List of Objects
Telling a history of our world through objects
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1900 - 1925
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Victorian swimming costume
This red cotton swimming costume was left behind in lost property at Hornsey Road Public Baths, Islington in about 1900. ...
Contributed by Museum
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Sin Eater's Grave Ratlinghope Shropshire
It is the grave of the last known Sin-Eater in England, a practice peculiar to the England/Welsh marches. Richard ...
Contributed by Individual
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Coronation record King George June 1911
This 78 rpm record was made at what was I believe a time of awareness and belief in the class structure of Great Britain ...
Contributed by Individual
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First World War Christmas Tin
This is a little brass tin issued to soldiers by Princess Mary in Christmas 1914, originally containing chocolate & ...
Contributed by Individual
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My Mother's Suitcase
This is the suitcase my mother was carrying when she was forced to leave Nazi Germany in 1939. I have a photo of her ...
Contributed by Individual
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False Leg
Artificial leg, made in 1919, and used by a miner who lost his leg in a mining accident in Emlyn Colliery, Penygroes, ...
Contributed by Museum
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A 1914-1918 war Entrenching Tool.
This was my Father's - for getting underground quickly. It symbolises what he had to do on The Somme and at ...
Contributed by Individual
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Kodak No. 2 Box Brownie Model E Camera
Kodak no 2. Box Brownie.
It was the world's most popular camera and succeeded in making photography an activity for ...
Contributed by Individual
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SADDLER'S STOOL
This saddler’s stool came from the workshop of my grandparents’ saddlery and sports business, Wright Brothers in Bank ...
Contributed by Individual
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Hudson's Bay Bark Letter
My grandmother left this letter written on birch bark.
July 29 18
Phillips Hudson's Bay Exploratory Party
Fort ...
Contributed by Individual
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The Little Golden Fish that returned
My grandfather presented this little golden fish watch to my aunt when she qualified as the first Muslim woman doctor ...
Contributed by Individual
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1920 Glasgow City Police Whistle
A 1920 Glasgow City Police Whistle. Glasgow has the oldest Police Force in the world which first took the streets in ...
Contributed by Individual
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three comemorative moustache tea cups
These three cups are part of a larger collection made by my Great Aunt who was born in 1917. She was born at the birth ...
Contributed by Individual
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Relic from Senghenydd Mining Disaster
The object is an ink well formed from the hoof of a pit pony called Kruger who was killed in the Senghenydd Colliery ...
Contributed by Individual
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WSPU hunger strike force feeding medal
Mabel Capper was a young Suffragette in 1909, living near the Pankhursts in what was then known as Chorlton on Medlock, ...
Contributed by Individual
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Suffragette Brooch
I'm not really sure of the story behind this Suffragette Brooch but it's been in the family for a number of years. It ...
Contributed by Individual
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1910 Menu 1st Flight Manchester London
A menu at the Savoy Hotel London on April 30th 1910 to celebrate the first flight from Manchester to London by Louis ...
Contributed by Individual
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Brick - Morris Motorworks Boiler Chimney
The Morris Motors factory was completely demolished in 1993 along with its landmark boiler chimney which rose 200ft. ...
Contributed by Individual
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Ethiopian Gold Cross
This little cross is a reminder that Ethiopia has been a Christian nation for 2000 years. According to the Bible,in Acts ...
Contributed by Individual
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Box Brownie camera
The first Box Brownie model appeared in 1900. This is a model 2A, made in or shortly after 1916. (It still works!) It ...
Contributed by Individual
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First World War - cease-fire message
When my grandfather Lt Col (later Lt Gen Sir) William Dobbie heard people say what they had done in the Great War, he ...
Contributed by Individual
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Merchant Seaman's Seachest
This seachest was made by/for my Great-Grandfather Henry Shave, a marine engineer and went with him on all his voyages ...
Contributed by Individual
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The Sale of Old Dobbin
The Sale of Old Dobbin by artist John Robertson Reid (1851-1926)
Contributed by Museum
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Poster proclaiming Irish Republic, 1916
An armed rebellion broke out in Dublin on Easter Monday, 24 April 1916. It would pave the way for the political ...
Contributed by Museum
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Titanic Launch Ticket
Titanic launch ticket, issued to a shipyard worker.
