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Lapel badge, Great Eastern Railway, Railway Service no N8541 (War Service 1914-18). Overall: 9 mm x 26 mm.

Great Eastern Railway - Railway Service lapel badge

Railway Uniform & Costume

Lapel badge, Norrth Eastern Railway, Railway Service no.I4930 (War Service 1914-18). Overall: 9 mm x 27 mm.

Emamel lapel badge, North Eastern Railway - Railway Service

Railway Uniform & Costume

Wooden gold-coin change machine - 'Safecheck'

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

Magazine plate camera in form of book, for 38 x 38mm plates. Lens missing, guillotine shutter with tension adjusting knob, plate carried in metal holder then pushed from upper compartment into focal plane and then into the lower compartment by sliding rod. Number on plate holder back visible through red window. No 1742. Marion & Co, 1934. Invented by Dr Rudolf Krugener.

Kruegener's patent book camera No 1510

Photographic Technology

1884-1894

Lapel badge, London & North Western Railway, Railway Service no.80103 A (war service 1914-18). Overall: 9 mm x 27 mm.

Lapel badge, London & North Western Railway - Railway Service

Railway Uniform & Costume

Folding camera for 5 inch wide rollfilm 4 x 5 inches. Fitted with a Bausch and Lomb rapid symmetrical lens, Series II F:7 1/2 inches f/8-64. Unicum shutter 1/2/5/25/50/100/B/T. Sliding rising front, two adjustments. Vertical swing rise with wide angle lens. Rack and pinion focusing, double extension. Two brilliant reflecting finders.

the Sanderson rollfilm camera

Photographic Technology

Protype box-type rollfilm camera for 80mm wide roll film 95 x 80mmm. 'Parcel' or 'Tombosa' camera. Fitted with a rapid rectilinear lens, sliding plate with three apertures sliding focusing uncalibrated, rotating shutter, adjustable tension, single reflecting finder, film wound without backing paper, friction roller, indicates correct windon., pressure plate pinched by lever to be slackened when winding off. Camera covered with cardboard case with apertures for controls, lens, etc. Surrounded by leather straps and carrying handle, to resemble brown paper parcel. Henry N B Good of Devises. 1889. never produced commercially.

Tombosa Detective Camera

Photographic Technology

1889

Lapel badge, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, Railway Service no.B6859. Overall: 7 mm x 27 mm.

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway lapel badge

Railway Uniform & Costume

Awarded to N L Wilson, Harrow, in Eighth Exhibtion. Yellow metal medal . Obverse shows classssically-dressed woman with bellows, camera, shield, engraved ' Kodak Staff Photographic Society'. Reverse engraved in laurel wreath 'Eighth Exhibition 1950, M L Wilson, Harrow'. In lined case. Machine-tooled blue leatherette box, silk lined, blue velvet. Silk inside lid of box printed 'Watches & Clocks, Jewellery, The Glossoid Co Ltd, 45-50 Hillborn Viaduct, London, EC1, Cutlery, silver, electro-plate, cups & sports prizes a speciality'.

Kodak Staff Photographic Society bronze medal in case

Printed Materials & Ephemera

1930

Lapel badge, Railway Convalescent Homes. Seven small shields round central motif depicting white horse. Made by H W Miller Limited, Branston Street, Birmingham 18. Overall: 10 mm x 25 mm.

Lapel badge, Railway Convalescent Homes

Railway Uniform & Costume

Stereo Hawkeye Camera Model 6, serial no. 2369. Successors to the Blair Camera Co. Folding stereo camera for 3 1/2 inch rollfilm 2 x 3 1/4 square. Fitted with two Bausch & Lomb rapid rectilinear lenses US 4-64 and a Bausch & Lomb shutter 1/2/5/25/50/100/B/T with pneumatic release valve. Tack and pinion rising front, and rack and pinion focusing to 6 inches. With reflecting brilliant viewfinder on the baseboard. In leather case. Overall (deployed): 120 mm x 275 mm x 170 mm.

Stereo Hawkeye Camera Model 6

Photographic Technology

1912-1913

Lapel badge, Great Eastern Railway Old Comrades Association (depicting dragon's wing). Made by J R Gaunt, London. Overall: 7 mm x 22 mm.

Lapel badge, Great Eastern Railway - Old Comrades Association

Railway Uniform & Costume

Cap badge, British Railways, Western Region, 'British Railways' brown enamel totem device. Made by J R Gaunt, London. Overall: 19 mm x 75 mm x 11 mm.

