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Short piece of ebony, partly sunk to fit in back of one of the long pieces. violin fingerboards made by James Watt, Glasgow, Scotland, to the design of Charles Clagget, 1758-1769.

Eight ebony violin fingerboard shape and sized solid fabrications

1758-1773
One of eight long pieces of ebony, partly pierced - violin fingerboards made by James Watt, Glasgow, Scotland, to the design of Charles Clagget, 1758-1769.

Pair of ebony violin fingerboards, shaped and sized hollow fabrications

1758-1773
Short piece of ebony, partly sunk to fit in back of one of the long pieces. violin fingerboards made by James Watt, Glasgow, Scotland, to the design of Charles Clagget, 1758-1769.

Pair of ebony violin fingerboard shape and sized solid fabrications

1758-1773
Short piece of ebony, partly sunk to fit in back of one of the long pieces. violin fingerboards made by James Watt, Glasgow, Scotland, to the design of Charles Clagget, 1758-1769.

Eight ebony violin fingerboard shape and sized solid fabrications

1758-1773
Short piece of ebony, partly sunk to fit in back of one of the long pieces. violin fingerboards made by James Watt, Glasgow, Scotland, to the design of Charles Clagget, 1758-1769.

Eight ebony violin fingerboard shape and sized solid fabrications

1758-1773
Nine mahogany strip brass pin gauges, three gauges with five pins, one long gauge with four pins, two short gauges with four pins, one long gauge with three pins, one gauge with eight pins arranged 1-3-3-1, one gauge with two pins arranged in two directions, by James Watt, Glasgow, Scotland, 1758-1769. Used for positioning the drilling of flute finger holes. The pins have been positioned by using a marking gauge. Three 5 pin gauges: markers for lower body joint, marking key hole, three finger-holes and body end. For D flutes (slight variations). Gauge with eight pins arranged 1-3-3-1: Mark little finger-holes on foot joint, six more holes and the top of body for piccolo like RCM 763. Gauge with two pins arranged in two different directions: Long span gives length of left-hand joint (upper). Shorter span gives length of right-hand joint (lower). External measurements of body parts for D flute. Long gauge with four pins: Marks one joint three + one finger-holes, for F flute Long gauge with three pins: Finger-holes and fipple-hole for galoubet RCM 65 – pipe to go with drum Two short gauges with four pins: Mark three finger-holes and key-hole for lower joint and foot of D flute like RCM 326 FL/ 4

Nine mahogany strip brass pin gauges

1758-1769
One of eight long pieces of ebony, partly pierced - violin fingerboards made by James Watt, Glasgow, Scotland, to the design of Charles Clagget, 1758-1769.

Pair of ebony violin fingerboard shape and sized hollow fabrications

1758-1773
Button, Caledonian Railway, white metal. Thistle in centre "Nemo mo impune lacessit". 1" diam.

Caledonian Railway button

Ship's works plate. 'David & William Henderson & Co Limited. No 7067 Engineers & Shipbuilders, 1925 Glasgow', brass, oval. Dimensions 10 1/2" x 7".

Brass ship's worksplate

Ship's worksplate, South Eastern & Chatham Railway and Southern Railway, brass oval, 'Hythe built by David & William Henderson & Co Ltd. Glasgow'. Dimensions 17 3/4" x 11 1/2".

Brass ship's worksplate, South Eastern & Chatham Railway and Southern Railway

Two lancets, steel and tortoiseshell, by T. Chapman of Glasgow, in silver case, patterned, 19th century

Two lancets in silver case

1801-1900
One photograph showing an aerial View of the Westthorn production complex at Long John Distilleries on the outskirts of Glasgow.

Daily Herald Photograph; Aerial View of Westthorn Bottling Plant

1969
Vintage silver gelatin print by Bert Hardy. Iconic photograph of two boys playing in The Gorbals slums of Glasgow, in 1948. Photographer's stamp on verso.

Boys of The Gorbals

31 January 1948
The Invincible folding bellows field and stand camera for plates 4 3/4 x 6 1/2. Has double extension, tapered leather bellows, swing and reversing back and rising front movement. Rack and pinion focusing. Base fitted with tripod head. Fitted with a Rapid Rectilinear lens f8 f.1 8.5". Mounted into a Thornton Pickard roller blind shutter. Mahogany with brass fittings. W A C Smith, c 1910.

'The Invincible' folding bellows field and stand camera, c 1910

1905-1915
A photographic print by Nick Danziger, showing two children playing in the jet from a burst water pipe in Glasgow. Taken as part of a photographic fellowship with the museum in 1994-1995. Printed in Paris, 2020.

