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