Photograph of paleoanthropologists Louis and Mary Leakey holding early human jawbone Photographs 1948
Locomotive Nameplate, British Railways, "Patrick Stirling", ex Peppercorn A1 Class, No. 60119, built November 1948, named July 1950, Doncaster Works No. 2036, withdrawn May 1964. locomotive nameplate - patrick stirling Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components 1948
Headboard,British Railways (Eastern Region), "The East Anglian", polished letters and crests of London and the Kingdom of East Anglia on royal blue background, between London Liverpool St. and Norwich Thorpe, (London & North Eastern Railway 1937-1939, reintroduced 1946), British Railways (Eastern Region) 1948-1962. headboard - the east anglian Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components 1948
Morphy Richards `Cyldon' door chime, type B120, c.1948 Morphy Richards `Cyldon' door chime, type B120, c. Domestic Appliances 1948
Model, scale approx 1:24, Bulleid/Raworth 147hp Co-Co electric locomotive no.20003, built in 1948 at Ashford, in late 1950s malachite green livery, in fitted box from Brighton Works. Model Co-Co electric locomotive Railway Models 1948
Model railway wagon, 1/24 scale, British Rail 12-ton shock absorbing No.838395, 1948, contemporary model, probably built by BR apprentices. Model railway wagon, 1/24 scale, British Rail 12-ton shock absorbing Railway Models 1948
Model, Gauge 0, British Railways (Southern Region) class CC, type Co-Co, Mixed Traffic Electric locomotive No.20003, built 1948. model british railways cc class co-co electric locomotive Railway Models 1948
Model steam locomotive, approx 1/16 scale, wooden concept model of proposed Southern Railway 4-6-2 express locomotive, comprising locomotive, tender and alternative boiler outline, probably made under the direction of OVS Bulleid, circa 1948. Wooden concept model of proposed Southern Railway 4-6-2 express locomotive Railway Models c.1948
Leyland Titan PD2/1 bus, 1948. Registration no. KPT 909. Leyland Titan PD2/1 bus, 1948 Road Transport 1948
De Havilland Goblin III turbojet, 1948, serial number 16111/A.654874 De Havilland Goblin III Turbojet Engine Aircraft Propulsion 1948
Fowler's "Jubilee Magnum" extra long scale calculator, with leather case and instruction booklet. Fowler "Jubilee Magnum" Scale Calculator Mathematics 1948
Daily Herald photograph by A. Tanner titled 'A Streetcar Named Desire first night at the Aldwych'. Caption on back reads: Vivien Leigh receives congratulations from her husband Sir Laurence Olivier after the show. Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh first night of A Streetcar Named Desire Photographs 12 October 1948
Deer-antler pick, used in flint mining from Grimes Graves Deer-antler pick, used in flint mining from Grimes Graves Hand and Machine Tools 3000-1900 BCE
Corgi motor cycle, 1948. The Corgi is a fold-up motorcycle based on the military Welbike. The Welbike was designed to fit in a container and be dropped by parachute behind enemy lines during the Second World War. The design was redeveloped for a mass market by John Dolphin and production of the Corgi began in 1948. 27,050 were manufactured and some exported to the US, branded as the ‘Indian Papoose’. However even though additions like a side car and kick start were added, standards of motorcycles and living were changing in the 1950s and people wanted more than the very basic Corgi, so production ended in October 1954. Corgi Motorcycle, 1948 Road Transport 1948
Poster, British Railways, On Early Shift, by Terence Cuneo, 1948. Coloured lithograph depicting the interior of the signal box, with a signalman pulling on a signal lever, looking through the windows to the line outside as an express passenger train hauled by an A4 class Pacific 4-6-2 steam locomotive approaches. Text below image reads "Greenwood Signal Box, New Barnet, On Early Shift". On either side is the British Railways 'totem' logo. Format quadroyal. on early shift Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills 1948
Hallicrafters model 505 television receiver,1948. Missing its brown rubber screen bezel & safety 'glass' (Perspex) SEE HAZARD RECORD. Hallicrafters 505 television receiver Television 1948
Precision mercury-in-glass thermometer 740 mm long, range 0 to 6 C by 0.01 , marked English made, full immersion, 488202, NPL48, and a with a monogram with the letters BB, in wooden case 840 mm long, with an adhesive label of The National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex, on which is written `Gas Light & Coke Co. Thermometer 5/11/48 Mr Howard', 1948. Precision mercury-in-glass thermometer 740 mm long Heat 1948
Associated Press photograph showing American actor Clark Gable and his date, Anita Colby, at the Hollywood premiere of the Bing Crosby film, "The Emperor Waltz". Clark Gable and Anita Colby Photographs 10 June 1948
