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Photographs by Alex Bailey produced for film publicity purposes.

Photographs by Alex Bailey produced for film publicity purposes

Cinematography

Glazed frame containing 4 photos of gyro compass

Navigation

Two photographs, 8" x 6 1/2", "Method of inserting Intergral Blades in the groove of a Turbine Rotor"

Two photographs, 8" x 6 1/2", "Method of inserting

Motive Power

Three photographs and one lithograph of steam hammers

Three photographs and one lithograph of steam hamm

Hand and Machine Tools

2 photographs of pumping engines built by the Edward P. Allis Co. Mounted and framed.

2 photographs of pumping engines built by the Edwa

Pumping Machinery

Ten photographs, 15.5" x 11.5", and one photograph 8.5" x 6.5", of original apparatus used by Alessandro volta in his researches, 1763-1819

Ten photographs, 15.5" x 11.5", and one photograph

Electricity and Magnetism

1929

Three photographs of Webb's full size model of Trevithick's Pen-y-Darran locomotive

Photographic Collections (Railway)

27 boxes of focal press photographs from the Andor Kraszna Krausz Collection.

The Andor Kraszna-Krausz Collection Focal Press Photographs

Photographs

1920-1979

Black and white photograph reproduced from negatives taken by anthropologist Dr. A.C. Haddon during his field work in the Torres straights showing stone formations representing island groups used in initiation ceremonies

Photographic print of stones on Mer Island

Navigation

Photo print of 6 cylinder 4-wheel single deck omnibus chassis

Photograph of bus chassis

Road Transport

copy of photograph of Joseph Lister aged 30, taken 1857, framed, made by Ficks and Co. Inc, 3133 Indiana Ave, Chicago, United States

copy of photograph of Joseph Lister aged 30, taken

Surgery

1857

Photograph of oil painting showing Lister and Pasteur meeting in 1892 at the Sorbonne, framed

Photograph of oil painting showing Lister and Past

Surgery

Two photographs of atmospheric Railway pumping station Building at Exeter, and two of buildings at Totnes.

Atmospheric Railway pumping station buildings at Exeter and Totnes

Photographic Collections (Railway)

Three photographs: (a) Impression of the Canterbury & Whitstable Railway Company's Seal, 1825; (b) First entries in share register, Canterbury & Whitstable Railway Co.; (c) advertisment of rail and boat service from London to Canterbury, 1836

Canterbury & Whitstable Railway seal, share register and advertisement

Photographic Collections (Railway)

Photographs mounted on a backboard of the Royal visit of King George V and Queen Mary with Col. Mervyn o'Gorman at R.A.E. Farnborough.

Photographs of Royal Visit to RAE Farnborough

Farnborough

Three 12" x 10" photographs showing the construction of the Royal Albert bridge, Saltash, prepared from contemporary photographs (designed by I. K. Brunel)

Three 12" x 10" photographs showing the constructi

Civil Engineering

Photograph of drawing of John Lister, Joseph Lister's grandfather and a watchmaker turned wine merchant in London, framed, made by Ficks and Co. Inc, 3133 Indiana Ave, Chicago, United States

Photograph of drawing of John Lister, Joseph Liste

Surgery

1927

Photographic print of Dr. T.W. Parry's modern experiments on neolithic trephination, English, 1930-1970

Photographic print of Dr. T.W. Parry's modern expe

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1930-1970

Oval sepia photograph, mounted on rectangular board, middle aged lady showing piebald streak in hair, English, 1900-1915

Sepia photograph of middle aged lady

Surgery

1900-1915

Photograph of Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie mounted on card and covered with glass, two rings for suspension, England, 1855-1860

Photograph of Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie mounted

Surgery

1855-1860

13 rectangular sepia photographs, mounted on board, one oval daguerreotype(?) in fancy oval frame, show a piebald hair streak appearing in 6 generations of the same Holiday(?) family, personal relic N. Bishop Harman, English, 1900-1915

13 rectangular sepia photographs, mounted on board

Surgery

1900-1915

Ten photographs, on one mount, of Great Indian Peninsular Railway overhead electrical equipment

Railways

Two photographs of tram wagon from the Cinderford Tramway, early 19th century

Two photographs of tram wagon from the Cinderford

Railways

8 photographs of the first machines for preparing viscose artificial silk (invented by Topham in 1901). Photograph of piece of the fabric in which viscose silk was employed.

8 photographs of the first machines for preparing

Plastics and Modern Materials

Photograph of a half-tone print of a photograph of Wilhelm Hittorf

Photograph of a half-tone print of a photograph of

Radiomedicine

Photograph, composite, depicting Famous English Express Trains, published by Boys' Own paper.

Photograph, composite, depicting Famous English Express Trains

Photographic Collections (Railway)

Photographs, a collection of eleven modern silver gelatin prints, various sizes, featuring Walter John Bovett and his Southern Railway Collecting Dogs

Photographs, a collection of eleven modern silver gelatin pr

Photographic Collections (Railway)

Twenty four photographs of electric railway rolling stock, 1901-31.

