1910-1920 – Museum of Everyday Life

B6_008264 Hat Pins (x8) and Assorted Pins (boxed)

Item Reference: 008264
Category: Personal Accessories (Ladies Hair)
Format: Artefact
Description: 8 assorted hat pins. 3 x 200mm long with black beads on ends; 1 x 150mm long with black bead; 1 x 205mm long with blue bead; 1 x 170mm long with multicoloured ceramic bead; 1 x 150mm long with ‘pearl’ bead; 1 x 155mm long with black plastic decoration on end. Plastic box, 103 x 40 x 40mm containing 64 medium and assorted small pins.
Date:
Further Information: Hat pins became less popular in the 1920s when bobbed hair and smaller hats became the fashion.
Links: http://www.americanhatpinsociety.com

Hat pins and assorted boxed pins — B6_008264_3

B6_008292 Hairpins (1box)

Item Reference: 008292
Category: Personal Accessories (Ladies Hair)
Format: Artefact
Description: Matchbox style, red cardboard box, 100mm x 50mm. Label on front. The ‘SELECT’ Hair Pin, Superior Quality, Zipho Brand, Made in England Registered No 22111. Box contains 7 black metal hairpins.
Date: Early 20th century
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B6_008293 hatpins

Item Reference: 008293
Category: Personal Accessories (Ladies Hair)
Format: Artefact
Description: Box 1, Floral design, Dubarry, 120 x 80mm (wrongly labelled as hairpins); 2 x pins on blue card of Newey Hat pins; 2 x pins on white card; 13 x pins on black card; 9 x pins, loose, various lengths. Also 2 x wrapped hat pins on white card. Box 2, Black and white cardboard box, 105 x 40 x 35mm. 15 x assorted hatpins, all approx 80mm in length with
variously decorated ends. 1 x hairpin. 1 x plastic butterfly hair grip.
Date:
Further Information:
Links: birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/threads/newey-brosltd8839/

D10_001567 Model Double Decker London Bus

Item Reference: 001567
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: Occre AEC Bus B-Type model bus, with destination board marked “36, Lewisham and Catford”, 1:24 scale, fully assembled model with model passengers.
Date: 1910
Further Information:  The current (2024) 36 bus route remains largely the same, though starts at Claremont Road (Maida Vale) and terminates at New Cross Bus Garage.
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model bus showing upper deck passengers — D10_001567_2

D10_001620 Ploughing engine model kit

Item Reference: 001620
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: A K304 Fowler Class Z7 ploughing engine model kit by Keil Kraft, 1/72 scale, in original packaging with all its contents, originally acquired for 1.79 pounds.
Date: 1914-1922
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model kit box with contents — D10_001620_3

D22_006598 Needles in Envelope

Item Reference: 006598
Category: Photography
Format: Artefact
Description: Seven needles of varying thickness and brands, and various uses, enclosed within a small paper envelope that at one point held 25 needles. The branded needles are John James and Sons and Milward and Sons, both based in Redditch. The envelope appears to have been repurposed as it says ’25 needles’ in blue pen, the original use for the envelope may have been to do with money or work.
Date: c. Early 1920s
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D22_001817 Kodak Non-Stick Printing Frame

Item Reference: 001817
Category: Photography
Format: Artefact
Description: Kodak non-slip printing frame, for small vest pocket negatives, manufactured in USA.
Date: 1917
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D22_001808 Kodak Print Trimming Board

Item Reference: 001808
Category: Photography
Format: Artefact
Description: No. 1 Kodak trimming board, with a hinged guillotine and attached ruler. First in the Kodak printing board series. Still functional.
Date: 1910s, early
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D22_001806 Kodak Film Tank in Wooden Box

Item Reference: 001806
Category: Photography
Format: Artefact
Description: Kodak film tank in a wooden dark box. The tank is tin and cylindrical with a lid and has an apron and reel inside. The box is varnished wood, painted matte black inside with a wooden spool attached and one tin take-up spool, two tin turning handles, and one tin film puller to be used in the development process.
Date: 1907-1913
Further Information:
Links: Explanation of use and scan of contemporary information leaflet

D22_001805 Butchers Carbine Developing Tank

Item Reference: 001805
Category: Photography
Format: Artefact
Description: Butchers Carbine developing tank, for 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 films, copper, in original box with a promotional pamphlet from Butchers, including instructions and prices for other models.
Date: 1916-1926
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