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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Tag: 1910-1920
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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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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D18_001704 Brownie Camera Instruction Book
Item Reference: 001704
Category: Photography
Format: Booklet
Description: Instruction booklet on Kodak No. 2 Brownie camera, titled “Picture-making with the No. 2 Brownie”
Date: c. 1900s-1930s
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D20.2_001746 Decorative Box with Photograph
Item Reference: 001746
Category: Photography
Format: Artefact
Description: Red plush covered box with photograph of Greenwich Naval College on front. By Perkins Son & Venimore.
Date: c. 1910-1915
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D81_006612 First World War Lantern Slide #1
Item Reference: 006612
Category: Lantern Slides
Format: Slide
Description: Labelled as slide no. 1: A map of the Netherlands and Belgium
Date: 1914-1918
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