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Model of twin-screw steamship 'Dresden', c1897

1892-1902

Collection of four First World War field dressings

1914-1918

Dispensing pot of Blue Pills, England, 1880-1930

1880-1930

Radio Distress Beacon (EPIRB), 1980s

1984-1986

Gum lancet

1801-1900

Radio Distress Beacon (EPIRB), 1980s

1984-1986

Photograph of home radio broadcasters in Hull

29 September 1951

Small samples of power transmission belts

1966

Junior Disprin tablets, 75 mg, 1 x 24 pack, (12 tablets remaining)

1980-1986

Photograph of home radio broadcasters in Hull

29 September 1951

Paddle Tug towing Full Rigged Ship

1902

Rapid Rectilinear lens

circa 1910

solid state ruby laser

1960-1970

Clay tobacco pipe by Henry Norman

1670-1690

Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB)

1979-1980

Photograph of home radio broadcasters in Hull

29 September 1951

SS Dewsbury worksplate

1910

Bandage

1940-1960

Fleam, 2-bladed, horn case with integral lancet

1810-1830

Tin of elastoplast elastic adhesive bandage

1939-1946

Neodymium rod suitable for neodymium laser

1980-1985

Hull Lead Works penny token

1812

Smiths and Strikers

1890-1916

Priestman Oil Engine

1895
Wall Clock, Hull Barnsley & West Riding Junction Railway, "H.B & W.R.JN Ry B. Cooke & Son Hull", No 13, circular, Roman face, wooden case.

Wall Clock, Hull Barnsley & West Riding Junction Railway

Coat-of-arms, Kingston-Upon-Hull Dock Company, incorporated 1774, brass on wooden shield.

Coat-of-arms, Kingston-Upon-Hull Dock Company

Letter, acknowledging the receipt of payment from the Literary and Philosophical Society trip to Hull from Whitby, cost £44-12-6, 27th June 1862.

Receipt of payment from the Literary and Philosophical Society trip to Hull

1862
Book, paper with red cloth ribbon tied into spine, Hull - Britain's Third Port, printed by Richard Johnson & Sons, 1924. Book describing Hull's trade and industry, dock facilities, railways, canals etc. and history. Produced for the British Empire Exhibition and for Hull Civic Fortnight (2-15 July 1924). Illustrated with various paintings, for help with which the preface thanks the LNER.

Hull - Britain's Third Port

1924
Article, copy, Hull Evening news, dated from 1st April 1922 entitled 'Death of the Hull and Barnsley Railway', Gives a brief history of the company from 1881 and blames the death of the company on the Great War when it caught the disease "Government Controlitis" and finally the malady "Group", dimensions 252 x 205mm.

Death of the Hull and Barnsley Railway

1922-04-01
Souvenir booklet of the Hull & Barnsley Railway Company's "Old Boys Dinner Reunion to be held in the Assembly Rooms, Hull on Wednesday October 19th 1910".

Souvenir of the Hull & Barnsley Railway Company's "Old Boys Dinner Reunion"

1910
Publicity leaflet. Argo Line/Associated Humber Lines. New Service. Hull to Hamburg & Bremen. (c1965). Printed by Fretwells Ltd, Hull. 6pp (folded).

argo line/associated humber lines publicity leaflet

1965
Publicity leaflet (in German). Associated Humber Lines. Holland. Rotterdam-Hull. 1971. 8pp (folded).

associated humber lines publicity leaflet

1971
Publicity leaflet. Argo Line (in association with Associated Humber Lines). Argo Line to Germany. 1964. With a supplement containing details of fares for the 1965 Season. Printed by Fretwells Ltd, Hull. 8pp (folded) plus 1pp.

Argo Line publicity leaflet

1964
Publicity leaflet. British Rail Shipping Services. Danish Service. Goole-Copenhagen. 1965. Cover illustration of MV Kirkham Abbey. Printed by EWL, Hull. 4pp (folded).

