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Token for Sail Canvas Manufactory, Plymouth

1796

Great Western Railway Weston Mill Viaduct

1903

Great Western Railway Weston Mill Viaduct

1903

Grigg's electro-magnetic therapy machine

1873-1886

Grigg's electromagnetic therapy machine

1886-1900

Grigg's electromagnetic machine mounted in box with room for 2 cells

1880-1890

"OsterRusks" baby food

1980-1981

'The Two Headed Nightingale' portrait photograph of Chrissie and Millie McCoy

1872

Model, one of three, each for a 3-piece built-up warship mast

1809-1813

table of rates and charges

1857/07

Daily Herald Photograph: A Pig at Tavistock Agricultural Show

1948-08-29

King George VI and President Truman

1945-08-02

Swindon v Bristol Rovers

1948

Dental key

1820-1860

Grigg's electromagnetic machine in mahogany box

1880-1890

Set of 16 metal rings made from magnetic alloy

1996-1997

Electromagnetic machine

1880-1890

Grigg's electromagnetic machine

1880-1890

Grigg's electromagnetic machine

1880-1890

Grigg's electromagnetic therapy machine

1873-1886

Box containing Grigg's electromagnetic therapy machine

1886-1900

Box containing Grigg's late 19th century electromagnetic therapy machine

1873-1900

Clay tobacco pipe

1680-1710

Model, one of three, each for a 3-piece built-up warship mast

1809-1813

Brass oval-pattern frame sextant.

1850-1880

Great Western Railway certificate of merit awarded to Frank Goodenough for attending lectures and passing an exam with merit in Railway Salesmanship at Plymouth, 24 January 1936.

Certificate of Merit for Railway Salesmanship Course

1936

Photograph of Great Western Railway staff at Millbay Station, Plymouth, in front of a saddle tank locomotive, including Frank Goodenough. The photograph is mounted on card, and was taken by O. H. Webb of Plymouth.

Staff at Millbay Station, Plymouth (supplied title)

1920-1929

Map, docks plan, 'Plymouth', Great Western Railway, 1000 feet to 4 5/8 inches, coloured, printed by Andrew Reid & Co. Ltd., linen, card cover.

Map, docks plan

Notice. Plymouth Great Western Dock Company. Rules and Regulations to ensure regularity and security in the clearing and delivery of Baggage. May 1869. Black text on white background. Printed by Trythall, Machine Printer, Bookseller, etc, 5 Whimple Street, Plymouth.

Rules and Regulations

1869/05

Samples of acrylic, polyester and polyester-cotton microfibres in petri dish and garments they were obtained from, associated with a 2016 study of washing machine release of microplastic fibres by Imogen Napper and Richard Thompson at the University of Plymouth.

Samples of microfibres obtained from washing clothes

2016

Samples of microplastic fragments from polypropelene fishing rope, in sealed container, obtained for a 2021 study led by Imogen Napper at the University of Plymouth.

Samples of fishing rope microplastics

2021

Colour c-type photograph, cleaning up, Westway Sausages, Plymouth, by Chris Steele-Perkins, 2013.

Westaway Sausages, Newton Abbot, Wales, 2013 - cleaning up

2013

Model, scale 1:48, one of three, each for a 3-piece built-up warship mast, as devised by Joseph Tucker surveyor to the British Royal Navy, and made by Joseph Tucker, Plymouth, Devon, England, 1809-1813

Model, one of three, each for a 3-piece built-up warship mast

1809-1813

Handbill. Great Western Railway/ Southern Railway. Additional Passenger Trains. Yealmpton Branch. Additional Trains Between Plymouth (Friary) and Yealmpton on Saturdays from 6 October 1945. Printed by Latimer, Trend & Co Ltd, Plymouth. 153 x 253mm.

Additional passenger trains

1945

Surveyor's quintant invented by George Beck and made by M. Dawson, Plymouth, about 1780. Polished brass frame, a detached wooden handle. Signed on the index arm: M,, Dawson fecit | Plymo Dock No 6. Marked on the index arm: G. Beck Invt. Polished brass scale from -10° to 205° every 30', measuring to 193°. Brass vernier to 1', zero at the centre. The double-ended tangent screw and the clamping screw are on the back of the index arm. No shades. Two index glasses, adjustment by screws; adjustment of the horizon glass by two levers and a milled clamping screw. A partly silvered sight vane with a peephole is fixed next to the index glass; a second sight vane on a swivelling arm is fitted on the centre strut. In a shaped mahogany box.

