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Prototype for the 'Anniversary' wristwatch by George Daniels and Roger Smith

2010

Working model of the co-axial escapement built by George Daniels

1985

Poster of Isle of Man postage stamps celebrating 100 years of General Relativity (unmounted)

Velvet ribbon votive offering, Isle of Man, 1880-1916

1880-1916
Crossbone of a sea bream, carried to avert sickness, Lovett Collection, from Isle of Man, 1880-1920

Crossbone of a sea bream carried to avert sickness

1880-1920
Original 8mm amateur film shot by Michael Green. Manx Electric Railway, Laxey; Isle of Man Railway (IMR); Bellawoods crossing; locomotive No. 11 Maitland; trams No.20 and trailer 47 filmed in Ramsey; trams No.22 and trailer 44 around Glen Mona; tram No.23 and trailer 43 filmed near Fairy cottage, Laxey; stationary locomotives aligned on tracks in Douglas; locomotive No.12 Hutchinson; Locomotives No. 10 G. H.Wood; booking office in Laxey with publicity posters for the Snaefell Mountain Railway; footage taken on board the Snaefell Mountain Railway, which includes views of the well-known Laxey wheel (Lady Isabella waterwheel); one steam locomotive is seen hauling several others. This includes the locomotives No.6 Peveril, 8 Fenella, 13 Kissack and 16 Mannin; exterior shot of the diesel engine at Port Soderick station. A shot in Douglas station features the locomotive No.4 Loch; Douglas Horse Tramway, with carriage No.42 and 44.

8mm Footage 'Railways and Tramways on the Isle of Man'

1969-1971
Original 8mm amateur film shot by Michael Green. Manx Electric Railway (MER) and the Isle of Man Railway (IMR); tramcar No.1 with trailer 37, from the MER with “Douglas and Laxey Electric Tramway” written on the side of the tram; Bulgham Bay and Dhoon Queery; Snaefell Mountain Railway; Laxey wheel (Lady Isabella waterwheel). Tramcars No.1 and 4 at summit; No.6 and 3 are filmed from inside a tram passing by; Dhoon and Dreemskerry; the Isle of Man Railway; diesel railcar stopped at Douglas and the locomotive No.13, Kissack, leaving the station; red steam locomotive No.4, Loch; locomotive No.11, Maitland, and a Foxdale coach; Douglas horse drawn tramway features two horse trams, No.14 (double-decker) and No.12. The first one is baring a poster for the “Horse tram centenary”; tramcar No.5 passing, also the trailer No.72 being pulled out of a shed by a blue truck; poster for the ‘Cavalcade of electric cars’; IMR, in Douglas, locomotive No.12 Hutchinson, a diesel railcar, and locomotive No.13, Kissack.

8mm Footage 'Trams, Steam Locomotives and Diesel Railcars on the Isle of Man'

1979-1982
A photograph of three people and a dog sunbathing in the Isle of Man, taken by Tony Ray-Jones (1941-1972) in 1967.

Isle of Man, 1967

1967
Guidebook, I.o.M. Railway and I.o.M. Road Services, "I.o.M. The Pocket Paradise of the British Isles", 1929, timetables and fares for sailings and for rail journeys, descriptions of places of interest, maps, illustrated with photographs, 94 pages, soft cover with sketch maps of island and I.o.M. Railway logo, vignette sketches of Ramsey, Peel and Port Erin. 7.3622 x 4.7244 in.

Isle of Man Railway and Road Service: The Pocket Paradise of the British Isles

1934
Guidebook, I.o.M. Steam Packet Co. Ltd, "Isle of Man for Holidays 1937", 1937, timetables and fares for sailings and for rail journeys, illustrated with photographs and maps, 96 pages, soft cover with sketch of steam ship approaching the island and biplane flying above. 7.0866 x 4.7244 in.

Isle of Man Steam Packet Co. Ltd: Isle of Man for Holidays 1937

1937
Guidebook, "A Joy Ride on the Manx Electric Railway", double-fold card giving information on routes and fares. 5.9055 x 2.9528 in.

A Joy Ride on the Manx Electric Railway

Guidebook, I.o.M. Steam Packet Co. Ltd, "I.o.M. Sailings and Holiday Tours", 1929, timetables and fares for sailings and for rail journeys, descriptions of places of interest, maps, illustrated with photographs, 94 pages, cover with bathing belle 'standing' on I.o.M. sun with 3 legs of man. 7.2441 x 4.8031 in.

