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Skegness is SO Bracing

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

c.1908

Poster, Great Northern Railway. 'Skegness is So Bracing' by John Hassall, 1908. Jolly fisherman, with hands facing downwards, running along beach. 2070 x 1345mm.

Mouth or earpiece for early telephone by Alexander Graham Bell, 1906.

Telecommunications

1906

Mouth or earpiece for early Bell telephone instrument used at Lloyds station, patented by Alexander Graham Bell, unknown maker, British, 1906. The mouth/ear piece is not original and was added by the museum in 1906

W.E. Teale & Co. Ltd miner's s

Coal Mining

c. 1911

W.E. Teale & Co. Ltd miner's safety lamp, c. 1911

Kinora viewer

Cinematography

c. 1908

Kinora viewer for reels. Wooden base with inlaid line decoration and turned support strut. Rectangular viewing lens. One element missing but has since been replaced. This Kinora Viewer was made in Britain around 1908 and was marketed by Bond's Ltd., 138 New Bond Street, London. This is a simple folding wooden model (No. 1 combination hand or table instrument with two lenses for a single viewer). Fitted with flipbook of balloon flight, stamped no 585.

Model of a Rolls-Royce 'Silver Ghost' motor car

Road Transport

1907-1911

Model of Rolls Royce Silver Ghost 6 cylinder 40-50 h.p. motor car, 1907-1911.

Kinemacolor cine camera made by Moy and Bastie to Charles Urban's design

Cinematography

1909

Kinemacolor camera built by Moy & Bastie in 1909 to specification of Charles Urban and G A Smith (crank handle and screws missing). Ross Xpress Patent lens 1:4.5, Serial No 85973.

kinemacolor projector

Cinematography

1910

Kinemacolor projector on table type stand. 35mm projector for 2 colour successive frame projection. Beater intermittent, two continuous sprockets, rack and pinion focusing and framing. No lens. Spool boxes. Safety shutter operated by centrifugal mechanism. Two sector shutter behind lens, filter wheel ('modern' copy) with red and green filters. Lamphouse with carbon arc. Made by The Natural Kinematograph Co. Ltd., London, 1910. Brass plate incised 'No 66'.

Simms-Bosch Magneto type D2R. c.1910.

Road Transport

c.1910

Simms-Bosch Magneto type D2R. c.1910.

Packaging for the No 1 Brownie Model B camera

Photographic Technology

c. 1908

No 1 Brownie camera model B original carton. Eastman Kodak, 1900-1915.

Book titled 'Floor Games' by HG Wells, London, England, 1911

Printed Books

1911

Margaret Lowenfeld's personal copy of "Floor Games" by HG Wells, the book that inspired the creation of the Lowenfeld World Technique, published 1911. Located at Science Museum Library at Wroughton at shelfmark: 793.8 WELLS

C. F. Casella & Co. Rain gauge, 1908

Meteorology

1908

Sectioned (longitudinal) insulated copper rain gauge by C. F. Casella & Co., London, England, 1908. Consists of three parts: funnel, case and inner bucket.

Abel-Pensky's flash point apparatus. No.1534.

Experimental Chemistry

c. 1911

Abel-Pensky's flash point apparatus. No.1534.

‘Scaffixer’ block: 1907, or 1910 Jones patent

Building Construction

1907-1910

‘Scaffixer’ block, for scaffold pole fixing, patented by David Henry Jones and Daniel Palmer Jones in either 1907, or 1910; and made by the Patent Rapid Scaffold Tie Co., Westminster, London, England, 1907-1910

Well's Kettle Torch Lamp, 1910

Lighting

1910

Well's Kettle Torch Lamp, 1910

Prestwich Model 5 cine camera used by Herbert Ponting

Cinematography

1910

Prestwich Model 5 cinematographic camera, used by Mr Herbert Ponting to document Robert Falcon Scott's Antarctic Expedition, 1910.

Debrie Parvo 35mm cine camera

Cinematography

1908

Cine camera for 35mm film in 300 foot magazines, serial number 536. Fitted with a Taylor Hobson Cooke cinema lens F: 2 1/4 inches f/3.1-11, Series 1, in interchangeable mount. Lever adjusted helical focusing mount, with rotating scale on camera top. Iris adjustable by lever on camera side. Lens mount with hood and matte box. Hand turned. Film speed indicator on rear. Shutter adjustable from front exterior. Folding frame optical finder with sliding mask. Footage/ frame counter, clock type. Through-the-film focusing, from camera rear. J Debrie, 111 Rue St Maur, Paris.

Ensign Optiscope Number 6 projector

Cinematography

c. 1905

Ensign Optiscope No 6 lantern slide projector. For 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 inch slides. Aldis Uno projection lens F:10 inch; all metal; bellows lens extensions, with two wooden slide carriers (stamped RRD). This is a projector for 3 1/4 inch square slides. It has an Aldis Uno 10" projection lens mounted in a panel on two rods and with bellows that can be extended. The lamphouse has an ES bulb holder, secured by a wing screw underneath its base. The projector comes with two wooden slide carriers. The projector can be pivited on the base and secured by means of the chrome lever. Power is controlled with an on/off switch on the base.