Brass framed surveyor's quintant with case.

1775-1785

Two packets of "Osterfeed" milk powder, made by Farley Health Products Ltd., Plymouth, 1980-1981

"Osterfeed" infant formula

1980-1981

Packets of baby food, by Farley Health Products Ltd., Plymouth, English, 1980-1981

Packets of baby food

1980-1981

VSG cylinder from VSG assembly, vibrating element from solid-state gyroscope, rod made from sintered powder which is then machined into shape, with pattern applied with silk screen printing.

VSG cylinder from VSG assembly

1996-1997

One PA Reuter photograph titled 'Boats are the new stars of the Grand Theatre.' Caption on back reads: Stars like Charlie Chaplin and Gracie Fields have long ago left the Grand Theatre at Plymouth and half-built boats now occupy the stalls where audiences were once held enthralled by the acting of Sir Henry Irving. The theatre, blitzed in 1943, is now just an empty shell but, after being a furniture store for a time, it has come back to life as a dollar-earning boat yeard. Twenty men are working full pressure building 17ft. sailing cruisers, most of which are sent to America.

Daily Herald Photograph: Men build sailing boats in old Grand Theatre, Plymouth

1958-04-02

Silver gelatin print. Polish and British soldiers and refugees escape from France, 1940 by Abraham's (Plymouth). Daily Herald Archive.

Polish and British soldiers and refugees escape from France, 1940

1940-06

Associated Press Photograph titled 'Laurence Olivier arrives back in England today'. Caption on back reads: Laurence Olivier, the well-known British film star, who recently made "Wuthering Heights" in Hollywood, returned to England today, July 28, after acting on the New York stage. Associated Press photo shows: Laurence Olivier, left, chatting over a cup of tea with Roger Livesey, the British actor, after arriving at Plymouth in the Ile de France today, July 28.

Laurence Olivier and Roger Livesey have tea

28 July 1939

Notice, paper on board, South Devon & Cornwall Railways, notice to switchmen and policemen in charge of signals, March 1860, printed by I. Latimer, Plymouth.

notice to switchmen and policemen in charge of signals

1860

Notice. Plymouth Great Western Docks. Tolls, Rates and Charges on Passengers and their Luggage. Black text on white background. Printed by Trythall, Machine Printer, Bookseller, Stationer, etc, Plymouth.

plymouth great western docks

A black and white silver gelatin print entitled 'David and Debbie Owen', taken by Brian Harris. From the Impressions Gallery exhibition 'Photographs from the Independent Newspaper'.

David and Debbie Owen

Steam locomotive, South Devon Railway, broad gauge, vertical boiler 0-4-0T "Tiny", built by Sara & Co, Plymouth in 1868, withdrawn in 1927.

Steam locomotive, South Devon Railway - "Tiny"

1868

Great Western Railway certificate of merit awarded to Frank Goodenough for passing exams with merit at Plymouth in "The System of Accounts in connection with Passenger, Merchandise, Live Stock and Parcels Traffics, and arrangements relating to the conveyance of Goods," 10 May 1937.

Certificate of Merit for Accounts exams

1937

Booklet, Great Western Railway, 'Rates And Charges Etc. At Plymouth Docks', 1927.

Rates And Charges Etc. At Plymouth Docks

1927

Model, scale 1:48, rigged, of the 4-gun naval schooner / advice boat 'Express', original built in Plymouth Yard, 1815, model made from a draught in the National Maritime Museum, London, by Robert Orr, Hampstead, London, England, 1928-1930. The text on the draught reads: 'Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Express' (1815?), a 4-gun Schooner/Advice Boat. 'Express' was acquired in America, possibly purchased in 1809 [Dittmar] or captured in 1815 [Lyon], or purchased in 1815 [Winfield]. Signed Thomas Roberts [Master Shipwright, Plymouth Dockyard, 1813-1815]'.

Model of the 4-gun naval schooner / advice boat 'Express', 1815

1928-1930

Printed booklet. "Smith's Handy Railway Time Tables", November 1865. Devon and Cornwall lines including Plymouth and Exeter to London, Liverpool and Manchester. Printed by J Smith, Treville Street, Plymouth. 42 pp.

Printed booklet. "Smith's Handy Railway Time Tables"

1865

Box containing Grigg's late C19 electromagnetic therapy machine, by Chislett of Plymouth

Box containing Grigg's late C19 electromagnetic therapy machine

1873-1900

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