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