Photograph of children playing in the jet from a burst water pipe in Glasgow

1994-1995
The Sanderson folding bellows field or stand camera for plates 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 and one darkslide. With double extension, tapered leather bellows, double swing and reversing back. Focusing by two rack and pinion mechanisms. Fitted with a Beck Steinheil 'Unofocal' patent Series 1 F.6.6 7.2" f.1 mounted in a Thornton Pickard roller-blind shutter. Polished teak with brass fittings. Houghton Ltd, c.1904.

Sanderson Folding Bellows Field or Stand Camera and Darkslide.

1899-1909
Black and white print mounted on card, James Craig Annan, 1897. Portrait of Mrs Grosvenor Thomas, wife of the Glasgow painter.

Mrs Grosvenor Thomas

1897
Albumen print glued on paper by T & R Annan, Glasgow. Inscribed in black ink, "Yours sincerely, Albert Goodrich".

Portrait of Albert Goodrich

August 1884
Silver gelatin print by James Craig Annan, 1897. Portrait of Agnes Reid Warnock.

Agnes Reid Warnock

1897
Vintage gelatin silver print by Maurice Broomfield titled "An operator measuring the pitch of the blade on a manganese bronze propeller at the Yoker works of Bull's Metal and Marine, Glasgow." Undated photograph. Broomfield's studio stamp and paper label on verso.

Measuring the pitch of a blade

mid-20th century
Photogravure by James Craig Annan, titled "Eleonore", 1896. Portrait of a woman in the woods. From "Die Kunst in der Photographie, 1900", published by Martin Oldenbourg, Berlin. Printed by Georg Buxenstein & Company, Berlin.

Eleonore

1896
Black and white print mounted on card, James Craig Annan, 1897. Portrait of Mrs Grosvenor Thomas, wife of the Glasgow painter.

Mrs Grosvenor Thomas 3

1897
Black and white print mounted on card, James Craig Annan, 1897. Portrait of Mrs Grosvenor Thomas, wife of the Glasgow painter. Image displayed in the Eastman Photographic Exhibition of 1897.

Mrs Grosvenor Thomas

1897
Silver gelatin print by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985. Image shows two young boys in the Gorbals slums in Glasgow. Published in Picture Post, January 31, 1948. Photographer's stamp on verso.

The Gorbals

31 January 1948
Black and white print mounted on card, James Craig Annan, 1897. Portrait of Mrs Grosvenor Thomas, wife of the Glasgow painter.

Mrs Grosvenor Thomas 5

1897
Folding bellows field camera for negatives 4 3/4 x 6 1/2. With double extension, conical leather bellows and a reversing back and rising front. Fitted with a Taylor T. Hobson Rapid Rectilienar lens F.8 7.15" f.1 with built in iris diaphragm.Made of mahogany with brass fittings. Mason & Co, c.1890.

Folding bellows field camera for negatives 4 3/4 x 6 1/2

circa 1890
2 boxes each containing a 15g tube of Secaderm Salve, for boils and abscesses, by Wade Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Glasgow, 1960-1980

2 boxes each containing a 15g tube of Secaderm Salve

1960-1980
Six single shuttles and double shuttle; pluck pin and reed for hand loom weaving, by makers J. Garrick (double shuttle) and Brown, Glasgow, Scotland.

Six single shuttles and double shuttle; pluck pin and reed for hand loom weaving

before 1909
Share certificate, North British Locomotive Co. Ltd, dated 23 March 1955. For Lady Mabel Beatrice Livingstone of Woking to certify her as the registered proprietor of two hundred pounds of ordianry stock.

Certificate of ordinary stock, North British Locomotive Co Ltd

1955
Caledonian Railway "Supplement to Appendix No. 39 to the Working Timetable also Instructions Supplementary to those contained in the Book of Rules and Regulations", issued 24 October 1921.

Caledonian Railway Supplement to Appendix No. 39 to the Working Timetable

1921-10
Bound volume of circular letters of instructions issued by the Railway Executive Committee during the First World War. The letters were issued between April 1915 and April 1917, and concern carriage of freight, pigeons etc., fares for service personnel, military traffic, accounts etc. The volume was compiled by the Accountant's Office of the Glasgow & South Western Railway.

Railway Executive Committee Instructions No. 2

1915-1917
Caledonian Railway Southern, Eastern & Western Sections No. 543 Working Timetable "for the guidance of the Company's servants, to be observed during May and June 1914 and until further notice." Marked "T. T. 3." 218pp.

