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A solar powered car

1998

Bottle of chloral hydrate tablets

Embalming syringe set, London, England, 1790-1820

1790-1845

Mechanical vibrator (Veedee)

1900-1910

Mechanical Veedee vibrator

1900-1910

Veedee vibrator by F. Garratt

1930

Scarpa's boot

1871-1900

Patent model showing screw propeller with James Lowe's blade principle

1851-1852

Equal-arm balance chondrometer

1756-1789

Forceps, craniotomy, Conquest

1825-1867

Model of a ship's stern fitted with a screw propeller patented by James Lowe

1838

Daily Herald Photograph: Sunny Snaps competition judging

1936-10-14

Drug jar for Salicylic Acid Ointment

Herb cutter

1871-1910

Stomach pump set

1843-1865

Boxwood contour gauge

1878-1882

Daily Herald Photograph: Sunny Snaps competition judging

1936-10-14

Daily Herald Photograph: Sunny Snaps competition judging

1935-10-10

Daily Herald Photograph: Sunny Snaps competition judging

1936-10-14

Enema set and stomach pump by Laundy

1783-1844

Daily Herald Photograph: Sunny Snaps competition judging

1936-10-14

Daily Herald Photograph: Sunny Snaps competition judging

1935-10-10

Daily Herald Photograph: Sunny Snaps competition judging

1935-10-10

Pump body with rotor on shaft with pinion

1851

An iron table stand with suction pipe

1851

Nozzle of a fire hose (fits pump casing) and display boards

1851

Stannah's Patent pendulum steam pump, No.1

1876-1891

Hayward's patent self-locking coal hole cover by the Hayward Brothers, 1871-1986

Hayward's patent self-locking coal hole cover by the Hayward Brothers, London, 1871-1986

1871-1986

Bye-laws and regulations made by the South Eastern Railway with the approval of the Board of Trade for traffic and use of Folkestone harbour

Regulations made by the South Eastern Railway company with the approval of the Board of Trade for regulating traffic and use of Folkestone Harbour

1867

rules and regulations to be observed in locomotive and carriage and wagon departments

1868

Trade card: John Snart

1805-1827

Grasshopper steam engine c. 1855 probably by Easton, Amos & Sons, Southwark, London.

'Grasshopper' Engine, c. 1855

1855

Glass bottle with metal lid full of Compound Syrup of Cocillana (contains opium, morphine hydrochloride and antimony). 162 mm x 51 mm x 30 mm, 309 g. Label reads, ' Expectorand, Sedative and Tonic Laxative...A soothing rememdy for irritating Coughs, Bronchitis and Chest and Lung troubles.' Produced by Wright, Layman and Umney Limited, early twentieth century.

Bottle of Compound Syrup of Cocillana

1901-1950

Gelatin silver print entitled 'John Riches with his wife and daughter at Chaucer House, a hostel for homeless families. John was a fine and active secretary of the tenants association'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

John Riches with his wife and daughter

1971-03

Gelatin silver print entitled 'The courtyard of Chaucer House, a hostel for homeless families'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

The courtyard of Chaucer House, a hostel for homeless families

1971-03

Gelatin silver print entitled 'May 1970, Southwark. Father and daughter living in Chaucer House, a large hostel unit for homeless families. His wife had deserted him, and he was left to look after their young child'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Father and daughter living in Chaucer House, a large hostel unit for homeless families. His wife had deserted him, and he was left to look after their young child

1970-05

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Mr Thompson was living with his family in Chaucer House, a hostel for homeless families. "We've got to work our own miracles now."' See interview p.41 'Condemned'.

Mr Thompson was living with his family in Chaucer House…

1971-07

Glass bottle, contains easton solution made by Wright, Layman and Umney of London, English 1920-1950

Glass bottle

1920-1950

Green glass poison bottle with bakelite lid full of Dover's Powder tablets (TAB. IPECAC. ET OPII). By Wright, Layman and Umney Ltd., English, 1920-1960.

Poison bottle of Dover's Powder tablets

1920-1960

Gelatin silver print entitled 'An old deaf Jewish man living in a fly-ridden tenement flat off Redcross Way'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

An old deaf Jewish man living in a fly-ridden tenement flat off Redcross Way

1970-11

One photograph showing judges for Daily Herald £2.500 snapshot competition selecting images at the Trocadero, Elephant and Castle, London.

Daily Herald Photograph: Sunny Snaps competition judging

1936-10-14

Bottle of paraldehyde, by Wright, Layman and Umney, Ltd., London

Bottle of paraldehyde

Bottle of benzoin inhalation, by Wright, Layman and Umney Ltd., English

Bottle of benzoin inhalation

Bottle of ointment of wool alcohols, by Wright, Layman and Umney, from Savory and Moore's shop

Bottle of ointment of wool alcohols

1951-1970

Bottle of lactose, by Wright, Layman and Umney Ltd., English

Bottle of lactose

Bottle of urea, by Wright, Layman and Umey, Ltd., English

Bottle of urea

Cylinder, pistons and valve gear etc., from the compound beam engine "Beta", made by Middleton in 1866

Cylinder, pistons and valve gear etc.

1866

Bottle for caraway water, by Wright, Layman and Umney Ltd., English

Bottle for caraway water

Bottle of ichthammol ointment, by Wright, Layman and Umney, from Savory and Moore's shop, c. 1960

Bottle of ichthammol ointment

1951-1970

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