D33_001857 Embossing Machine

Item Reference: 001857
Category: Stationery
Format: Artefact
Description: Metal hand-operated embossing machine, used by Lewisham public libraries. Features wooden handle and cast iron body, which has previously been painted, though enamel is now peeling. Decorative floral pattern.
Date: c.1940s/50s
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Hand-operated embossing machine, black with gilded leaf decoration
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Hand-operated embossing machine, black with gilded leaf decoration
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Hand-operated embossing machine, black with gilded leaf decoration
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Hand-operated embossing machine, black with gilded leaf decoration
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Demonstration of the embossed label the library embosser creates, reading 'Lewisham Public Libraries' with space for information as well as 'account number', 'class', and 'date'
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D64_006675 ‘Put and Take’ Spinning Top Games

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Description: ‘Put and Take’ brass spinning top game.
Date: c. 1940s
Further Information:  The game achieved great popularity in the First World War period amongst British troops. The games bears a similarity to the traditional Jewish game of Dreidal, played during Hannukah.
Links: More about the game’s wartime popularity.

put and take spinning top game
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spinning top
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spinning top
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D17_001688 ‘Lexicon’ Card Game

Item Reference: 001688
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: Three sets of Waddington’s Lexicon card game; one set in blue packaging, and two sets in red.
Date: c. 1940s
Further Information:  The low-grade of the cardboard could potentially be due to war-time, or post-war, rationing.
Links: In-depth history of the ‘Lexicon’ card game.

assortment of packs of cards
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pack of cards
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pack of cards
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pack of cards
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D13_001612 Assortment of Playing Cards

Item Reference: 001612
Category: Toys and GAmes
Format: Artefact
Description: Assorted playing cards, including three decks of incomplete poker cards, one set of “Happy Families” cards depicting animal characters, and another set of “Cheery Families” depicting human characters.
Date: c. 1940s
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assorted playing cards
playing cards with designs
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playing cards with designs
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cards
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cards
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cards
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D12_006640 Small Building Blocks

Item Reference: 006640
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: Seventeen wooden toy building blocks, mostly with letters of the alphabet printed on them, but one with part of a picture printed on it. Some blank sides have pencilled letters added.
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Further Information:  c. 1940s
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building blocks
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building blocks
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