Papers of Harry Usher, (1889-1937). Harry Usher (d. 1927) was a former General Manager of the Buenos Ayres & Pacific Railway, a post he held from 1914 to 1926. Prior to that he had worked in various accounting, administrative and managerial roles for railways in Uruguay, Mexico, Costa Rica, South Africa, Chile and Cuba. The collection tells a ‘world’ railway story and gives a well-illustrated overview of a career railway administrator. Much of it is career-illustrative material – contracts, cuttings, regulation books, maps etc. However, there are several notebooks and photographs to give more depth and detail to the work Usher did. Moreover, there is material from every stage of his career. 4 boxes, 1 folder. Papers of Harry Usher 1889-1937
Amuletic leglet, woven fibre and seeds with seed, nut and human bone fringe, mounted on cardboard, Upper Amazon, South American, 1870-1935 Amuletic leglet 1870-1935
Shrunken head with short hair, South American Shrunken head with short hair, South American before 1933
String of beetle elytra, with tuff of human hair at distal end, for decorating shrunken head, South American String of beetle elytra before 1937
Box for Glaxo `Minadex', vitamin tonic with vitamins A and D. South American Box for Glaxo `Minadex' 1947-1970
Box for Glaxo `Adexilan Gotas', vitamin A and D supplement. South American. With 2 spare gummed labels and leaflet Box for Glaxo `Adexilan Gotas' 1947-1970
Model, scale 1:12, of a river boat from British Guiana. Model of a river boat from British Guiana 1920-1928
Bamboo quiver of approximately 35 poisoned blow pipe darts, with attached wadding container, South American, 1850-1920 Bamboo Quiver and Blow Pipe Darts 1850-1920
Two small leather quivers of bow poisoned darts, South American, 1880-1920 Two Quivers of Poisoned Darts 1880-1920
Daguerreotype of a coastal scene, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, by Fredricks & Weeks, possibly (12 November) 1851. Full plate. Blind stamped on overmatt 'Frederick e Weeks' and 'Electrotypo'. In original hinged leatherette case. Daguerreotype of Coastal Scene 1851
Glass specimen bottle, containing cocoa or chocolate beans/seeds from South America Glass specimen bottle, containing cocoa or chocolate beans/seeds, South America 1880-1920
Two carrying handles for sedan chair, said to have been used in La Paz to convey patients to hospital, 18th or 19th century. Two Carrying Handles for Sedan Chair. 1701-1900
Small gourd bowl containing curare, South American Small gourd bowl containing curare, South American before 1950
Bamboo quiver of approximately 19 poisoned blow pipe darts, with attached gourd, South American, 1850-1925 Bamboo Quiver and Poisoned Blow Pipe Darts 1850-1925
Bamboo quiver of blow pipe darts, with attached gourd container and animal mandible (possibly piranha), probably South American, 1850-1920 Bamboo Quiver and Blow Pipe Darts 1850-1920
Bamboo quiver of approximately 17 poisoned blowpipe darts, with attached gourd, South American, 1850-1930 Quiver and Poisoned Darts 1850-1930
Box for `Vitaminas Glaxo', vitamin B complex and Vitamin C supplement. South American, with 2 gummed labels and leaflet Box for `Vitaminas Glaxo' 1947-1970
Box for Glaxo `Ostelin', vitamin D supplement. South American. With 10 gummed label sheets Box for Glaxo `Ostelin' 1947-1970
String of beetle elytra, with tuft of human hair at distal end, for decorating shrunken head, South American Shrunken head decoration of beetle elytra and hair before 1919
Girdle or "acachu" made from human hair, from Tutanangosa, South America Girdle or "acachu" made from human hair before 1930
Wide belt of black and white seeds with pendant humming birds, South American, 1850-1927 Belt with pendant humming bird 1850-1927
Sedan chair said to have been used in La Paz to convey patients to hospital, 18th or 19th century Sedan Chair Used to Carry Patients to Hospital. 1701-1900