British Rail shipping services publicity leaflet

1965
Gas chromatograph acids titrator, made at the Distillers Company Hull, c. 1958

Gas chromatograph acids titrator

1958
Tin of plaster of paris bandage, c.1960, by Smith and Nephew of Hull and Welwyn Garden City

Tin of plaster of paris bandage

1941-1970
Sealed green tin of Gypsona, plaster of Paris, bandage, T.J. Smith and Nephew Ltd., English, 1945-1970

Sealed green tin of Gypsona

1945-1970
Creamware dispensing pot by T. C. Lester, 39 Prospect Street, corner of Spencer Street, Hull, Yorkshire, England, with original paper cover and contents, for colocynth, 1890-1930.

Creamware dispensing pot by T. C. Lester

1890-1930
Box for 50 Temgesic .2 mg tablets for sublingual administration (buprenorphine hydrochloride) in blister packs of 10, with 40 tablets remaining. 45 mm x 75 mm x 20 mm, 11g. Produced by Reckitt and Colman, English, expires 1988.

Box for 50 Temgesic .2 mg tablets for sublingual administration, with four blister packs of 10 remaining

1980-1986
Admission ticket to the cutting of the first sod of the Hull Barnsley & West Riding Junction Railway on 15th January 1881 at 1.00pm. Admission to the "Reserved Stand."

Ticket to the cutting of the first sod of the Hull Barnsley & West Riding Junction Railway

1881
Mixing bowl, ceramic, North Eastern Railway, latterly used as hand wash basin in an ex North Eastern Railway service vehicle allocated to Hull MPD. Overall: 125 mm x 252 mm, 1.34kg.

Ceramic mixing bowl, North Eastern Railway

1854-1922
9 tins of "Cellona" Plaster of Paris bandages, in the container, by T.J. Smith and Nephew, English, sealed, 1935-1945

9 tins of "Cellona" Plaster of Paris bandages

1935-1945
Leaflet, Christies Auction Card leaflet detailing the particulars of the Royal Station Hotel, Ferensway, Kingston-upon-Hull, for sale by British Rail Investments Ltd.

Christies Auction Card leaflet detailing the particulars of the Royal Station Hotel, Ferensway, Kingston-upon-Hull, for sale by British Rail Investments Ltd

Invitation to the cutting of the first sod of the Hull Barnsley & West Riding Junction Railway on the site of the new dock adjoining Hedon Road, Hull, on 15th January 1881.

Invitation to the Cutting of the First Sod of the Hull Barnsley & West Riding Junction Railway

1881
Leaflet, promotion leaflet by British Transport Hotels for the Royal Station Hotel, Hull.

Leaflet, promotion leaflet by British Transport Hotels for the Royal Station Hotel

Invitation, to the Royal Station Hotel, Hull for the visit of the Queen and Prince Phillip, 18th May 1957.

Invitation, to the Royal Station Hotel

1957
Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull "Official Programme of the Great Demonstration, to held in Pearson's Park, on Thursday Next, August 19th, 1880, to congratulate the Sheriff, Lieut. Col. Smith, and the promoters, Upon the passing of the Hull & Barnsley Railway & Dock Bill." 4th edition, issued from the Town Hall on 18th August 1880. The demonstration included a procession, addresses, fireworks and a torchlight procession.

Official Programme of the Great Demonstration... Upon the passing of the Hull & Barnsley Railway & Dock Bill

1880
Letter, North Eastern Railway, to R.C. Bricklebank informing him that they have obtained passes for October and November from the Navy Barracks at Harwich to Hull and the return journey and also informing him that the staff are looking forward to his return to the company after the war has finished, 15th October 1915.

Passes from Navy Barracks

1915-10-15
Hull & Barnsley Railway booklet of the 'proceedings at the sixty-sixth ordinary general meeting and special general meeting of proprietors held at the Liverpool Street Hotel, London'. Printed by M. Harland & Son Ltd.

proceedings at the sixty-sixth ordinary general meeting and special general meeting of proprietors

1914
Colour print. Pacifics in Perspective by Michael D Chamberlin, 1975. BR 4-6-2 locomotives nos 60158 and 60031. Signed by the artist. Published by Perry Publishing, Hull. 1976.

Pacifics in Perspective by Michael D Chamberlain, 1975.

1976