British Railways, Western Region cap badge

Railway Uniform & Costume

Six-20 brownie camera, model F, 1956-1959, made by Kodak Ltd. Box camera for 620 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inch. Meniscus lens, fixed aperture, rotary shutter, I/B with lock for release button. Portrait lens on slide, 5 - 10ft, yellow filter on side. Two pin flash contact. Two large brilliant reflecting finders. Overall: 104 mm x 87 mm x 118 mm.

Six-20 Brownie camera Model F

Photographic Technology

1956-1959

No. 4 Bullet Special model camera of 1896, manufactured by Eastman Kodak Co. Box camera for 103 rollfilm or single plate holders, 4 x 5 inches. Achromatic lens, rotating plate with three apertures, rotary shutter T/I, sliding focusing, two reflecting finders. Eastman Kodak Company, 1896.

No 4 Bullet Special model of 1896

Photographic Technology

1896

Ross portrait lens and studio shutter. For 1990-5036/1777(fitted). Petzval type portrait lens, F: 12 inches. Waterhouse stop slot. Rack and pinion focusing. Hemispherical bellows studio shutter on lens panel. Rubber bulb with time tap. Ross. Overall (lens assembly): 127 mm x 127 mm x 170 mm; overall (lens): 115 mm.

ross portrait lens and studio shutter

Photographic Technology

Richard Verascope stereoscopic camera. A solid metal body camera for 6 x 13cm, plates. Fitted with two Krauss Tessar Zeiss lenses F:85mm f/6.3-64, Nos 92632, 92640 with lens caps. With coupled shutters (and apertures) 9/21/24/36/90/130/T. Sliding and rising front. Brilliant reflecting finder and a folding optical frame finder (lens missing). Two circular spirit levels fitted. Two hinged holders behind lenses with 35mm square yellow filters. Push on accessory with three pairs of close up lenses in sliding plate. N.5521. Overall: 82 mm x 165 mm x 115 mm.

Richard Verascope stereoscopic camera

Photographic Technology

Twin lens viewer for lantern slides, reputedly designed by Birt Acres. Regd No. 188884. With two prismatic lenses and a two position slide carried ( ? Later ? Tufnol). With a ground glass screen. Adams and Co. 81 Aldersgate St, EC and 26 Charing Cross Rd, London. Overall: 242 mm x 150 mm x 178 mm.

Adams lantern slide viewer

Cinematography

No. 4 Kodak camera, 1890-1897, manufactured by Eastman Company. Box camera for factory loaded film 48 exposures 5 x 4 inches. Bausch and Lomb universal lens, rotating plate with four apertures, sector type shutter cocked by string (broken), rack and pinion focusing, two reflecting finders, exposure counter -110, no 9362. Overall: 165 mm x 130 mm x 322 mm. This camera was the largest of the first generation of Kodak cameras.

No 4 Kodak camera

Photographic Technology

1889

Lapel Badge, Great Western Railway, Railway Service No.56604 (war service 1939-45). Stamped 'J' and Fattorini & Sons Ltd, Birmingham on back. Overall: 23 mm x 34 mm x 6 mm.

Lapel badge - Great Western Railway - Railway Service

Railway Uniform & Costume

Compact Graflex camera, 3 1/4 x 5 1/2 inch plates. Fitted with a Schneider Xenar Lens F: 7 1/8 inches, f/4.5-36, Serial No 48750. Focal plane shutter, fabric, six tensions, four curtain apertures, 24 speeds from 1/10th-1/10000th second, ground glass focusing screen, rack and pinion focusing, sliding rising front. Serial No 46461. Manufactured by Folmer and Schwing Division, Eastman Kodak. 1916-1924. Overall (deployed): 330 mm x 192 mm x 260 mm.

compact graflex camera

Photographic Technology

1916-1924

Clothes brush: Great Eastern Railway ex Harwich Ferry Services. Overall: 45 mm x 350 mm x 75 mm.

Clothes brush, Great Eastern Railway

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

Canvas first aid satchel, London & North Eastern Railway issue, c1939. Overall: 260 mm x 330 mm x 110 mm.

Canvas first aid satchel

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

1934-1944

No. 2 kodak camera, 1889-1897, manufactured by Eastman Co. Box camera for factory loaded film 100 exposures, 3 1/2 inch diameter. Fitted with a rapid rectilinear lens rotating plate with three apertures, sector type shutter T/I reflecting finder, shutter cocked string. Overall: 135 mm x 112 mm x 230 mm.