Contributed by Museum
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112 Stamps on a single envelope (1923)
An envelope which contained a short letter to a my grandfather (a Leicester accountant) from Germany posted on 11th ...
Contributed by Individual
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A Victorian Spark Generator
This Object was Given to my father by Cavendish Labs in about 1952. It was probably used by JJ Thompson in his ...
Contributed by Individual
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Car Indicator Original Plan and Design
The traffic direction indicator is an integral part of modern motor vehicles but in 1915 nothing equivalent ...
Contributed by Individual
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Titanic lifeboat plaque, no 8, from bow
My great-grandmother, Noel Rothes, sailed on RMS Titanic in April 1912. When Titanic hit the iceberg Noel boarded ...
Contributed by Individual
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Bust of Lenin in Gun Metal
My Grandfather (George Short) attended the Lenin School in Moscow in 1929. On graduating he was given a small bust of ...
Contributed by Individual
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Edward VII Coronation Mug
This mug was presented to schoolchildren of the Ogmore Valley on the occasion of the coronation of Edward VII on June ...
Contributed by Individual
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Building East African Railway 1902-09
My object is precious to me as family history, and as a small but important part of world history. It is the detailed ...
Contributed by Individual
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Fragment from Cuffley Airship crash, WW1
This is the Fuel Tank from the Shutte Lanz 11, a German Airship that crashed in Cuflley on the night of the 2nd of ...
Contributed by Museum
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A Tobacco Tin from WW1
The tin in this collection was given to soldiers by Queen May at Christmas 1914 and belonged to the contributor’s father ...
Contributed by Individual
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Edwardian metamorphic child's highchair
Edwardian metamorphic infants' highchair (top of backrest 1m high)- is a low rocking chair as well as a highchair with a ...
Contributed by Individual
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Chinese wedding cape
Handmade in Xuan Cheng in China by the grandmother of the owner's wife. It is a family heirloom.
Contributed by Individual
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Papier mache bottle from Kashmir
This bottle seems to capture many of the cross-currents in culture and trade between Europe and South Asia. It is made ...
Contributed by Individual
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Postcards from the trenches
Personal messages were sent by the owner's grandfather to his wife and children. He sent them from the Somme and came ...
Contributed by Individual
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Enamel recruitment sign Edward VII
This is a recruiting enamel sign, encouraging men to sign up to the armed forces. ER must be Edward VII who modernised ...
Contributed by Individual
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Silver Thimble
This silver thimble was brought to ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Guernsey's outside broadcast event by Guernsey Museum staff member Jo Dowding. It ...
Contributed by Individual
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Honorouble Discharge Certificate - WWI
During World War One when members of the forces were honourably discharged, they were presented with an official ...
Contributed by Individual
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Collapsible Bicycle
This collapsible bicycle was used by soldiers serving in France during the Second World War. The bike is still fully ...
Contributed by Museum
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Ocean Coal War Service Certificate
This certificate was presented to a returning Miner to the Ocean Coal Company`s Ocean Western Colliery at Nantymoel, ...
Contributed by Individual
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Florence's brass buttonhook
My mother gave me this buttonhook which came from my grandmother, Florence Lydia Fletcher, who was born in 1899 in ...
Contributed by Individual
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LMS Railway dynamometer car
This vehicle was used to test and record the performance of locomotives on the railways to enable improvements in design
Contributed by Museum
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Coal Mine Token
This Mine token was given to my grandfather Levi Davies, when he worked at Number 7 Pit in Tylorstown in South Wales. ...
Contributed by Individual
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Part of Red Cross Flag from Gallipoli
It is the remains of a Red Cross flag brought from Gallipoli, Dardanelles, 1916. Brought back by Private John William ...
Contributed by Individual
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Commemorative Cup
This commemorative beaker dates back to the end of the First World War. As you can see it features the Belgian and ...
Contributed by Individual
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World War 1 Mug
This simple mug has a fascinating story to tell. It belonged to a soldier serving in the trenches in France and Belgium ...
Contributed by Museum
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Embroidered hessian needle case
Patricia Waterman brought in a needlecase that was made by her maternal grand-father, a quaker, who refused to go to war ...
Contributed by Individual