Mignon typewriter, model 2, c. 1905

Printing & Writing

1905

Mignon typewriter, model 2, c. 1905. The principle of the Mignon is very simple. It combines a typesleeve with a complete character set, and an index card with pointer and two (later three) keys. Point the pointer at a letter on the index and strike the key to print a letter on the paper and advance the carriage. With minor practice the operator could reach a typing speed of at least 100 strokes per minute. Both the index card and typesleeve could be replaced to change fonts and use character sets for different languages.

Great Central Railway locomotive, number 102

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1911

Steam locomotive, Great Central Railway, 04 class 2-8-0 No 102, designed by J.G. Robinson, built at Gorton in 1911, withdrawn 1963 (as BR 63601).

Kodak No 4 Folding Pocket Camera Model A

Photographic Technology

1908

Kodak No 4 folding pocket camera for roll film, Model A, 1908.

Pearson A type fire detector, 1907

Firefighting

1907

Pearson A type fire detector, 1907

‘Griffith’ foot-operated vacuum cleaner

Domestic Appliances

c. 1905

‘Griffith’ foot-operated vacuum cleaner (Patent No. 21,304), designed by Walter Griffith, unsigned, Europe, 1905

Tin of amyl nitrite capsules, London, England, 1910

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1910

Small tin, contains amyl nitrite ampoules made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co. of London, English 1910

Urban Bioscope 35mm cine camera

Cinematography

c. 1910

Urban Bioscope camera fitted with a Zeiss Tessar lens F: 75mm f/3.5-23, No.97799. Rack and pinion focusing mount. Narrow sector shutter, perhaps not original. Through-the-film focusing. Folding optical frame finder. Film speed indicator 12-24 fps. 100 foot internal magazines. Film punch. Charles Urban Trading Company, 48 Rupert Street, Picadilly, 33 Passage de l'Opera, Paris.

Hand held electric vibrator, English, dated 1909

Therapeutics

1909

Hand held electric vibrator, English, dated 1909

Scarborough Braces You Up

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1909

Poster, North Eastern Railway, 'Scarborough Braces You Up, The Air Does It', 1909. Coloured lithograph depicting a child running along the beach and flying a kite, in imitation of John Hassall's Jolly Fisherman in the poster "Skegness is so bracing". Text at the bottom of the poster reads "Cheap Week-end, Ten-day and Tourist Tickets issed to Scarborough (North Eastern Railway) from the principal stations." Printed by the Criterion Press, Leicester and London.

Nobel Medal, Prize for Physics

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1906

Medal, the Nobel Prize for Physics, awarded to Joseph John Thomson, 1906. Gold; 66mm diameter, 5mm ht, in red leather gilt trim case 13.5x13.5x2.2cm. Weight 205.97g. obverse: relief profile of Alfred Nobel, designed and signed by Erik Lindberg 1902. reverse: muses of nature and science, plaque to J.J. Thomson MCMVI [1906]. The prize was awarded by the Nobel Institute, Stockholm "in recognition of the great merits of his theoretical and experimental investigations on the conduction of electricity by gases"

Williamson Cinematograph Camera

Cinematography

c. 1910

Williamson cinematograph camera. Manufactured by The Williamson Kinematograph Co. Ltd., London and Brighton. 'English Pattern' upright cine camera for 35mm film in internal 300 foot magazines. Zeiss Tessar lens F:5cm f/3.5, Serial No 116208; fixed sector shutter; claw mechanism, two continuous sprockets. Helical focusing mount. Critical focusing through rear of gate; Vinten matte celluloid focusing screen and circle and binocular mattes in clip inside door. Footage counter (pointer missing) shoe fitting for viewfinder; carrying strap broken. Hand turned; single frame shaft. (Handle inside).A Vinten matte celluloid focusing screen (and circular and binocular mattes) are in the clip inside the door.

Siebe Gorman & Co. Ltd miner's smoke helmet

Coal Mining

c.1910

Siebe Gorman & Co. Ltd miner's smoke helmet, c.1910.

Steam Engine and Direct Current Generator

Electricity Supply

1911

Steam engine and direct current generator by Browett and Lindley and Co. and Harland Engineering Co., Manchester, 1911.

John Edward Nichols memorial plaque

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1911

Memorial plaque, carved oak, to commemorate John Edward Nichols (d.1911). Founder of the Railway Convalescent Homes.