No 2 Kodak camera

Photographic Technology

1889-1897

Nameplate, London Midland & Scottish Railway, "Princess Helena Victoria". Overall: 345 mm x 1325 mm x 14 mm.

Nameplate, London Midland & Scottish Railway - "Princess Helena Victoria"

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

The Kodak Brownie Camera, cut away for display, manufactured by the Eastman Dry Plate and Film company. Camera for 100 exposure paper film, RR type lens inside cylindrical shutter. Body cut away to show interior. No. 5819; M92.

Kodak Brownie Camera - cut away for display

Photographic Technology

1888

Brownie flash IV camera. Overall: 104 mm x 84 mm x 118 mm.

Brownie Flash IV camera.

Photographic Technology

1957

Free Passes, on ring, London, Midland & Scottish Railway, Great Western Railway, London & North Eastern Railway, Southern Railway, London Transport Executive and Ulster Transport issued to C.P. Hopkins. Overall: 98 mm at widest point.

C P Hopkins free pass ring

Tickets, Passes & Labels

No 2 Bullet camera Model of 1896, manufactured by Eastman Kodak Co. Box camera for 101 roll film or plate holder 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches. Achromatic lens. rotating plate with three apertures, rotary shutter, T/I reflecting finder. Side access at rear for plate holder. No 10117.

No 2 bullet camera model of 1896

Photographic Technology

1896

Candle lamp, Crab Railway Reading Lamp. Red leatherette and card box containing candle, brass crocodile clip candle holder and silvered vesta box case with matches (Bryant & May's). Made by The Patent Safety Candle Grip Company, London. Sold by W H Smith. Overall (box closed): 40 mm x 122 mm x 75 mm.

Crab Railway Reading Lamp

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

Cap badge, British Railways, North Eastern Region, "British Railways" totem. Made by J R Gaunt, London. Overall: 19 mm x 75 mm x 17 mm.

British Railways, North Eastern Region cap badge

Railway Uniform & Costume

Hawk-Eye Junior box camera for 3.5"x3.5" roll film or glass plates, serial number 10046. Manufactured by the Blair Camera Co., Boston, USA, c 1898. Overall: 130 mm x 116 mm x 157 mm.

Hawk-Eye Junior box camera for 3

Photographic Technology

1893-1903

Hawk-Eye Junior box camera for 3.5"x3.5" roll film or glass plates, serial number 6397 or 0897. Manufactured by the Blair Co., Boston, USA, c1897. Overall: 125 mm x 116 mm x 156 mm.

Hawk-Eye Junior box camera

Photographic Technology

1892-1902

Nameplate, Great Central Railway/London & North Eastern Railway, "Prince Henry". Overall: 125 mm x 1275 mm x 10 mm.

Nameplate, Great Central Railway/London & North Eastern Railway - "Prince Henry"

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

Pocket kodak camera, '98 model, 1898 manufactured by EKCo. Single lens, rotating plate with three apertures, rotary shutter T/I, single rectangular viewfinder. With black leather finish. Made by Eastman Kodak for Eastman Photo Materials Co. 1898. Overall: 60 mm x 75 mm x 98 mm.

pocket kodak camera '98 model

Photographic Technology

1898

Cap badge, British Railways, Eastern Region, Station Master, lion on wheel design with `Station Master' on blue band across centre. Gilt alloy. Overall: 50 mm x 42 mm x 21 mm.

British Railways, Eastern Region cap badge

Railway Uniform & Costume

No. 3 Kodak camera, 1890-1897, manufactured by The Eastman Co. Box camera for darkroom loaded rollfilm. Bausch and Lomb Universal lens, rotating plate with three apertures. Sector shutter, fixed speed. Rack and pinion focusing. Two reflecting finders. Exposure numbering device to 100. The Eastman Company. Overall: 140 mm x 110 mm x 292 mm.

No 3 Kodak camera

Photographic Technology

1890-1897

Eclipse plate camera (ground glass missing), manufactured by J F Shew & Co, Newman Street London. Collapsing, wooden A form plate camera for 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 plates. RR lens, rotating aperture disc. f/ 7.7, 11, 16, 22. Rotary shutter T/I. Helical screw/lever focusing inf. -10'. Two spirit levels.Ground glass missing. Number 4102 (M 1259). Overall (deployed): 160 mm x 206 mm x 210 mm. A wooden collapsing A-form hand camera for half-plates, fitted with a rapid rectilinear lens and a rotary shutter. This camera was one of the first plate cameras designed for hand use. When closed it resembles a flat box. The sides fold out and the lens panel is pulled out and fits into notches in the side panels. The camera is based on a design by G Lowdon, patented on 1st April, 1885 (No 4102).

