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
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model bus showing upper deck passengers
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rear of model bus
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front of model bus
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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
Further Information: 
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front of repurposed small brown envelope
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back of brown envelope showing holes from needles
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Group of six needles in front of envelope the were stored in.
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a needle
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Close up of a needle with a thick gap for thread and a rounded tip
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Close up of a needle with a gap for thick thread and a curved, sharp tip. Needle in inscribed with Millwards and Sons.
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Unbranded needle with a rounded tip
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Double eyed darning needle
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Sewing needle with a rounded tip
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Sewing needle with a rounded tip
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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

brown varnished wooden box containing the tank with a red outlined font reading film kodak tank
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box opened displaying the contents in front of it as well as highlighting the spool with the box itself
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the tin take up spool, tin turning roads, and tin film puller displayed in a row
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the tin film tank with its lid slightly ajar, displaying the spool for the apron and reel
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a close up of the spool's rim which has a star-like pattern on it
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the spool with its apron unsheathed and pulled out
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a close up of the apron displaying its stitching and metal hooks
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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
Further Information:
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the original packaging of the carbine developing tank, with text still legible and structurally intact, though it has clearly faded at some point. the colour is muted brown
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label on the carbine developing tank's exterior box
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label on the carbine developing tank's exterior box
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a close up shot the the exterior box's carbine branding, the font is thick and swirls and invokes calligraphy. the box also displays patent information
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a full photo of the carbine developing tank, which is copper, with a small chain attached to the top, and is similar in appearance to a column
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A close shot of the carbine developing tank displaying the copper label with reads butchers carbine developing tank
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close up shot of the top of the carbine developing tank displaying the words this side up
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picture of the carbine developing tank with the inner spool removed and displayed alongside the shell
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carbine promotional pamphlet on why we should develop our own films
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Instructional manual for the carbine developing tank
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instructional manual for the carbine developing tank also featuring prices for both popular and deluxe models and developing powders
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Promotional image on the back of an instruction manual, produced by Butcher and Sons for the Carbine developing tank. Shows a woman dressed in the attire of the time period holding and pointing at the Carbine tank with the text I develop my films in a carbine tank why don't you and giving the price as 15 shillings
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