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Southern Railway 0-6-0 Q1 class steam locomotive, No C1

1942

Oxygen cylinder used by climbers on 1953 Mount Everest expedition

1952-3

Molecular model of penicillin by Dorothy M Crowfoot Hodgkin, England, 1945

1945

Magnifying stereoscope, 1940

1940

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

'Warflat' 50-ton bogie flat wagon, 1940

1940

Ampoule of penicillin

1945

United States Army Air Force camera

1940-1945

Replica Grand Junction Railway travelling post office

1938

Artificial right arm

1943

Glass ampoules of penicillin

1944

Carton of Araldite epoxy resin adhesive comprising cardboard box tube of hardner

1945

Ceramic plate depicting Ely Cathedral, London & North Eastern Railway

1938

George Medal Awarded to G F Keen

1940

Ceramic plate depicting Norwich Cathedral, London & North Eastern Railway

1938

Ceramic plate depicting Peterborough Cathedral, London & North Eastern Railway

1938

Coronation Class Livery Sample

1938

Ceramic plate depicting Durham Cathedral, London & North Eastern Railway

1938

Saucer, ceramic, by Alfred Meakin

1940

Radio with Bakelite case

1940

model scammell mechanical horse

1938

Model locomotive, Deutsche Reichbahn

1938

Penicillin fermentation vessel, England, 1940-1945

1940-1945

'Picture Post' magazine. March 6, 1943

1943

London & North Eastern Railway steam locomotive 'Mallard'

1938

B.S.A. folding bicycle, c. 1942

circa 1942

Mullard EF9 VM RF pentode valve (McVitie Weston valve collection), 1939

1939

Boy Scout Association Bronze Cross awarded to G F W Keen in 1940

1940

Welded Coins from York Station from 1942 Bombing

1942

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Open scale barograph by Short & Mason Ltd.

1944

Amateur radio call books, 1938 and 1951

1938 and 1951

Wartime civilian receiver A.C.mains type, 1944-1945

1944-1945

Original laboratory sample of 'M and B 693', England, 1938

1938

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Rubber vault cap

1938-1940

Tin of powdered milk

1939-1945

Penicillin powder in bottle

1942

Glass bottle of penicillin powder

1943

Vessel for growing Mould, used in Oxford, England, 1942

1940-1944

Model of Great Central Railway "Atlantic" Express Locomotive

1903 (original); 1982 (model)

LMS(R) steam locomotive with tender 'Duchess of Hamilton' 4-6-2 Coronation class, No 6229, 1938

1938

model steam locomotive 4-4-2

1938

Baby's gasmask of khaki green rubber with metal frame

1939

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Advertisement for penicillin production from Life magazine, United States, August 14 1944

1944

Glass-stoppered bottle containing uranium

1801-1892 (prepared); 1946 (element replaced)

A-52 Murphy radio receiver, 1938-1939

1938-1939

Receiver unit from the ENIAC computer, 1943-1945

1943-1945

Lincoln Cathedral plate

1938