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Door from padded cell

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1936-1940

Padded cell from psychiatric ward, Farnborough Hospital

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1936-1940

Mummified cat, ancient Egypt, 2000-100 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-100 BCE

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

50-Foot tape measure with notebook, British, 1846-1860

Surveying

1846-1860

Box of card tokens at St Audry's Hospital, England, 1939-1945

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1939-1945

Mummified bird, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-100 BCE

South Kensington London Transport poster

Curwen Press

1936

Right side panel ('Side 3' in diagram) from padded cell used at Farnborough Hospital, made by Pocock Brothers, 235 Southwark Bridge Road, London, England, 1936-1940.

Right side panel from padded cell

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1936-1940

Left side panel ('Side 2' in diagram) from padded cell used at Farnborough Hospital, made by Pocock Brothers, 235 Southwark Bridge Road, London, England, 1936-1940.

Side panel from padded cell

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1936-1940

Right front panel ('D2' in diagram) from padded cell used at Farnborough Hospital, made by Pocock Brothers, 235 Southwark Bridge Road, London, England, 1936-1940.

Right front panel from padded cell

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1936-1940

Ethnographical 'Map of Eastern Turkey in Asia, Syria and Western Persia'

Textile Industry

Centre rear panel ('Centre Back' in diagram) from padded cell used at Farnborough Hospital, made by Pocock Brothers, 235 Southwark Bridge Road, London, England, 1936-1940.

Rear panel from padded cell

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1936-1940

Left front panel ('D1' in diagram) from padded cell used at Farnborough Hospital, made by Pocock Brothers, 235 Southwark Bridge Road, London, England, 1936-1940.

Front-left panel from padded cell

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1936-1940

Left rear corner panel ('Corner 1' in diagram) from padded cell used at Farnborough Hospital, made by Pocock Brothers, 235 Southwark Bridge Road, London, England, 1936-1940. In photographs of April 2012 assembly, this panel was mistakenly placed upside-down in the right rear corner.

Corner panel from padded cell

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1936-1940

Right side panel ('Side 4' in diagram) from padded cell used at Farnborough Hospital, made by Pocock Brothers, 235 Southwark Bridge Road, London, England, 1936-1940.

Right side panel from padded cell

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1936-1940

Left side panel ('Side 1' in diagram) from padded cell used at Farnborough Hospital, made by Pocock Brothers, 235 Southwark Bridge Road, London, England, 1936-1940.

Side panel from padded cell

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1936-1940

Right rear corner panel ('Corner 2' in diagram) from padded cell used at Farnborough Hospital, made by Pocock Brothers, 235 Southwark Bridge Road, London, England, 1936-1940. In photographs of April 2012 assembly, this panel was mistakenly placed upside-down in the left rear corner.

Corner panel from padded cell

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1936-1940

Model boat, scale approximately 1/10, fast inshore rescue/patrol launch, 1939-1945, of a type built during World War II at York Carriage works.

Model second world war motor launch boat, 1939-1945

Railway Models

1939-1945

Design for a Dress/Travelling Landau carriage

Art

1820

'Constantia' model 100-foot linen measuring tape in leather case, by J. Chesterman & Co. Limited, Sheffield, England, 1928.

100-Foot tape measure, British, 1928

Surveying

1928

Poster, London & North Eastern Railway, The George Bennie Railplane System of Transport by WCN and the McCorquodale Studio, 1929. Coloured lithograph depicting an artist's impression of the prototype Bennie Railplane running on overhead tracks above LNER locomotive number 2164 hauling a goods train. Text reads "Erected over LNER Line - Milngavie Station (near Glasgow). Swift Safe Sure." Format: Quad Royal, 40 x 50 inch, 1016 x 1270mm.

The George Bennie Railplane System of Transport

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1929

Poster, London Midland & Scottish Railway, Royal Highlander approaches Aberdeen, by Norman Wilkinson about 1927. Coloured lithograph depicting a profile view of a passenger train hauled by a 4-4-0 locomotive. The line is on the coast, with cliffs in the background. Title below, with the letters "LMS" and the company crest on either side. Reference ERO 533541. Format quad royal.

"Royal Highlander" Approaches Aberdeen

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

about 1927

Box, original, for medal, Mason College, Birmingham, for Inorganic Chemistry, to E.F.W. Bywater, 1895

Box, original, for medal, Mason College, Birmingha

Wellcome Medals

Specimen of bolting cloth

Agricultural Engineering

Mummified infant, no provenance, Egyptian, 2000-101BCE (see note).

Mummified infant, Egypt, 2000-101 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-101 BCE

Poster, London Midland & Scottish Railway, "The Permanent Way, Relaying by Stanhope Forbes R.A.", after 1924. Coloured lithograph depicting a track-laying gang at work under the supervision of a foreman, as a lookout keeps watch and a train approaches in the background. One of a series of sixteen posters by members of the Royal Academy commissioned by the London, Midland & Scottish Railway in 1924. Probably a later edition as the font is sans serif, unlike the rest of the series and the border is missing from around the text at the bottom. Format: quad royal. Other ids: ERO 53351.

