Illustration of George Stephenson's locomotive, ‘Locomotion’ 1875

Photograph of Marks & Spencer store, Leeds 1909

Mersey Tunnel Construction photograph

NEWCASTLE BRANCH: RECORD OF REMARKABLE OCCURRENCES AND NOTES FROM PRIVATE LETTERS, 1828-1832

Photograph of the tanker 'World Unicorn' before launch

Joseph Swan’s recollection of the first use of his incandescent lightbulbs at Cragside

Plan of the Saltburn Inclined Tramway

Painting by Giovanni Montiroli of a design for the Ceiling of the Saloon at Alnwick Castle. c.1850

High level Bridge, Newcastle

Photograph of Queensway Mersey Tunnel, Liverpool to Birkenhead under construction, 1931

Drawing of the first composite passenger coach introduced on the Stockton and Darlington Railway, 1830-31

Alexandra Park

Lady Anne Clifford’s Great Books of Record

RMS Eskimo in a Norwegian fjord

Flying machines designed by Sir George Cayley (1773-1857)

Ten Years of Nuclear Power, publicity publication by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, 1966

Co-operative Wholesale Society, A Colossus of Commerce

Charter of Edward II, 12 May 1316

‘Our Northern Film Heritage’

Replica of ‘Rocket’ 1886.

Cunard Passenger List `Passengers for Halifax and Boston: No. 1' (Jul 1840-Dec 1844) 1 volume.

Cammell Laird – photograph of the launch of the Windsor Castle

Register of Archbishop Walter de Grey, 1225-1255

Manchester Caribbean Carnival leaflet, 1993

“W and D” Birdseye View of Textiles of Manchester

Architectural plan of the Bank of England, Newcastle branch

Photograph of the construction of the Tyne Bridge

Chartist movement poster, Carlisle, 1839

Leeds City Varieties Poster advertising Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs pantomime, 1976

John Crossley and Sons Limited, carpet manufacturers of Dean Clough, Halifax, Centenary Illustration, 1903

Huddersfield Female Educational Institute Advertisement

Roker Pier, Sunderland, under construction

Symeon of Durham On the origins and progress of the church of Durham

Plan of the proposed harbour buildings at Seaham by John Dobson, 1828

Drawing of a retort used by Boulton and Watt to provide gas lighting at Phillips and Lee textile mill Salford, 1805.

Lord Mayor's correspondence from York servicemen, January-April 1915

Birkenhead Park – sales plan

George Walker’s watercolours for The Costume of Yorkshire, 1814

Colne Valley Division Labour Union Minute Book 1891-1900

Lanchester Diploma

Poster advertising The People's Excursion Trains to the Art,Treasures Exhibition, Manchester

Registration card for the Municipal School of Art, Manchester, issued to L. S. Lowry

‘Part of the Wall near Benwell Hill, with an Apple Tree growing upon its Summit’

Mortality Map of Cholera in 1866

First Minute Book, Northern Architectural Association

Ferry boats

North West Lesbian and Gay Equality Campaign Programme, 20 Feb 1988

Diary & Terrier of Brotherton Parish, 1778 - 1996

The Victoria Engine designed by James Close 1837

Electric light fittings for St George's Church, Preston designed by Sir Albert Richardson

Articles of partnership between John Brunner and Ludwig Mond, 28 February 1873

Photograph of Walter Marshall while serving as a pilot in the RAF in the Middle

Durham and the North East Coast – Report of the Labour Party’s Commission of Enquiry into the Distressed Areas

Photograph of four soldiers of the 18th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1914

University of Durham 1837 Charter

Yorkshire County Cricket Team Photograph, 1956

Photograph of Ward C1, 1st Northern General Hospital

Everton FC Home Programme

‘A Kestrel for a Knave’ by Barry Hines - first page

Alfred Wainwright 1907-1991

George Stephenson's Rocket, 1822

Diaries and journals of Ellen Weeton (written 1807-1825)

Watersheddings

Ennis and Freeman on Sydney Harbour Bridge during construction

Baptism of Capability Brown

Set of playing cards depicting the counties of England and Wales, Robert Morden, 1676

Letters patent: Charter of incorporation 20 January 1345

‘Jumbo Farm’ Minute Book 1861-1863'

Birdseye View of Barrow Docks and Shipbuilding Yard

The Whitby Cartulary

Domesday Book

Map of the River Weaver, surveyor John Billington 1721

Photograph of Pit Brow Women leaving screen room at Gibfield Colliery, Atherton, 22 August 1918.

Scrapbook of Bradford views and portraits

Photograph of workmen at The Bowes Museum

The Peterloo Massacre, Manchester

High level Bridge, Newcastle

Lithograph depicting Hetton Colliery

Photograph of Richard Shufflebottom’s Wild West show taken at Hull Fair, circa 1930

Manchester and Salford Boys and Girls Refuges and Homes Admission Form