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A solar powered car

1998

Daily Herald Photograph: Sunny Snaps competition judging

1935-10-10

Enema set and stomach pump by Laundy

1783-1844

Stomach pump set

1843-1865

Herb cutter

1871-1910

Scarpa's boot

1871-1900

Mechanical vibrator (Veedee)

1900-1910

Embalming syringe set, London, England, 1790-1820

1790-1845

Drug jar for Salicylic Acid Ointment

Trade card: John Snart

1805-1827

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

1851-1852

Bottle of chloral hydrate tablets

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

Daily Herald Photograph: Sunny Snaps competition judging

1936-10-14

Daily Herald Photograph: Sunny Snaps competition judging

1936-10-14

Daily Herald Photograph: Sunny Snaps competition judging

1936-10-14

Daily Herald Photograph: Sunny Snaps competition judging

1935-10-10

Boxwood contour gauge

1878-1882

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

1868

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

Equal-arm balance chondrometer

1756-1789

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

1838

Mechanical Veedee vibrator

1900-1910

Veedee vibrator by F. Garratt

1930

Forceps, craniotomy, Conquest

1825-1867

Daily Herald Photograph: Sunny Snaps competition judging

1935-10-10

Daily Herald Photograph: Sunny Snaps competition judging

1936-10-14
Mounted newspaper cutting from the Penny Magazine, featuring a coloured print of contemporary transport in front of Covent Garden Theatre. Dates to around 1837.

Mounted newspaper cutting featuring a drawing of Covent Garden Theatre

1836-1838
Coloured drawing of the The Mansion House, London. Taken from The Penny Magazine, 1837. Features images contemporary transport.

Coloured picture of the The Mansion House

1837
An article entitled A Looking -Glass for London, from The Penny Magazine, dated February 28th to March 31st, 1937. Contains three colour drawings: 1) Fleet Street - Procession of Mail Coaches on the King's Birthday; 2) Holburn from Middle-Row, looking East - Omnibuses; 3) Bishopgate Street - Short Stages. 8 pages. The Penny Magazine was a supplement from the journal of the Society of the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

The Penny Magazine

1837
Booklet, South Eastern and Chatham Railway,'Supplement to Working Timetable February 1908 and Until Further Notice', printed by McCorquodale & Co., Southwark, 1908.

supplement to working timetable

1908
Booklet, South Eastern Railway, "Notice of Special Traffic, Repairs of Lines, New and Altered Signals, Working Arrangements etc for Week Ending March 9th 1895', No.14, printed by McCorquodale & Co., London, issued by Myles Fenton, 1895.

Notice of Special Traffic, Repairs of Lines, New and Altered Signals, Working Arrangements

1895
South Eastern & Chatham Railway instructions booklet 'new and altered signals' with plan on the inside. Issued by Alfred Willis. DAted 19th November 1900, printed by McCorquodale & Co.

new and altered signals

1900
Notice, proof, South Eastern Railway, 'New Service of Trains Between Margate & Ramsgate, Dover, Folkestone, and Shorncligge via the New Dover and Deal Joint Line', issued by Myle Fenton and printed by Mccorquodale & Co., Southwark, 1882.

New Service of Trains Between Margate & Ramsgate, Dover, Folkestone, and Shorncligge via the New Dover and Deal Joint Line

1882
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 'November, 1970. London, Southwark.Horace Bettles lived with his wife and son in a ground floor tenement flat off Redcross Way.'We go to bed about seven o'clock. We put the gas fire on until the shilling goes and then we go to bed'. See interview P14 'Happy Christmas', photographed by Nick Hedges.

Horace Bettles lived with his wife and son in a ground floor tenement flat…

1970-11
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Redcross Way'. Photograph by Nick Hedges, Southwark, May 1970.

Redcross Way

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
Untitled silver gelatin print, photographed by Nick Hedges, Southwark, May 1970.

Untitled silver gelatin print

1970-05
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
Two bottles of calomel tablets, by Wright,Layman and Umney, Ltd., English

Two bottles of calomel tablets

Silver print by Paul Barkshire 'River Thames' (Southwark), 13th August 1985

River Thames (Southwark), 13th August 1985

1985-08-13
Model of the Appold Centrifugal Pump designed by J.G. Appold, F.R.S., about 1849 and made by Easton & Amos, Engineers, Southwark, and as exhibited at the Great Exhibition 1851

Model of the Appold Centrifugal Pump designed by J.G. Appold

1851; circa 1849
Ribbed circular brown glass bottle, with a paper label, containing tincture of cannabis indica, of which some remains. The bottle is labelled 'Tinct. Cannab. Ind. B.P.', and embossed 'POISON'. Manufactured by Wright, Layman and Umney Ltd of London. Pure cannabis preparations became illegal in the United Kingdom in 1925 when under an amendment to the Dangerous Drugs Act it was classified as a class B drug. As a result all cannabis preparations were removed from the British Pharmacopeia 1930.

Ribbed brown glass bottle, containing tincture of cannabis indica

1900-1950
1x100ml glass bottle (sealed) of concentrated syrup of red poppy (SYR. RHOEAD B.P.C. 1949). 135 mm x 45 mm diameter, 266 g. Made by Wright Layman and Umney, English, 1949-1970.

Glass bottle of concentrated syrup of red poppy

1949-1970
Green glass poison bottle half-full of powdered papaverine hydrochlroride with bakelite lid. 66 mm x 39 mm diameter, 65 g. Produced by Wright, Layman and Umney, Ltd., London, 1920-1955.

Glass bottle of papaverine hydrochloride powder

1920-1955
Amber glass bottle with cork stopper for 500 ml of syrup of red poppies (SYRUPUS RHOEADOS) B.P.C. 1934, with traces remaining. 230 mm x 75 mm diameter, 526g. Made by Wright Layman and Umney, London, 1934-1949.

500ml bottle of syrup of red poppies B.P.C.

1934-1949
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
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
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