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Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1929, about

St Andrews, The Home of the Royal and Ancient Game

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1927

Example of the Willis world clock, with winding key (for showing local time in any part of the world), patented by John Henry Willis in 1929, made by J. H. Willis and Company, Norwich, England, 1929-1935.

Willis world clock, 1929-1935

Time Measurement

1929-1935

Moulding plane, plain cavetto, with 1 1/4" wide b

Hand and Machine Tools

Moulding plane, flute moulding type, size No. 4, 1

Hand and Machine Tools

Rail Weighing Machine, Great Northern Railway/London & North Eastern Railway/British Railways (Eastern Region), on four metal legs with wooden cover marked 'Great Northern Railway Rail Weighing Machine' four hinged carrying handles, GNR No. 13, LNER No. 10520, BR (ER) 10520.

Rail weighing machine, Great Northern Railway

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

Pedestal for wood core, University of East Anglia, 1997

Meteorology

1997

[One of 820 civil and engineering drawings, chiefly of Bramah & Robinson. Drawing no. 1/23: 'Plan and Sections of a Tread Mill, by J. Bramah & Sons, Engineers, Pimlico, proposed for the Gaol at Norwich'. ca.1820. Line drawing with wash. Scale 1" : 4']

Plans and Sections of a Tread Mill ...

Pine tree wood core, 1997

Meteorology

1997

Steel lancet, in tortoiseshell sheath, by J.A. Gor

Therapeutics

1801-1900

Moulding plane: ogee profile type, stamped 1/2" ;

Hand and Machine Tools

Unknown

the four steamliners

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

about 1937

It's Quicker by Rail - Ipswich

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1932

Trade card: Barlee Shreeve, Cockey Lane, Norwich.

.Unattributed

1780-1820

Lincolnshire - Spalding

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1960

It's Quicker by Rail - Lowestoft

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1930

Trade card: Messrs Keyzor, St Giles's St, Norwich.

.Unattributed

1847-1854

Mrs Graham's account of her ascent from Norwich wi

Art

1825

Polarizing kaleidoscope with to rotatable slides, one polarising slide, one sample slide and a broken slide, John Huggins, Norwich, England, 1867-1868.

Polarizing kaleidoscope, with slides

Optics

1867-1868

Box for "Less" toothpaste, by Lauraine Laboratories, Westwick St., Norwich, England, 1965-1970

Box for "Less" toothpaste

Dentistry

1965-1970

Glass dispensing bottle with trace residues remaining , labelled "LAUDANUM"(opium tincture). 96 mm x 26 mm diameter, 36 g. Printed pharmacy label reads, 'LAUNDUNUM. POISON/H.KING/FAMILY AND DISPENSING CHEMIST/ Post Office Street, Norwich/POISON'. Supplied by H. King, chemist in Norwich, English, 1880-1910.

Dispending bottle of laudanum

Medical Glass-ware

1880-1910

Models of four horses with draught harness based on plates to agriculture in A. Rees, cyclopedia, 1819, scale 1:16

Models of four horses with draught harness based o

Motive Power

1988, model; 1701-1800, original

Poster, London & North Eastern Railway, Clacton-on-Sea by Edmund Oakdale, 1941. Depicts a beach scene with a family tug-of-war in the foreground, and the pier in the background. Printed by Jarrold & Sons Ltd., Norwich & London.

It's Quicker by Rail - Clacton-on-Sea

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1941

Poster, London & North Eastern Railway and London, Midland & Scottish, Lowestoft, it's quicker by rail, by Kenneth Shoesmith,1930. Coloured lithograph depicting the entrance to the harbour at Lowestoft. Fishing boats with red sails are leaving the harbour, one of them called the 'East Anglia'. A trawler enters the harbour, while tourists sit in pleasure craft at the pier. Holidaymakers walk on the pier and watch the boats. There are pier lighthouses on either side of the harbour entrance. Accompanying text promotes an illustrated guide available from the town clerk and LMS and LNER stations. Printed by Jarrold & Sons Ltd., Norwich & London. Format quad royal.

lowestoft

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1930

Working model of Sprowston post windmill (1780 to 1934), scale 1:12, mounted on mahogany base, as it stood in 1924, by H. O. Clark, Norwich, England, 1924-1939 (see note).

