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Radiation protection apron

1920-1958

Blacksmith’s leather apron from Portslade forge, Sussex, Britain, 1890-1930

1890-1930

Protective apron, Europe, 1951-1970

1951-1970

Apron, Independent Order of Odd Fellows

Apron, bends in geometrical pattern decorated with metal pendant

1840-1935

Leather coalman's back apron

Rubberised protective apron, as used by frontline health workers during the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, 2014-2015

Protective apron part of Personal Protective Equipment

2014-2015

Bones from a buddhist priest's apron, Tibetan, 18th or 19th century

Bones from a buddhist priest's apron

1701-1900

Carved bone ornaments from a buddhist priest's apron, called a nag-pa, Tibetan, 18th or 19th century

Carved bone ornaments from a buddhist priest's apron

1701-1900

White lead and leather apron

White lead apron

Lead-lined apron for protection against scattered x-rays, with red covering.

Lead-lined apron for protection against scattered x-rays

Collection of pinafores worn by mill girls

Collection of pinafores worn b

1945

Rubberised protective apron, as used by frontline health workers during the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, 2014-2015

Rubberised protective apron for frontline health workers

circa 2014

Radiographer's apron, jacket type, sleeveless, by W.S. Rothband and Co. Ltd., Manchester, 1968-1980

Radiographer's Apron

1968

Black plastic apron, unsigned, British, 1980-1982. Used as anti-static devices when assembling micro-circuits.

Black Plastic Apron

1980-1982

Apron, Great Western Railway, Porter, c1940. Unbleached hessian

Porter's apron, Great Western Railway

1935-1945

Proofed cotton canvas apron

Proofed cotton canvas apron

Beaverteen apron used by Triplex Glass Polishers

Beaverteen apron used by Triplex Glass Polishers

Butchers apron in cotton-backed rubber (used in 1964)

protective apron

P.B. cutter's black leather wired apron

Glass Cutter's Black Leather Wired Apron

1971-1981

Apron of human bone beads strung on threads, used in necromantic rites, Tibetan, 19th century

Apron of human bone beads strung on threads

1801-1900

Apron made of carved human bones, ivory plaque, turquoise bead, and small metal bulb, strung on threads, Tibetan, 19th century

Apron made of carved human bones

1801-1900

Apron made from carved human bone beads and girdle, mounted on green silk backing, Tibetan, 19th century

Apron made from carved human bone beads and girdle

1801-1900

Buddhist priest's cloth apron with plaques of human bone, called a nag-pa, Tibetan, 18th or 19th century

Buddhist priest's cloth apron with plaques of human bone

1701-1900

Green, cotton covered, lead lined Radiographer's Apron

Green, cotton covered, lead lined Radiographer's Apron

Mavig multiplex pb 0.25ml white lead apron

White lead apron

Lead-lined apron for protection against scattered x-rays, double-sided, with green covering.

Lead-lined apron for protection against scattered x-rays

Cryo-apron for protection against the hazards of liquid nitrogen and cold atmospheres, made by Medalnorth Ltd., British, 1988

Cryo-apron for protection against extreme cold

1988

Disposable apron of the type of personal protective equipment (PPE) used at the Lighthouse Lab at Alderley Park, by staff during COVID-19 testing, 2020-2021

Apron worn as PPE by people testing COVID-19 samples

2020

2 packs of 100 disposable aprons, of the type used at Science Museum NHS COVID-19 vaccination centre, 2021

Disposable white aprons

2018-2021

Envoy Home Developing kit. Carton with apron, developing tank for 120 film, metal printing frame. Other parts missing.

Envoy Home Developing Kit

Pair of Cryo-aprons for protection against the hazards of liquid nitrogen and cold atmospheres, made by Medalnorth Ltd., British, 1988

Pair of Cryo-aprons for protection against extreme cold

1988

Cryo-apron for protection against the hazards of liquid nitrogen and cold atmospheres, made by Medalnorth Ltd., British, 1988

Cryo-apron for protection against extreme cold

1988