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Motorcycle and sidecar

Road Transport

1916

'Junior Special' single lens reflex camera

Photographic Technology

c.1927; c.1927

Thornton-Pickard Amber camera

Photographic Technology

c 1897

Linotype 78 Linecasting Machine

Printing & Writing

'Miehle' Printing Press

Printing & Writing

Single lens reflex camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch film packs. Fitted with a Taylor Taylor Hobson Cooke anastigmat series XI lens no 123826 F: 6 1/4 inch f/3.5-16. Sliding rising front, rack and pinion focusing, focal plane shutter 10/15/25/50/75/100/150/200/300/500/1000/T. Shutter released by mirror raising knob, rotating back with Thornton Pickard film pack adaptor. Ground glass focusing screen with depp hood. Thornton Pickard.

Thornton Pickard junior special reflex camera

Photographic Technology

Linotype Engraving Machine

Printing & Writing

Linotype Elektron

Printing & Writing

1962

Roller Blind Shutter for Camera

Photographic Technology

1900

Linotype Model 48

Printing & Writing

1935

Linotype Model 79

Printing & Writing

1959

'Imperial' triple extension half plate camera

Photographic Technology

c.1908; c.1908; c.1908

Roller-Blind Shutter

Photographic Technology

1905-1910

'Merito-Optical' Lantern Projector

Photographic Technology

1905-1915

Letterhead Plate

Printing & Writing

Roller Blind Shutter

Photographic Technology

1895-1905

"Ruby Horizontal" Camera

Photographic Technology

1934-1936

Camera Case and Accessories

Photographic Technology

1905-1915

Puck Camera

Photographic Technology

1925-1930

Type C aerial camera

Photographic Technology

1915

Roller-Blind Shutter

Photographic Technology

1905

Ohmmeter made by Record of Broadheath

Electricity Supply

Thornton Pickard film pack adaptor for Junior Special box camera.

Thornton Pickard Junior Special Film Pack Adaptor

Photographic Technology

Linotype Model 50SM

Printing & Writing

1926

Cup Leather Mould

Hand and Machine Tools

Cup Leather Mould

Hand and Machine Tools

Roller-Blind Shutter

Photographic Technology

1905

'Mickey Mouse' Linecaster

Printing & Writing

Ram Leather

Hand and Machine Tools

Roller-Blind Shutter

Photographic Technology

1905

Roller-Blind Shutter

Photographic Technology

1905-1910

Folding stand triple extension camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Fitted with an Aldis anastigmat lens No.2 f/6-45 No. 40668 (Aldis). Thornton Pickard Time and Instantaneous shutter 15/30/45/75/90/T. Sliding and rising front, sliding cross and falling front. Swing front and back. Reversible back. Rack and pinion focusing on front and rear panels with triple extension. Built in tripod turntables. Separate tripod legs. Thornton-Pickard.

Thornton Pickard Imperial Triple Extension Camera

Photographic Technology

1905-1915

Cup Leather

Hand and Machine Tools

Hat Leather

Hand and Machine Tools

Automatic scale

Weighing & Measuring

1915-1925

Thornton Pickard 'Victory' single lens reflex camera. With no reversing back. Rack and pinon focusing with focal plane shutter. Shutter speeds obtained by varying aperture with speeds a/10 to 1/1000 and T. Lens panel has rising front and is fitted a Wray Lustrar F.5.9 5" f.1 lens. Wood construction with metal fittings covered in black leather. Thornton Pickard Manufacturing Co. c 1920.

Thornton Pickard 'Victory' single lens reflex camera, c 1920

Photographic Technology

1915-1925

Roller blind shutter for 14mm lens, mount adjustable between 1/15th and 1/90th second. Thornton Pickard, c.1896

Thornton Pickard snap shot shutter

Photographic Technology

1891-1901

Thornton Pickard Mark III H (Hythe) gun camera, manufactured 1916. Gunnery training camera in form of Lewis Gun. 2 1/4 rollfilm (film carrier missing) wound on by cocking gun. Long focus lens with three blade shutter in barrel. Fired by pulling the trigger. Punch to mark off exposures. Graticule (missing) to indicate aiming success. Automatic exposure counter to 14. Thornton Pickard. Mounted on wooden display stand.

