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Telephone Exchange Ringer Rack

Telecommunications

1957

model dandy roll

Papermaking

1964

'Six-Five Special !"

Domestic Appliances

1957

LP original soundtrack recording `Lawrence of Arab

Domestic Appliances

1963

8mm cine camera

Photographic Technology

1960

Dictating machine made by Grundig

Sound Reproduction

c.1960

Portable transistor radio

Radio Communication

c.1959

Kenwood A101 electric toaster, 500W, serial no. 42

Domestic Appliances

1957

Gibbon-Mayo pump oxygenator heart-lung machine

Surgery

1958

Model guard, North Staffordshire Railway

Railway Models

1957

Carriage cleaner figure, Southern Railway

Railway Models

1957

Paillard-Bolex B8L 8mm cine camera

Cinematography

1958

Class 20 No. 20050

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1957

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

Dux Kino Model 44 toy projector

Cinematography

c. 1957

24x25mg of Distaval tablets (thalidomide)

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1958-1962

Model railway wagon, 1/24 scale, BR 10-ton `Carflat'

Railway Models

1960

British Rail Mark II model, sectioned

Railway Models

1963

Stockton & Darlington Railway Guard

Railway Models

1957

London & Southampton Railway policeman

Railway Models

1957

London & Southampton Railway Policeman

Railway Models

1957

model class 24 locomotive

Railway Models

1958

L&SWR signalman

Railway Models

1957
Silver gelatin print by Camera Press/L'Europeo. Printed Caption on verso reads: "U.S. Film Stars: ELIZABETH TAYLOR. Reports that scenes of Elizabeth Taylor in the nude were shot for the film 'Cleopatra' brought criticism from some quarters. This picture shows that such shots were made".

Elizabeth Taylor nude shot for "Cleopatra"

Photographs

1963

Brownie Flash B camera

Photographic Technology

c. 1959

Model (scale 1:200) of the Jodrell Bank Lovell Telescope

Astronomy

1957 (original); 1961 (model)

Cascelloid plastic 'Sqezy' washing-up liquid bottle, 1958.

Plastics and Modern Materials

1958

Studer B62 Audio Tape Recorder

Television

c.1963

Circular slide rule to calculate nuclear bomb effects

Mathematics

1962

Two sacks of money recovered from the Great Train Robbery

Photographs

1963-08-11

'Sitesquare' optical square, British, 1959

Surveying

1959

J H Naylor Ltd Spiralarm miner

Coal Mining

c. 1960

The first orangutan to be born at London Zoo

Photographs

1961

scotland for your holidays

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1957

Herefordshire

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1960

Tessina camera

Photographic Technology

c. 1961

High-speed gas fire, Radiation Ltd

Gas Industry

c. 1960
Railway wagon, banana van, No B882593, British Railways, 1960. Length 20' 10"; width 7' 10"; height 12" 10'.

British Railways Banana Van, 1960

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1960

Sunshine recorder Mk IIIA by Casella

Meteorology

1959

Braun record player, 1957.

Sound Reproduction

1957

Prestcold Packaway' electric refrigerator, 1959.

Domestic Appliances

1959

Early child’s car safety seat, Europe, 1958-1963

Public Health & Hygiene

c.1958-1963
Fireman's shovel, British Rail, 'Bulldog', by English Tools Ltd., 1963.

British Rail firing shovel

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

1963

Victor Bulkhead Roadway electric lamp

Coal Mining

C.1960

Minimum centigrade thermometer

Meteorology

1961

Pair of artificial/prosthetic arms for a child living with thalidomide impairments

Orthopaedics

1964

Kodak Brownie 8 movie camera model f/2.7

Cinematography

1960-1962

Diana Dors

Photographs

1958-07-07

Alfred Hitchcock at the doors of Coronation Street's Rovers Return

Photographs

1964-06-16

Ferrograph tape recorder, c 1960.

Sound Reproduction

1960