Post Windmill, early 19th Century

Motive Power

1924-1939

Photograph of the Superintendent, Officers and Men of the GER Police taken at the Royal Agricultural Show, Norwich, 1911, by the Norwich photographer Charles Aldous. The photograph formerly belonged to (and includes) Constable W. E. Geater (back row, 8th from left), who served with the GER Police from 1906 to 1914.

Superintendent, Officers & Men, Great Eastern Railway Police, Royal Agricultural Show, Norwich, 1911

Photographic Collections (Railway)

1911

Four flavoured diet drinks, chocolate, turkey and vegetable, beef and strawberry flavoured in sachets. With two meal bars, Malt toffee and Peanut flavour. Samples of the Cambridge diet with accompanying literature, by Cambridge Nutrition Ltd., Norwich, England, 1987

Four flavoured diet drinks

Therapeutics

1987

One of four flavoured diet drinks. Strawberry. Sample of the Cambridge diet with accompanying literature, by Cambridge Nutrition Ltd., Norwich, England, 1987

One of four flavoured diet drinks

Therapeutics

1987

One of two diet bars. Malt Toffee flavour. Sample of the Cambridge diet with accompanying literature, by Cambridge Nutrition Ltd., Norwich, England, 1987

One of two diet bars

Therapeutics

1987

Children's pop-up book "A child's Story of Trains in living pictures". Spiral bound at top; colour pages. Written by John Ryder; illustrated by Bill York; published by World Distributors (Manchester) Ltd; printed by Jarrold & Sons Ltd, Norwich. Overall: 163 mm x 205 mm 0.09kg.

A Child's Story of Trains in Living Pictures

Toys & Games

Heatrae electric geyser (4 KW) by Heatrae, Norwich, 1927

Heatrae electric geyser (4 KW) by Heatrae, Norwich

Domestic Appliances

1927

One of two diet bars. Peanut flavour. Sample of the Cambridge diet with accompanying literature, by Cambridge Nutrition Ltd., Norwich, England, 1987

One of two diet bars

Therapeutics

1987

Baby food, in cardboard pack unopened, by Robinson' s Baby Foods, 1984; lamb dinner, for babies over 4 months, expires September 1984, Carrow, Norwich

Baby food

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1984

Booklet exhibition guide entitled 'Portraits For Print' by Philip Sayer, published by Norwich School of Art, 1983.

Portraits For Print

Photographs

1983

One of four flavoured diet drinks. Turkey and vegetable. Sample of the Cambridge diet with accompanying literature, by Cambridge Nutrition Ltd., Norwich, England, 1987

One of four flavoured diet drinks

Therapeutics

1987

Baby food, unopened, by Robinson's Baby Foods, 1984-1985; turkey dinner, for babies over four months, dried flakes in cardboard pack, expires July 1985, Carrow, Norwich

Baby food

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1984-1985

Ice corer used to take ice core samples for research into past climates, 1980

Heated ice corer used by the University of East Anglia, 1980

Meteorology

1980

Glass bottle with glass stopper for Paregoric elixir (camphorated tincture of opium) with trace amounts remaining. 95 mm x 40 mm x 40 mm, 117 g. Printed chemists label reads, 'PAREGORIC ELIXIR/ Medicinal Use.- As an anodyne in Coughs/ Dose.- Half to a tea-spoonful, in water/ Francis Sutton & Co. Chemists...'. Norwich, 19th century.

