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Category
Collection
Object type
Maker
Place of origin
Date

Collection of objects and arch

circa 1960

ICL Perq 1a computer with accessories

1981

Lancashire Coal Mining Collection transferred from Salford Museum and Art Gallery

1815-1996

Collection of textile hand-printing blocks, textile samples and pharmaceuticals

circa 1900-1980

John Pollock & Co Clay Tobacco Pipes Collection

1880-1991

Collection of Post Office Telegram equipment and archive material

circa 1970

Collection of objects and archives relating to engines used by Thomas Redfern

1846

UMAU archaeological archives

Objects, reports, brochures and advertising material from Vimto

circa 1888-2003

Concorde G-BOAC "Goody Bag"

'One Per Desk' microcomputer ephemera

1984; 1983

Objects and archives relating to non-uniformed duties during the First and Second World Wars

1914; 1915; 1915; circa 1939; circa 1940

Car body manufacture collection

circa 1900-1940

collection of objects and archives

circa 1912-1989

Sewing machine used to repair nylon stockings and related documents

circa 1952

Collection of business records and objects from Grimshaw Brothers Limited

1873-1963

Collection of papers and objects from the Mather family

circa 1870-2006

Collection of Mather & Platt objects and archives.

circa 1883-2000

collection of objects and archives

1945-2007

BT Connected Earth Collection

Collection of cameras

1880-1950

BBC Master Series microcomputer with educational software and books

1986

Collection of objects and documents relating to PZ Cussons plc

1900-2000

2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games Collection

2002

Collection of printing plates plus the three final edition newspapers (The Guardian North, the Manchester Evening News and The Daily Telegraph) produced by Trafford Park Printers on their last day of operation, 2005.

Collection of printing plates plus the three final edition newspapers

2005

Collection of objects and archives relating to Manchester's social history.

objects relating to Manchester's social history.

Collection of manuals relating to aircraft flown out of Manchester Airport by Dan-Air and uniforms worn by Dan-Air crew.

Collection of Dan-Air Manuals and Uniforms

1961-1996

Collection of microscope slides, a microscope lamp and glass half-plate negatives, used by Professor Irene Manton

Collection of microscope slides

A collection of company documents and objects relating to the H. & J. Quick Ford car dealership, Old Trafford.

Papers of H. & J. Quick Ltd Ford Dealership

1914-1999

Collection of electric kettles, tea and coffee makers, with related papers and advertising, c.1902-35

Collection of electric kettles

circa 1902-1935

E H Duckworth's research collection relating to John Benjamin Dancer, including lantern slides and boxes of correspondence, articles, negatives, photographs.

Collection of objects and archives

Items of United Arab Emirates Airline staff uniforms, with grooming manual. c.1992

Items of United Arab Emirates Airline staff uniforms

Collection of gas meters, booklets and catalogues produced by manufacturers including Parkinson Cowan Ltd of Manchester, 1900-99.

Collection of Gas Meter with Related Booklets and Catalogues

Collection of objects and archives relating to Armstrong & Wynne's work with napthalene derivatives, compiled by William Palmer Wynne at the University Chemical Laboratory, Cambridge, c1935-1945.

Collection of objects and archives relating to Armstrong & Wynne's work with napthalene derivatives

circa 1935-1945

Collection of objects and archives relating to the career of Eric George Lofthouse.

Archive of Eric George Lofthouse

1948-1970

Collection of objects and associated archive material from Fielden Electronics.

Collection of objects and associated archives from Fielden Electronics

circa 1950-1970

Collection of photographic equipment, archives and photography literature, c.1915-79.

Collection of photographic equipment

circa 1915-circa 1979

A collection initially loaned to the museum by the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society Collection. Consists of a number of important collections related to the early history of the development of science and literature in Manchester. The collection consists of objects and works by John Dalton, Flatters & Garnett and J B Dancer.

Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society collection

1830-1970

Collection of objects and archives used at Benger's Foods

Collection of objects and archives

1896-1954

Three epicyclic gearboxes designed by Ralph Edwards for Eagle Cars, Altrincham, with related photographs and brochures. c.1913-1930

collection of objects and archives

circa 1904-1967

Sir James Farmer Norton & Co. Ltd., stereoscopic glass slides and stereoscopic viewer. c1920-1929.

Sir James Farmer Norton & Co. Ltd

circa 1920-1929

Collection of photographic equipment with example photographs

Collection of photographic equ

1967; circa 1900; 1906; circa 1935; 1960

Collection of objects and archives relating to Ferranti Cathode Ray Tubes and Display Equipment.

collection of objects and archives

Collection of Telephoto equipment, made by Muirhead & Co. Ltd in 1947 and used in the Daily Telegraph wire room, with associated archive material

Collection of Telephoto equipment

1947

Collection of medals awarded to J. Newton of Newton & Bennett Ltd. plus product catalogue, 1909-1919.

Collection of medals awarded to J. Newton of Newton & Bennett Ltd. plus product catalogue

1909-1919

Chains of office and collection of archives from the Manchester, Salford and District Building Trades Employers Association, 1901-2004.

collection of objects and archives

Business records, including engineering drawings and photographs, and objects, relating to Beyer, Peacock & Co. Ltd, Gorton, Manchester.

collection of objects and archives

Collection of meters from the Department of Metrology, UMIST with related record cards and test certificates. c.1890-1969.

Collection of meters from the Department of Metrology, UMIST, 1890-1969

circa 1890-1969

Collection of Ferranti material, including two scarves and a booklet. 1961-1994.

Collection of Ferranti material

Papers and medals relating to James Richard Hampson's military service in the 1/4th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment until 1916 whereupon after being discharged from the Army he enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps and eventually transferred to the Reserves on 7th February 1919.

Papers relating to military service of James Richard Hampson

1909-1919