Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co Ltd, 1950, Power 3,000 HP from Turbine 2,500 HP at Rail Speed 90 mph maximum service tractive effort 60,000 lb maximum 30,000 LA Continuous", bakelite, rectangular, rounded corners, ex British Railways (Western Region) GT A1A-A1A Bo 18100 of 1950, worked from Old Oak Common from January 1952 to November 1953, rebuilt in January 1958 by Metropolitan-Vickers, Stockton as an electric locomotive and renumbered E1000, renumbered E2001 in October 1959 and used in wind-resistance tests, withdrawn April 1968, cut up January 1973 by John Cashmore Ltd, Great Bridgeford.

Worksplate, Metropolitan-Vickers

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1950

EMI tape recorder, c 1950.

Radio Communication

1950

Festival Pattern Group Rexine, 1951

Experimental Chemistry

1951

Patchwork quilt made from S&J Watts fabric samples

Textile Industry

around 1950

Alba TRG097AC Combined Radiogram Television Receiver

Television

1951

Ciniola 35mm picture and sound editing machine

Cinematography

1950

Canon IIB camera

Photographic Technology

1950