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