The Permanent Way

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

c.1924

Smith Automatic Exposure Meter, made by Dr J H Smith & Co, Zurich. Slide rule calculator with slider or printed pink linen. Calibrated for: plate type; aperture; time; tables for subject and time of year and day. (M38)

Smith Automatic Exposure Meter

Photographic Technology

1910

Tape, 6-foot, by J. Chesterman & Co. Limited, Sheffield, England, 1923-1928

6-Foot tape measure, British, 1923-1928

Surveying

1923-1928

Map, paper backed with linen, with leather-covered card covers, Official Railway Map of Lancashire & Cheshire Districts 1913, published by the Railway Clearing House, drawn and engraved by J. & W.Emslie, London. Black covers with gold lettering on front and spine. Inside cover bears a Barry Railway Audit Office stamp dated December 1912.

Official Railway Map of Lancashire & Cheshire Districts 1913

Railway Maps & Plans

1912

Box, original, for medal, University College London, for materia medica, to Charles Bradley, 1862

Box, original, for medal, University College Londo

Wellcome Medals

Box, original, for medal, University of Edinburgh, for experimental physiology, to H.G. Feltham, 1907, by Kirkwood and Son, 9 St. James' Square, Edinburgh.

Box, original, for medal, University of Edinburgh,

Wellcome Medals

1907

Map, Great Eastern Railway, 'Felixstowe', 1903, 25.3 inches to 1 mile, published/printed by Ordnance Survey, paper-backed linen.

Map from Great Eastern Railway entitled 'Felixstowe',

Railway Maps & Plans

1903

Starched long white apron with round bib and cross straps, unsigned, British, 1910-1935

Starched long white apron with round bib and cross straps

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1910-1935

Box, original, for medal, North Staffordshire Infirmary, 1868

Box, original, for medal, North Staffordshire Infi

Wellcome Medals

Field tourniquet, consisting of pad and buckle attached to strap with cane torque handle, c. 1890

Field tourniquet

Surgery

Map, paper backed with linen, Barry Railway District Map Session 1907, lithographed by Thomas Kell & Son, London. Coloured map showing Barry Railway and other railways' actual, proposed and authorised routes, 1907.

Barry Railway - District Map Session

Railway Maps & Plans

1907

Stiffened white linen collar with button, unsigned, British, 1920-1940

Stiffened white linen collar with button

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1920-1940

Linen-backed strip of a series of ten photographs of the sun entitled 'Autographs of the sun, taken with the Heliautograph of the Rev William Selwyn (1806-1875) at Ely by John Titterton, photographer, in 1861-3'. M F H Cat No 47.

Autographs of the Sun

Photographs

1861-1863

Field tourniquet with strap, pad and buckle, manufactured by Evans, c. 1860

Field tourniquet

Surgery

1801-1900

Lock and key, wrought-iron, Flemish, early 16th Century. Acquired in Bruges

Lock and key, wrought-iron, Flemish, early 16th Ce

Locks & Fastenings

1500-1550

Tape, 12-foot, by J. Chesterman & Co. Limited, Sheffield, England, 1923-1928

12-Foot tape measure, British, 1923-1928

Surveying

1923-1928

Sample of wired-linen used in making measuring tape, by J. Chesterman and Co. Limited, Sheffield, England, 1928.

Wired-linen tape measure sample, British, 1928

Surveying

1928

Mummified cat, no provenance Egyptian, 2000-100 BCE

Mummified cat, no provenance Egyptian

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-100 BCE

Stiffened white linen belt, unsigned, British, 1920-1940

Stiffened white linen belt

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1920-1940

Original box for medal for International Hygiene Exhibition, Dresden, 1911

Medal box

Wellcome Medals

1911

Box, original, for medal, University College London, for Inorganic Chemistry, to H.N.F. Cook, 1914

Box, original, for medal, University College Londo

Wellcome Medals

Poster, London Midland & Scottish Railway, 'Goole' - SS Don Coaling at the 40-ton Crane by Norman Wilkinson. Text: Goole on the River Ouse is the Humber Port from which the LMS fleet of cargo steamers sail for the principal Continental Ports including Amsterdam, Antwerp, Copenhagen, Dunkerque, Ghent, Hamburg and Rotterdam. It is the most inland port in England and carries on a large trade in the exort of coal. With an image of the SS Don being loaded at Goole Port. Format Quad Royal, 40 x 50 inch, 1016 x 1270mm.

Goole

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1923-1947

Portfolio, linen-covered card with cotton tape tie containing paper inserts, A Portfolio of Comfort for the Railcoach Passenger, issued by PEL Ltd., Oldbury, 1956-1957. Contains 10 leaflets describing different types of railway seating made by PEL for railway carriages, including illustrations of seating in situ.

A Portfolio of Comfort for the Railcoach Passenger

Documents

1956-1957