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