Item Reference: 001610
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: Mini-Toons’ action transfer on the theme, “Ye knights of olde”, includes an envelope with user instructions, graphics, and transfers; printed in England by Letraset Limited.
Date: 1971
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Links: More about Mini-Toons’ action transfers
Item Reference: 001607
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Ephemera
Description: Assorted candy and bubblegum wrappers, including Matlow’s Chews, Trebor Black Jacks, and Bazooka Joe.
Date: c. 1970s
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Item Reference: 001604
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: Brooke Bond picture card album on “famous people from 1869-1969,” illustrated by Angus McBride, described by Virginia Shankland, acquired for free with the purchase of Brooke Bond Tea and Teabags.
Date: c. 1970s
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Item Reference: 001584
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: Cup and ball game in original packaging, made by John Millman’s Traditional Toys and Games.
Date: c. 1980s
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Item Reference: 001582
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: A wooden figure of a town crier wearing a grey coat with red and yellow details, carrying a handbell and a script with the words “Oyez, oyez, oyez!”
Date: c. 1970s
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Item Reference: 001790
Category: Photography
Format: Camera
Description: Camera with black plastic casing and a decorative silver plastic panel on the front. There is an adjustable shutter speed which can be changed according to bright weather, cloudy weather (bright and dull) and whether a subject is being shot, as shown by illustrations on the lens itself. This is the cameras only adjustable feature. there is a connector for flash capabilities which would be provided by Magicubes. Takes 126 film at 28mmx28mm.
Date: 1971-1977
Further Information: Kodak Instamatics enjoyed immense popularity as low-end, easily accessible ‘point-and-shoot’ cameras throughout the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. This popularity extended to the easy-loading 126 film that the Instamatic range utilised. The Instamatic line was in production til 1988 and 126 film did not cease production until 2008
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Item Reference: 001789
Category: Photography
Format: Camera
Description: Camera with black plastic casing and a decorative silver plastic panel on the front. There is an adjustable shutter speed based on sunny weather, or dim-lighting/use of a flash, as shown by illustrations around the lens. This is the camera’s only adjustable feature. There is a connector for flash capabilities which would be provided by Magicubes. Takes 126 film at 28mm x 28mm.
Date: 1971-1977
Further Information: Kodak Instamatics enjoyed immense popularity as low-end, easily accessible ‘point-and-shoot’ cameras throughout the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. This popularity extended to the easy-loading 126 film that the Instamatic range utilised. The Instamatic line was in production til 1988 and 126 film did not cease production until 2008
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Item Reference: 001788
Category: Photography
Format: Camera
Description: Camera with black plastic casing and silver plastic detailing. Features a connector for flash capabilities provided by Magicubes. The 77x features one shutter speed (1/50 secs) and a fixed focus. Takes 126 film at 28mm x 28mm.
Date: 1977-1984
Further Information: The 77x was at the low-end of the Instamatic range. Kodak Instamatics enjoyed immense popularity as low-end, easily accessible ‘point-and-shoot’ cameras throughout the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. This popularity extended to the easy-loading 126 film that the Instamatic range utilised. The Instamatic line was in production til 1988 and 126 film did not cease production until 2008.
Links: User manual for the 77x
Item Reference: 006593
Category: Photography
Format: Artefact
Description: Glass tubes used in a darkroom, some are open on both ends suggesting they were used in a pipette fashion, others would have been used for measuring chemicals. Most are without markings, but one measures in cubic centimetres
Date: c. 1970s
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Item Reference: 006591
Category: Photography
Format: Artefact
Description: Parts of a Johnson developing kit with remnants of a label, with instructions and information on the back. Includes a white plastic funnel, a orange plastic measuring beaker, black plastic developing tray with a lipped rim, and small paper instructional manual for use of unitol. The label is for Johnsons’ product universol which was used as a fixer in the development process, though no other universol products are seen in the kit.
Date: 1960s to early 1970s
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