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