Isle of Man Steam Packet Co. Ltd: Sailings and Holiday Tours

1929
Guidebook, "Isle of Man Railway", 1929, booklet giving information and pictures of places to visit and timetable, 11 pages, soft cover with sketch of train and countryside with three vignettes of Port Erin, Ramsey and Peel. 5.9843 x 3.937 in.

Isle of Man Railway

1929
Guidebook, Isle of Man (I.o.M.) Railway, "Tours Through the Island by Rail and Road - Official Handbook", descriptions of places of interest, illustrated with photographs, 64 pages, soft cover with sketch of bus and train in Manx countryside. 7.2047 x 4.8031 in.

Isle of Man Railway: Tours Through the Island by Rail and Road - Official Handbook

London Midland & Scottish Railway / Great Western Railway holiday guide "The Isle of Man", produced for the USA and Canada, 1938. Cover art by "M." 9.2126 x 4.2126 in.

The Isle of Man

1938
Photograph, ferrotype, 43x70mm oval in card mount. Card reads 'Souvenir from the Isle of Man'. Ferrotype 18x22mm head and shoulders portrait of two young men wearing cloth caps. Woodcock, Breakwater, Isle of Man

Ferrotype in card mount, by 'Woodcock, Breakwater, The Isle of Man'

Map, 'Isle of Man', c. 1930, coloured, 1 inch to 3 miles, paper.

Map, 'Isle of Man'

1930
Original 8mm amateur film shot by Michael Green. Manx Electric Railway. Tramcar No.6; No.5 car of the Snaefell Mountain Railway; No.20 with trailer is passing a road crossing at Lonan; No.1 and trailer 59 passing on the tracks; open cars No.26 and 56 are featured at Laxey shed; water car with trailer is passing in the landscape of fields; locomotive- No.12, Hutchinson, on the Isle of Man Railway; Ballabeg, Castletown, Colby (with IMRSA special train), Port St Mary (level crossing), Port Erin Shed (also an old six-wheeler is filmed there); horse tramway in Douglas with two white tramcars, No.45 and another; tram driver chatting next to his stopped tramcar No.26 on the rails; Tramcar No.19 is filmed at dusk in Glen Mora; streets of Ramsey, Walpole Drive, Ballajora, Cornaa, Dhoon, Laxey, Lonan, Groudle, Douglas; trams at Derby Castle depot, including No.20, 26 and 23. The tramcar No.1; diesel railcar; inside of the driver’s cab, looking at the tracks, passing near Colby, Port St Mary and Port Erin; closing the Mill road level crossing after the locomotive has passed; tramcar No.1 with trailer is filmed at Onchan and a front shot shows No.9 at Groudle.

8mm Footage 'Trams, Steam Locomotives and a Diesel Railcar on the Isle of Man'

1975
Six Isle Of Man stamps designed by George Daniels

Isle of Man stamps designed by George Daniels

Guidebook, I.o.M. Steam Packet Co. Ltd, "I.o.M. Holiday Tours and Sea Excursions 1912 (also 'The Lit' Islan'')", 1912, timetables and fares for sailings and for rail journeys, illustrated with lithographs, account of the island by Agnes Herbert, 94 pages, soft cover with logo of island and vignette of passengers on board passing another ferry. 7.0866 x 4.7244 in.

Isle of Man Steam Packet Co. Ltd: Holiday Tours and Sea Excursions 1912 (also 'The Lit' Islan'')

1912
Guidebook, "The Saturday Half-Holiday Guide to London and the Environs", 1868, booklet giving information on open air places, activities and free national exhibitions, 32 pages plus 24 pages of adverts (numbered 1-12 at front of booklet and 1-12 at back), soft cover. 8.4646 x 5.5118 in.

The Saturday Half-Holiday Guide to London and the Environs

1868
Guidebook, "I.o.M. Steam Packet Co. Ltd Tourist and Excursion Arrangements, May-June 1908", 1908, booklet giving information and pictures of places to visit and timetable, with timetable and fares, 84 pages, soft cover with illustration of SS Ben-my-Chree at sea and logo of I.o.M. Steam Packet Co. 7.2441 x 4.7244 in.

Isle of Man Steam Packet Co. Ltd: Tourist and Excursion Arrangements, May-June 1908

1908
Guidebook, I.o.M. Road Services et al, "Official Omnibus Timetable", 3-fold leaflet. 5.5118 x 4.5276 in.

Isle of Man Road Service: Official Omnibus Timetable

1929
Traffic return sheet. Isle of Man Railway. Daily traffic return for Colby Station, 24 June 1964.

Isle of Man Railway daily traffic return

1964