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Photograph of Richard Shufflebottom’s Wild West show taken at Hull Fair, circa 1930
High level Bridge, Newcastle
Lady Anne Clifford’s Great Books of Record
Alexandra Park
Ennis and Freeman on Sydney Harbour Bridge during construction
Cammell Laird – photograph of the launch of the Windsor Castle
Tony Harrison’s notebook for the poem ‘v.’
Symeon of Durham On the origins and progress of the church of Durham
John Crossley and Sons Limited, carpet manufacturers of Dean Clough, Halifax, Centenary Illustration, 1903
Leeds City Varieties Poster advertising Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs pantomime, 1976
Articles of partnership between John Brunner and Ludwig Mond, 28 February 1873
Joseph Swan’s recollection of the first use of his incandescent lightbulbs at Cragside
Photograph of Martin Luther King and students at coffee morning (University Archives, NUA/05289)
The Commission for the Execution of the 7th Earl of Northumberland
Drawing of the first composite passenger coach introduced on the Stockton and Darlington Railway, 1830-31
Chartist movement poster, Carlisle, 1839
Colne Valley Division Labour Union Minute Book 1891-1900
Diaries and journals of Ellen Weeton (written 1807-1825)
Cunard Staff Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Jan 1923).
“W and D” Birdseye View of Textiles of Manchester
University of Durham 1837 Charter
Watersheddings
Illustration of George Stephenson's locomotive, ‘Locomotion’ 1875
‘Jumbo Farm’ Minute Book 1861-1863'
Photograph of the tanker 'World Unicorn' before launch
Painting by Giovanni Montiroli of a design for the Ceiling of the Saloon at Alnwick Castle. c.1850
Photograph of workmen at The Bowes Museum
RMS Eskimo in a Norwegian fjord
Plan of the proposed harbour buildings at Seaham by John Dobson, 1828
York Corporation House Book, 1480-1486
The Victoria Engine designed by James Close 1837
Photograph of four soldiers of the 18th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1914
Manchester and Salford Boys and Girls Refuges and Homes Admission Form
Cumberland and Westmorland Wrestling Association
First Minute Book, Northern Architectural Association
Ten Years of Nuclear Power, publicity publication by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, 1966
George Walker’s watercolours for The Costume of Yorkshire, 1814
Charter of Edward II, 12 May 1316
Lord Mayor's correspondence from York servicemen, January-April 1915
North West Lesbian and Gay Equality Campaign Programme, 20 Feb 1988
Sketch of wall hanging from the Art Treasures Manchester exhibition,
‘A Kestrel for a Knave’ by Barry Hines - first page
Domesday Book
Mersey Tunnel Construction photograph
Replica of ‘Rocket’ 1886.
Set of playing cards depicting the counties of England and Wales, Robert Morden, 1676
Photograph of Queensway Mersey Tunnel, Liverpool to Birkenhead under construction, 1931
‘Wash your hands now – as mummy does!’ c1960 leaflet
Birkenhead Park – sales plan
“The first report of a society for preventing accidents in coal mines”
Durham and the North East Coast – Report of the Labour Party’s Commission of Enquiry into the Distressed Areas
High level Bridge, Newcastle
Conveyance of the Ramsden (Huddersfield) Estates from Sir John Frecheville Ramsden to the Mayor Alderman and Burgesses of the County Borough of Huddersfield (Huddersfield Corporation) with full plans, 29 Sep 1920
Cellar book for His Grace the Duke of Bridgewater
Architectural plan of the Bank of England, Newcastle branch
Roker Pier, Sunderland, under construction
Baptism of Capability Brown
Lithograph depicting Hetton Colliery
Co-operative Wholesale Society, A Colossus of Commerce
Ferry boats
Poster advertising The People's Excursion Trains to the Art,Treasures Exhibition, Manchester
Alfred Wainwright 1907-1991
Simon Temple's plan of Jarrow and the River Tyne
Cunard Passenger List `Passengers for Halifax and Boston: No. 1' (Jul 1840-Dec 1844) 1 volume.
Photograph of Bessemer Convertor
Letters patent: Charter of incorporation 20 January 1345
The Whitby Cartulary
Register of Archbishop Walter de Grey, 1225-1255
‘Our Northern Film Heritage’
Registration card for the Municipal School of Art, Manchester, issued to L. S. Lowry
Manchester Caribbean Carnival leaflet, 1993
Mortality Map of Cholera in 1866
Electric light fittings for St George's Church, Preston designed by Sir Albert Richardson
Survey and Valuation of Selby Abbey lands surrendered at the Dissolution
Map of the River Weaver, surveyor John Billington 1721
Photograph of Walter Marshall while serving as a pilot in the RAF in the Middle
Huddersfield Female Educational Institute Advertisement
Everton FC Home Programme
Photograph of Pit Brow Women leaving screen room at Gibfield Colliery, Atherton, 22 August 1918.
Photograph of the construction of the Tyne Bridge
Birdseye View of Barrow Docks and Shipbuilding Yard
Flying machines designed by Sir George Cayley (1773-1857)
Diary & Terrier of Brotherton Parish, 1778 - 1996
NEWCASTLE BRANCH: RECORD OF REMARKABLE OCCURRENCES AND NOTES FROM PRIVATE LETTERS, 1828-1832
Lanchester Diploma
Photograph of Ward C1, 1st Northern General Hospital
Plan of Seathwaite showing wad-mine surface and workings, 1821
Photograph of Marks & Spencer store, Leeds 1909
George Stephenson's Rocket, 1822
Laws and Objects of the Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers
Author's proof copy of Love on the Dole
Port Sunlight Works and Village c1914
‘Part of the Wall near Benwell Hill, with an Apple Tree growing upon its Summit’
The Peterloo Massacre, Manchester
Plan of the Saltburn Inclined Tramway
Pre-Gestee advert c1940, fore runner of PG Tips
Scrapbook of Bradford views and portraits
Photograph of Birtley Belgians
Yorkshire County Cricket Team Photograph, 1956
Drawing of a retort used by Boulton and Watt to provide gas lighting at Phillips and Lee textile mill Salford, 1805.