Caledonian Railway Southern, Eastern & Western Sections Working Timetable May and June 1914

1914
Route Availability of Locomotives - British Railways (Scottish Region - former L&NE Section) operating booklet listing routes and classes of engine permitted over them. Issued by the Operating Superintendent and the Motive Power Superintendent, Glasgow, 8 June 1953. 20pp. Document no. ERO 52876/1.

Route Availability of Locomotives - British Railways (Scottish Region - former L&NE Section)

1953-06
Leaflet, British Rail, "Enjoy a Night at the Theatre and Travel by Train to See Your Favourite Stars", cover has a theatre mask with the outline of star and a train. Printed by Bell, Aird and Coghill Ltd., Glasgow, 1966.

Enjoy a Night at the Theatre and Travel by Train to See Your Favourite Stars

1966
Travel Guide, Caledonian Railway, "Through Scotland By The Caledonian Railway", 1907, incorporating places to visit, cost 2d, 183 pages, soft cover. 7.2835 x 4.9213 inches.

Caledonian Railway: Through Scotland by the Caledonian Railway

1907
Travel Guide, London Midland & Scottish Railway, "Scotland for the Holidays. Strathspey & The Moray Firth", 1925, places to visit, 27 pages, soft cover with illustration of Strathspey. 9.4488 x 3.937 in.

LMS - Scotland for the Holidays; Strathspey & the Moray Firth

1925
Inventory, On the Instructions of British Rail Investments Limited Inventory of the Trade Furnishings, Fittings and Equipment at The Central Hotel, Gordon Street, Glasgow, Scotland, August 1982.

Inventory, On the Instructions of British Rail Investments Limited Inventory of the Trade Furnishings

1982
Leaflet, advertising the North British Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland, published by British Transport Hotels Ltd.

Leaflet, advertising the North British Hotel

Byelaws, West London Extension Railway Chelsea Dock, issued by Edward Bellamy, rinted by Mccorquodale & Co., London, Glasgow and Newton-le-Willows, 1865.

West London extension railway Chelsea Dock byelaws

1865
Booklet, NUR Promotion, Transfer, Redundancy and Resettlement Arrangements, issued by the National Union of Railwaymen, London, 1974. Printed by H.B. Langman & Co. Ltd., Glasgow. 132pp.

NUR Promotion, Transfer, Redundancy and Resettlement Arrangements

1974
Book, paper, paper covers, "Carriage Stock Numbers and Diagram Index," made in the Drawing Office of the LMS Works at St. Rollox, Glasgow. Divided by type of vehicle - gives order numbers, old and new numbers, diagram numbers and type of brake.

Carriage Stock Numbers and Diagram Index

Drawing (scale 1:12) of London & South Western Railway express locomotive, 1898, made for the Glasgow International Exhibition.

London & South Western Railway express locomotive drawing

1898
Book, paper bound with leather, Caledonian Railway Locomotive Department New Plant Built At St. Rollox No. 3, 1912 to 1922. Thick account-style book, contains three accounts: Engines and Tenders built at St. Rollox 1912-1921; Carriages &c. built at St. Rollox 1912-1922; Wagons, Goods Vans &c. built at St. Rollox 1912-1921. Accounts give the order number, date, number of vehicles, material and wages costs and when charged out.

New Plant Built At St. Rollox No. 3

1912-1922
10 rolls of drawings, mainly of locomotive components, from the constituent companies of the North British Locomotive Company, namely Sharp Stewart & Co., Dubs & Co. and Neilson & Co., circa 1890 to circa 1919.

North British Locomotive Co. drawings

circa 1890-circa 1919
BR booklet "Supplement No. 6 to the General Appendix to the Working Time Tables dated March, 1937", printed in September 1956.

Supplement No. 6 to the General Appendix to the Working Time Tables dated March, 1937

1956
Drawings of locomotive built by Dubs & Co, Glasgow Locomotive Works, 15 August 1887, 2 line drawings, one partly with wash, scale 1 1/2":1'. One drawing bears stamped no. 56971 and ms. 'No.4855'; one bears stamped no.56975 and in manuscript 'No.4856'.

Drawings of locomotives built by Dubs & Co

1887
Photograph of the Clyde by James Craig Annan, about 1900, entitled 'The Govan Ferry, Glasgow'.

The Govan Ferry, Glasgow

circa 1900
A black and white photograph depicting three men exchanging money, possibly for drugs. From the Impressions Gallery exhibition 'Photographs from the Independent Newspaper'. Independent Picture label on verso.

Photograph depicting three men exchanging money, possibly for drugs

1987-05-17
Kodak Oriel enlarger. No lens.

Kodak Oriel Enlarger

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Alcoholics on bench'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Alcoholics on bench

1970-08