Bottle of Paregoric Elixir

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1801-1900

One of four flavoured diet drinks. Beef. Sample of the Cambridge diet with accompanying literature, by Cambridge Nutrition Ltd., Norwich, England, 1987

One of four flavoured diet drinks

Therapeutics

1987

Boxed tube of "Odol" toothpaste, used by Cranbux Ltd., England, 1965-1975

Boxed tube of "Odol" toothpaste

Dentistry

1965-1975

Bottle of Dent-Odol denture cleanser, by Cranbux Limited, Norwich, England, 1970-1972

Bottle of Dent-Odol denture cleanser, by Cranbux L

Dentistry

1970-1972

One of four flavoured diet drinks. Chocolate. Sample of the Cambridge diet with accompanying literature, by Cambridge Nutrition Ltd., Norwich, England, 1987

One of four flavoured diet drinks

Therapeutics

1987

London & North Eastern Railway poster. Whitley Bay by Frank Mason. 1933 Printed by Jarrold & Sons Ltd., Norwich & London. With an illustration of a boat in the foreground and lighthouse in the background. Format: quad royal. Dimensions: 40 x 50 inches.

It's Quicker by Rail - Whitley Bay

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1933

Poster, London & North Eastern Railway, Harwich for the continent, The Night Parade by Frank Mason, 1935. Coloured lithograph depicting North Sea ferries leaving port at night led by the SS Vienna. Accompanying text reads "Day and night services, The Hook - Flushing - Antwerp - Zeebrugge - Esbjerg". Printed by Jarrold & Sons Ltd., Norwich & London. Backed on Linen. Format: quad royal. Dimensions: 40 x 50 inches, 1016 x 1270mm.

Harwich for the Continent, The Night Parade

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1935

Poster, London and North Eastern Railway, St. Andrews, The Home of the Royal and Ancient Game, by Henry Gawthorn, about 1927. Coloured lithograph depicting golfers on the old course at St Andrews, with bathers on West Sands and at the edge of the course, and the Royal and Ancient Club House and the town in background Text: The Home of the Royal and Ancient Game. Illustrated guide free from Town Clerk or any LNER Office or Agency. Printed by Waterlow and Sons Limited. Format: quad royal. Dimensions: 40 x 50 inches, 1016 x 1270 mm.

St Andrews

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1927

Poster, 'Staggered Holidays Help Everyone', by Patten. Printed by HMSO. Shows pieces of paper with months of the year written on; text reads: There's More Room, Remember, in June and September.'

Staggered Holidays Help Everyone

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

Notice. Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway. Church Choral Association for the Diocese of Norwich. Diocesan Restivel, 1903. Red text on white background. Printed by Agas H Goose, Printer, Norwich. Conserved and backed.

church choral association for the diocese of norwich

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1903

Volume entitled 'The 1939 Callendar Steam Tables' compiled and edited by G. S. Callendar & A. C. Egerton, F.R.S. Second edition with new appendix on properties of compressed liquid water. 1944. Published by Edward Arnold & Co, London for the British Electrical & Allied Industries Research Association. Hardback maroon cover, 67 printed pages.

The 1939 Callender Steam Tables

Documents

1944

British Railways (Southern Region) booklet "Electrified Lines - How to Control the Current in an Emergency" - update of an article that originally appeared in the Southern Railway Magazine of February 1946. 8pp. Document no. BR 31333.

Electrified Lines - How to Control the Current in an Emergency

Documents

Poster, London & North Eastern Railway, Clacton-on-Sea for Modern Holidays, It's Quicker by Rail by Septimus E. Scott, about 1934. Coloured lithograph depicting a couple lying on towels a sandy beach. The woman is dressed in a white one-piece swimsuit and bathing cap, and is seated, leaning backwards supported by her left hand, and smoking a cigarette. The man is also smoking, dressed in a dark one-piece bathing costume and leaning forwards to talk with his companion. In the background are the sea wall, promenade and amenities. Printed by Jarrold & Sons Ltd., Norwich & London. Format: quad royal. Dimensions: 40 x 50 inches, 1016 x 1270mm.

It's Quicker by Rail - Clacton-on-Sea for Modern Holidays

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1934