Richard Johnson, Clapham & Mor

Coal Mining

c. 1910

Richard Johnson, Clapham & Morris Ltd miner's safety lamp, c. 1910

Lighthouse optic, from the Eilean Glas lighthouse, 1907

Optics

1907

Lighthouse optic, from the Eilean Glas lighthouse, Island of Scalpay, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, 1907

‘Scaffixer’ block: 1907, or 1910 Jones patent

Building Construction

1907-1910

‘Scaffixer’ block, for scaffold pole fixing, patented by David Henry Jones and Daniel Palmer Jones in either 1907, or 1910; and made by the Patent Rapid Scaffold Tie Co., Westminster, London, England, 1907-1910

Reliance Animatograph Projector by Robert Paul

Cinematography

1906

Reliance 1906 Model Animatograph Patent Projector with projection arc lamp, 1906. Lens housing with acid-etched decoration. R W Paul, 68 High Holborn, London.

The Perkin Medal 1907

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1907

Medallion, The Perkin Medal 1907. Metal (bronze effect); diameter 224mm, inset in oak surround 28x27.5x2cm. Celluloid tag nailed on reverse top: Fattorini & Sons, Bradford. Relief profile portrait of William Perkin (1838-1907), Head looking to Right

Horn for Edison 'Fireside' phonograph, c.1909

Sound Reproduction

1909

Spare Horn for Edison "Fireside" phonograph, c. 1909.

Pathephone No.1, La Jeunesse gramophone with Pathe

Sound Reproduction

1906-1908

Pathephone No.1, La Jeunesse gramophone with Pathe ebonite soundbox, 1906/8.

London & North Western Railway 1st class corridor brake no. 5155

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1906

Railway carriage, London & North Western Railway, 1st class corridor brake, No 5155, Royal Support Vehicle, built 1906 to diagram 127 no. 310, converted and transferred to royal duty in 1925, remained in service until 1977, restored by BREL Wolverton in 1979.

Improved Motiograph projector Model 1-A

Cinematography

1911

Improved Motiograph projector model 1A. Manufactured by Enterprise Optical Manufacturing Company, Chicago, Illinois. USA. 35mm film projector, intermittent sprocket, 2 continuous sprockets, double counterrotating conical shutter behind lens. Spool boxes, separate lantern lens, provision for sliding lamphouse behind lantern lens. Lamphouse with oxyhydrogen mixing jet, condensers, manual safety shutter, lantern slide holder, wooden topped table stand. Serial Number 1559, Special License number 1506.

Lucas acetylene bicycle lamp No.264, 1906

Road Transport

1906

Lucas acetylene bicycle lamp no.264, 1906

Edison "Gem" combination model phonograph with "Fireside" horn and 6 cylinder records, 1909.

Sound Reproduction

1909

Edison "Gem" combination model phonograph with "Fireside" horn and 6 cylinder records, 1909.

Bottle labelled to contain corrosive sublimate

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1910

Bottle, labelled "Soloid' brand 'Corrosive Sublimate' (Hydrarg. Perchlor.)'. The bottle is red in colour, opaque, and square in shape. Second label reading 'Corrosive Sublimate gr. 8.75' stuck to the objects beneath the neck of the bottle. Sealed with a round stopper. Burroughs Wellcome and Company Limited, English, c. 1910.

Criminal record sheet

Photographs

1906

A page from a criminal record ledger compiled by the West Yorkshire police in 1906. The ledger contains portraits, personal details and criminal records of convicted criminals. This page is about Mary Ann Kennedy, a partially blind prostitute with a string of convictions for theft, robbery with violence and receiving stolen goods.

'Pigmy Grand' Odeon hornless gramophone, c 1909.

Sound Reproduction

1909

H.M.V. Pigmy grand hornless gramophone, c. 1909.

Heart shaped basket made entirely from cloves

Classical & Medieval Medicine

before 1907

Heart shaped basket, constructed entirely from cloves, for warding off diseases

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Mummified crocodile, no provenance, Egyptian, 2000-1001 BCE.

Control mechanism of Bleriot's monoplane

Aeronautics

c. 1909

Portion of Fuselage containing control mechanism; of Bleriot Monoplane

Inspection Saloon ex. Bicester Military Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1907

LSWR dining car no.72 was built in 1907 renumbered 4134 in 1912. It was in use as a Diner until 1923 when ‘Ironclad’ Dining Cars came into service. It was then relegated to secondary service and gained the Southern Railway number of 7834 remaining in service to 1930. In 1931 it was rebuilt, losing its clerestory roof and became a ‘Nondescript’ saloon. In 1943 it was sold to the USATC and rebuilt as an Ambulance Car and given the number 201. At the end of the Second World War this saloon along with USATC 202 and 204-7 went to the Longmoor Military Railway and from there to the Bicester Military Railway where it acquired the Army number 3018. Here it was converted to an Inspection Saloon, losing its gangway along with rebuilding inside and gaining end windows 16th May 1978 it was used to convey HM. the Queen around the Bicester site

Colonel Rhodes' Lodge at Sonning

Photographs

c. 1910

A photomechanical reproduction of an autochrome colour photograph entitled 'Colonel Rhodes' Lodge at Sonning', taken by an unknown photographer and published by the Polytechnic School of Photography and Typography, c. 1910. Two young girls stand outside the house in summer bonnets and white smocks.