Eclipse plate camera

Photographic Technology

The pocket Kodak camera, 1895, manufactured by Eastman Kodak Company. Box camera for 102 rollfilm. Single lens, fixed aperture and focus. T/I rotary shutter, with combined cocking and release lever, on separate wooden board. Roller film guides, printed flaps. Circular finder, maroon leather covering. In original leather case, with space for two film rolls. Overall: 64 mm x 75 mm x 98 mm.

Pocket Kodak camera, 1895

Photographic Technology

1895

J Lancaster & Son camera for 10"x12" plates. No movements. Fixed front panel, sliding screen/plate holder. Square bellows. 2'6" extension. With one wooden single darkslide. No lens. Retailed by Benetfink & Co, Cheapside London E.C. Overall: 405 mm x 322 mm x 790 mm.

Lancaster stand plate camera

Photographic Technology

1852-1861

1a speed Kodak camera. Folding camera for 116 rollfilm 2 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches. No lens fitted. With Graflex focal plane shutter, 24 speeds, between 1/10th and 1/1000th of a second. Adjustable for 6 tensions and four curtain apertures. Collapsing optical frame finder with reflex mirror and rack and pinion focusing. No 2458. Overall (deployed): 150 mm x 265 mm x 160 mm.

1A Speed Kodak folding camera

Photographic Technology

1909-1913

Lapel badge, London, Midland & Scottish Railway, Railway Service No 65565 (War Service 1939-45). Stamped on back 'A' and Fattorini & Sons Ltd, Birmingham. Overall: 25 mm x 33 mm x 6 mm.

Lapel badge, London, Midland & Scottish Railway - Railway Service

Railway Uniform & Costume

Zeiss Ikon box tengor camera, c.1939. All metal box camera for 127 (A8) film, 40 x 30mm. Goetz Frontar lens fixed aperture and focus. T/I shutter. Cable release socket; wire frame finder. Black leathette covered. Overall: 82 mm x 68 mm x 55 mm.

Zeiss Ikon Box Tengor camera

Photographic Technology

1934-1944

Lapel badge, Permanent Way Institution. Gilt ornate badge with blue and white enamel. Stamped 'Benetfink' on back. Overall: 33 mm x 7 mm x 27 mm.

Enamel lapel badge, Permanent Way Institution

Railway Uniform & Costume

Ensign 2 1/4 B Rollfilm reflex camera, c 1922. With a Rapid Achromatic lens; patent no 21053122; No. 21071722. Overall: 156 mm x 86 mm x 140 mm.

Ensign 2 1/4 B Rollfilm reflex camera

Photographic Technology

1917-1927

Artist hand plate camera, 1891. Wooden box camera for 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 inch plates. Manufactured by London Stereoscopic Company. Lens (Euryscope f/6 RR) and hood missing. Rotary shutter has adjustable settings 0-3 large reflecting finder. Storage space for two inside camera. Camera incomplete. Overall: 186 mm x 225 mm 242 mm.

Artist hand plate camera

Photographic Technology

1891

Watson cabinet stereoscope viewer for 107x44mm stereographs. Manufactured by

Watson Cabinet Stereoscope Viewer

Photographic Technology

Morley wet-plate folding camera. Tailboard type folding camera for wholeplates. Manufactured by W Morley, 70 Upper Street, Islington, London N. Tailboard type folding camera for wholeplates 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. Petzval type lens; waterhouse stops. Top loading; removable focusing screen; plate holder, largely not original. Rising front; square bellows; side wing strut. Bone inlay reads: 'W. Morley, London'. Overall (deployed approx.): 300 mm x 290 mm x 540 mm.

Morley wet-plate folding stand camera

Photographic Technology

1865

Bulls Eye box camera for daylight-loading paper backed roll film. Manufactured by the Boston Camera Manufacturing Co., USA, 1893. With leather strap. Overall: 125 mm x 115 mm x 146 mm.

Bulls Eye box camera

Photographs

1893

Match tin, North Eastern Railway, metal tin, Bryant & May Wax Vestas, "North Eastern Railway Station Hotels, York, Hull and Newcastle". Overall: 13 mm x 46 mm x 35 mm.

Match tin, North Eastern Railway Station Hotels

Miscellanea & Curiosities