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Television Colour Screen

Television

c.1953

Dufay delivery van

Photographs

c. 1950

Debrie H 35mm high speed cine camera

Cinematography

1950

A pair of articulated lower limb prostheses for a child

Orthopaedics

1957

'Sunquest' Mean-Time Sundial, Designed by R. L. Schmoyer, 2001

Time Measurement

1959 (designed); 2001(made)

Linotype Model 79

Printing & Writing

1959

Ferodo metal adverting sign

Road Transport

c.1950
Fish Van, Insulfish No.B87905, 12T insulated fish van, British Railways, 1959. Length 20' 10"; width 7' 10"; height 12' 10".

British Railways insulated fish van, 1959

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1959

Transmission diffraction grating, 2 3/4-inch squar

Optics

1950-1958

Clothes dryer

Domestic Appliances

c.1955

Tin, empty, for Cow & Gate Milk Food

Domestic Appliances

c. 1956

Ferranti voltmeter

Electricity Supply

1954

Analytical balance, single-pan, made by Sartorius-

Experimental Chemistry

1957

EMI Band III converter, c. 1955

Radio Communication

1955

Kodak Retinette camera

Photographic Technology

1950-1955

Ferranti Model 745 Radio

Radio Communication

1954

Child's seaside rubber bucket and spade

Domestic Appliances

c. 1957

'Ambassador' console broadcast receiver

Radio Communication

1951

Sausages

Photographs

c. 1955

Avro 730 Half-Wing Pressure Plotting Model

Aeronautics

1956-1959

1950s television illustration photograph

Photographs

1953
Kodak Ltd. Box camera for 620 rollfilm 3 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches. Meniscus lens, fixed aperture. Sliding plates with yellow filter and close-up lens. Two brilliant reflecting finders. Pin and screw flash contacts. Mottled fawn and brown finish, with gilt trim.

Brownie Flash IV camera

Photographic Technology

1950-1959

Betty Loakes wins 800 metres heat

Photographs

22 August 1958

GPO 50v gas detector No 4 in l

Telecommunications

1954

High pressure mercury vapour lamp

Lighting

c. 1951

"Servis" Clothes Dryer

Domestic Appliances

1956
Locomotive Nameplate, British Railways, "Lord Hurcomb", ex Britannia Class 7P, No. 70001, built February 1951, withdrawn September 1966.

locomotive nameplate - lord hurcomb

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1951

Saja tape recorder, by Sander & Jantzen, made in B

Sound Reproduction

1957

Gramophone record turntable transcription unit, 1956

Sound Reproduction

1956

Collection of 20 neolithic flint implements, possi

Pharmacy-ware

2000-500

Festival of Britain ashtray

Experimental Chemistry

1951

Original builder's plan 'Broadcasting House Sixth Floor' for BBC Broadcasting House

Television

1956-10-1

Dictaphone, recorder model C, Travel Master, 1950s

Sound Reproduction

1950-1959

Philips PF1B Flash Bulbs

Photographic Technology

19150-1955

The Duke and Duchess of Windsor

Photographs

ca. 1950s

Photograph of 'Jiggs' the orangutan at London Zoo

Photographs

1952

A.E.I. - Hotpoint washing machine, c.1950

Domestic Appliances

1950
First type of automatic electric coffee percolator, 1952. Model CP1 by Russell Hobbs

Automatic electric coffee percolator, 1952.

Domestic Appliances

1952

Coal miner's compressed paper helmet

Coal Mining

1950

Clay Hall in old Windsor, Berkshire

Astronomy

1950-1958

Kershaw 'Vanguard' 10x50 Prismatic binocular no 71193

Optics

1950-1959

Sectioned Antifyre soda acid fire-extinguisher

Firefighting

1950-1959

Festival Pattern gROUP WALLPAPER DESIGN, 1951

Experimental Chemistry

1951

Germanium point contact diodes type GEX34 and GEX54

Electronic Components

c. 1950

Prosthesis for a 6 year old girl with a short left thigh

Orthopaedics

1954

Knife sharpener, regd. design number UK 848490. Ma

Domestic Appliances

1950

Microscope by W. Watson & Sons Limited, London, En

Microscopes

1955-1959

Aircraft radio Trans-receiver Type TR 1934 10d/21

Farnborough

1950-1955

Avro Vulcan model

Aeronautics

1957

Photograph of actress Hedy Lamarr and husband John Loder

Photographs

1953