One of a pair of clogs loaned to children that attended the Charter Street Ragged School. The shoes are stamped with ‘CSRS loaned, not to be pawned’. Childrens Clogs Local History c.1880-1920
Jean Elizabeth Gregson’s competition entry for the Royal College of Art Competition of Industrial Designs, Manchester, around 1929-1936. Competition textile design Archive 1929-1936
One of a pair of clogs loaned to children that attended the Charter Street Ragged School. The shoes are stamped with ‘CSRS loaned, not to be pawned’. Childrens Clogs Local History c.1880-1920
Sterling silver lever pocket watch, made by Thomas & John Ollivant, Manchester, around 1851. Sterling silver level pocket watch Time Measurement 1850-1860
Circular knitting machine, made by Harrison Patent Knitting Machine Company, around 1920. Circular Knitting Machine Auxiliary Material 1920-1929
Oil painting, A Street Scene in Manchester by Thomas Armstrong, 1861. A Street Scene in Manchester Textile Industry 1861
Textile sample book, around 1835, containing samples of printed cotton fabric. Textile sample book Archive 1835-1860
Goods invoice for cotton yarn transported on the London & North Western Railway through Liverpool Road Station on 16 June 1882. London and North Western Railway goods invoice Archive 1882-06-16
Morse sounder, c.1880. Double plate sounder., in wooden case with needle and dial at the top. Last used over railway telegraph circuits to transmit Morse code through a reversal of the current to distinguish dot from dash. The needle moved to left and right. Morse code sounder used over railway telegraph circuits Telecommunications c.1880
Tray of mouthpieces for the Ladybug character from the 1996 Disney stop-motion animation film 'James and the Giant Peach,' produced by Tim Burton and directed by Henry Selick. Mouthpieces for the Ladybug character puppet Creative Industries
Diffractometer from Beamline 2.3 of the Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Daresbury, Cheshire, in use from 1993 to 2008. diffractometer Scientific Instruments & Research
Ferranti-Shirley viscometer control and indicator unit. Ferranti-Shirley Viscometer Weighing & Measuring 1950-1955
A fabric printing block with an eleborate heart-shaped design. Fabric Printing Block Textile Industry 1880-1920
A fabric printing block with a heart-shaped design topped with a crown. Fabric Printing Block Textile Industry 1880-1920
Twelve specimens of prepared staples of cottons, mounted on cardboard within a wooden and glass case. Prepared Staples of Cotton Textiles Machinery 1900-1914
Trade mark stamp with a moorish window design, made by Shaw & Latham for George Booth & Company. Fabric Printing Block Textile Industry 1880-1930