Thornton Pickard MKIII H gun camera

Photographic Technology

1916

Thornton Pickard Ruby Horizontal single lens reflex camera for negatives 2 1/2 x 3 1/2. With no reversing back. With focal plane shutter, speeds 1/10 - 1/1000sec and T. Fitted with a Taylor T. Hobson Cooke Anastigmat F.4.5 5". c 1920.

Thornton Pickard Ruby Horizontal single lens reflex camera, c 1920

Photographic Technology

1915-1925

Spanner made by Bob Watkins during his time as an apprentice at the Linotype and Machinery Co. in Broadheath, Trafford in the mid-1960s.

Spanner made by Bob Watkins

Printing & Writing

c1965

Thornton Pickard Ruby camera. Quarterplate folding camera, brass and mahogany. Bellows plate. Rising and swing front. Double focussing pinions - front and back Pendulum level. Built-in tripod fittings. No.3193A. Fitted with Cooke lens 1259. No 3193.

Thornton Pickard Ruby camera

Photographic Technology

1899-1905

'The Imperial' folding bellows field or stand camera with triple extension for negatives 4 3/4 x 6 1/2. With tapered leather bellows, swing and reversing back, rising front and cross movement . Focusing by rack and pinion mechanism. Provision for a tripod. Fitted with a Thornton Pickard Beck Symmetrical F.8 8.5" f.1 lens. Mounted in front of lens is a Thornton Pickard roller blind shutter. Speeds 1/5-1/90 sec B. & T. Of French mahogany with brass fittings. c.1890.

'The Imperial' folding bellows field or stand camera with triple extension, c 1890

Photographic Technology

1885-1895

Automatic weighing scale, made by the Automatic Scale Co. Ltd, Altrincham, c.1918.

Automatic weighing scale

Weighing & Measuring

c.1918

Lewis-gun simulator camera, 1915, by Thornton-Pickard, Altrincham; MK IIIH No. 850H with tripod, mounting head, 3 spare shutter blades, 6 spare gears and sights; in wooden case.

Thornton-Pickard Lewis-gun simulator camera, 1915

Photographic Technology

1915

Vice tool used to secure an object for work, made by Bob Watkins during his time as an apprentice at the Linotype and Machinery Co. in Broadheath, Trafford in the mid-1960s.

Vice tool made by Bob Watkins

Printing & Writing

c1965

Clamp tool used to position objects for work, made by Bob Watkins during his time as an apprentice at the Linotype and Machinery Co. in Broadheath, Trafford in the mid-1960s.

Clamp tool made by Bob Watkins

Printing & Writing

c1965

Tap wrench tool used to turn taps or other small tools, made by Bob Watkins during his time as an apprentice at the Linotype and Machinery Co. in Broadheath, Trafford in the mid-1960s.

Tap wrench handle tool made by Bob Watkins

Printing & Writing

c1965

B block tool used to support a workpiece for manufacturing or inspection, made by Bob Watkins during his time as an apprentice at the Linotype and Machinery Co. in Broadheath, Trafford in the mid-1960s.

V block tool made by Bob Watkins

Printing & Writing

c1965

Internal calipers tool used to measure the distance between two sides of an object, made by Bob Watkins during his time as an apprentice at the Linotype and Machinery Co. in Broadheath, Trafford in the mid-1960s.

Internal calipers tool made by Bob Watkins

Printing & Writing

c1965

Filing tool used to shape metal, made by Bob Watkins during his time as an apprentice at the Linotype and Machinery Co. in Broadheath, Trafford in the mid-1960s.

Filing tool made by Bob Watkins

Printing & Writing

c1965