Electric railway rolling stock, 1901-31

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1901-1931

22 unmounted photographs illustrating construction and appreciation of Zoelly's turbine

Prints of drawings and unmounted photographs

Marine Engines

Photographic prints, 9 mounted in one display mount, illustrating construction and appreciation of Zoelly's turbine

Photographic prints, 9 mounted in one display mount

Marine Engines

One of three photographs taken depicting children with rickets, taken by T. Ball of Kidderminster, 1870-1910; 7-8 Clarendon Place. This particular image shows a young female child, wearing a dark dress, dark coat and a hat with a flower on it. She is shown stood on top of a chair displaying her legs.

Photograph of a child with ricketts

Anatomy & Pathology

1870-1910

Two photographs of Monotower Crane at Liverpool cathedral, in one glazed frame

Two photographs of Monotower Crane at Liverpool ca

Lifting & Mechanical Handling

Four photos of Tyne Bridge, Newcastle, 1928

Civil Engineering

Transparency, 12" x 10", of Foden diesel engined 4-wheeled chassis for loads up to 6 tons

Transparency, 12" x 10", of Foden diesel engined 4

Road Transport

Six photographs relating to P.S. comet 1811, rosewood frame, disposal 1839

Six photographs relating to P.S. comet 1811, rosew

Marine Engines

A collection of photographs of the construction of the Barry Railway's Brecon and Merthyr Extension. 29 silver gelatin glass plate negatives, 4¼ x 3¼ inches, c 1904-1905, including views of the building of Llanbradach viaduct and groups of railway navvies. Photographer unknown. This collection is known by name of the donor, G Parrish.

G Parrish Collection

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1904-1905

Photographs, 28 silver gelatin prints featuring South Eastern & Chatham Railway and Southern Railway locomotives, 1914-1930, glued in an album together with 21 "weight diagrams". Album has green cloth covers, dark green edging, gold tooling and watered end papers. The work of South Eastern & Chatham Railway and Southern Railway official photographers.

Photographs, 28 silver gelatin prints featuring South Easter

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1914-1930

Two unmounted photographs, "8 x 5", showing exterior views of Coronation train.

Exterior views of Coronation train

Photographic Collections (Railway)

Black and white photograph of actress Brigitte Bardot sitting crossed legged in her ballet shoes and dance outfit, taken by cornel Lucas in 1955.

Brigitte Bardot

Photographs

1955

Twenty two photographs of Great Western Railway locomotives, 1847 to c.1907

Great Western Railway locomotives, 1847 to c.1907

Photographic Collections (Railway)

c. 1907

Oval sketch/photograph of bust of Asklepios, surrounded by gilt frame, damaged, two pieces broken off, small pieces of frame missing, European, 1840-1870, with 6-sided hardboard mount

Oval sketch/photograph of bust of Asklepios

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1840-1870

Air photographs and interpreters reports WW 2. Print of Stuttgart, Germany showing target. Boulogne print and report. Emden print and report. Kiel print showing bomb damage (no report). 2 prints (not identified).

WW 2 Air Photographs and Interpreters Peports

Printed Materials & Ephemera

1939-1945

Selection of photographs of Morton family members, colleagues, factories, etc.

Industrial Chemistry

Copy of photograph of Lister and other house Surgeons in Edinburgh, taken 1854, framed, made by Ficks and Co. Inc, 3133 Indiana Ave, Chicago, United States

Copy of photograph of Lister and other house Surge

Surgery

1927

Post card showing 16th century chastity belt in the Musee de Cluny

Post card showing 16th century chastity belt in th

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

Set of photographs (mounted) of absorption spectra, identified 14.5" square

Set of photographs (mounted) of absorption spectra

Experimental Chemistry

Frame containing photographs of silver chromate rings in agar jelly

Frame containing photographs of silver chromate ri

Experimental Chemistry

Copy of autographed photograph of Lord Lister, taken about 1885, framed, made by Ficks and Co. Inc, 3133 Indiana Ave, Chicago, United States

Copy of autographed photograph of Lord Lister, tak

Surgery

1880-1895

Collection of black & white photographs, some mounted onto card, showing patients and staff involved in iron lung treatment for poliomyelitis at the Lord Mayor Treloar Orthopaedic Hospital, Alton, 1937-1939. Most pictures feature Eric Marchant, the hospital's first iron lung patient whose 1937 photographs inspired Lord Nuffield's gift of iron lungs to the Empire.

Collection of black & white photographs, some moun

Orthopaedics

1937-1939

Seven photographs, various sizes, showing pressed steel tanks, electric screw pile capstans and piling, and pressed steel well curbs, all under working conditions

Seven photographs, various sizes, showing pressed

Building Construction