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Fireless locomotive, named Imperial

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1956

Specimen of the first transatlantic telephone cable, 1956

Telecommunications

1956

Reid III Rangefinder Camera

Photographic Technology

c. 1956

Specimen of the first transatlantic telephone cable, deep sea type, 1956

Telecommunications

1956

Morphy Richards pop-up toaster

Domestic Appliances

c. 1956

bicycle, 'Rudge', 21" lady's frame, 1956.

Road Transport

1956

Submerged repeater for TAT-1, 1956

Telecommunications

1956

Test tubes used at the Common Cold Research Unit, England, c. 1956

Public Health & Hygiene

1956

Leaflet, ‘The Science of Tridosha’, United States, 1956

Printed Books

1956

Two brothers on the Farne Islands

Photographs

1956-05-08
Headboard British Rail (Western Region), "Capitals United Express" brown letters on cream with crests of London and Cardiff

headboard - capitals united express

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1956

Stone slab with seven holes for cosmetic ointments, Egypt, 1991-1786 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1991-1786 BCE

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

A proof of a front page of the Daily Herald is printed

Photographs

1956

Square pavement brick from Babylonia (Southern Iraq), 2nd millennium BC.

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE

Reynaud's Praxinoscope Theatre

Cinematography

1879 (1956)

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

Margaret Taylor and her mother standing in the doorway of a gypsy caravan

Photographs

1956-07-15

Siemens-Hell-Schreiber stop-start facsimile telegraph, model T, 1956.

Telecommunications

1956

Model of Huygens' Pendulum Clock, as Illustrated in his 'Horologium' of 1658.

Time Measurement

1956

steam turbine

Motive Power

1956

Vaccine made from calf lymph, London, England, 1956

Public Health & Hygiene

1956

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE
Trophy, British Transport Commission, for punctuality in British Railways regions in freight traffic, wooden shield with metal plaque depicting spoked wheel, awarded 1956-1962.

british transport commission punctuality award

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1956

Telescoped samples of 1956 transatlantic telephone

Telecommunications

1956

ANITA Sumlock Comptometer, 1956, prototype model o

Computing & Data Processing

1956

Hill tension gauge No. 5, 1956

Telecommunications

1956

Ericsson 333F Telephone

Telecommunications

1956
Locomotive numberplate, Great Western Railway 382, TVR 'A' Class 0-6-2 T Scr, 1956.

Great Western Railway locomotive numberplate

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1956

Hi Fi Apparatus from 1956

Sound Reproduction

1956

Counting Accelerometer VG recorder or "Bump record

Farnborough

1956

Tin, empty, for Cow & Gate Milk Food

Domestic Appliances

c. 1956

Timer for controlling flashing light traffic indic

Road Transport

c.1956

Avro Vulcan wind tunnel model

Aeronautics

1956

Hydro-Electric Plant, 1956

Electricity Supply

1956

Linear needle roller bearing by INA Needle Bearing

Mechanical Power Transmission

1956

Pilot balloon slide rule Mark IVA, Met Ref No 868A, MO 2792/56, in pine wood case

Meteorology

1956
SAAB type 93,3-cylinder, 2-stroke motor car, 748cc engine capacity, light green colour, Registration No PSK 767B. Manufactured in 1956.

SAAB type 93,3-cylinder, 2-stroke motor car, 748cc

Road Transport

1956
Uniform cap badge, British Railways 1956 pattern lion and wheel oval, British Railways (Western Region), part of The Jack Whitaker Collection of railway uniform badges.

Uniform cap badge, British Railways

Railway Uniform & Costume

1956

"Servis" Clothes Dryer

Domestic Appliances

1956

Ferranti Ltd type P3310 electr

Domestic Appliances

c. 1956
Coat-of-arms, British Transport Commission, full achievement, carved beechwood, c. 6'x4', c. 1956 - 7, originally ex Euston House.

British Transport Commission coat of arms

Railway Heraldry

1956

Douglas Dragonfly motor cycle, 1956

Road Transport

1956

circuit board

Computing & Data Processing

c. 1956

Ericsson 333F Telephone

Telecommunications

1956

circuit board

Computing & Data Processing

c. 1956

B.S.R. "Escort" reel-to-reel tape recorder size 13, 1956

Sound Reproduction

1956

Behind the scenes photograph taken during filming of 'Anastasia'

Photographs

1956-07-17

Photograph from the filming of 'Anastasia'

Photographs

1956-07-17