Here are more photos I took on my first visit to the Museum Collection Centre on 17/09/22.
This machine is from 1925 and was used to compose print for newspapers, magazines and books it can produce Roman and Italic lettering as well as borders and ornamental backgrounds. It can also produce different typefaces and other alphabets.
Read about the Leyland Titan here.
Read about Typesetting here.
This was another favourite of mine visiting museums back in the day. This was in the Birmingham Museum and Art gallery.
This cash register was made by the National Cash Register Company of Dayton, Ohio. This one was used in a corn and seed merchant’s shop in Hitchin until 1971.
Read about the National Cash Register here.
This cash register was made by the National Cash Register Company of Dayton, Ohio.
Read about the National Cash Register here.
Chinese Chair And Cushion
This is a Kodak studio camera mounted on a Semi Centenial No. 2 Stand. Kodak was a subsidry of the U.S. based Eastman Kodak Company and opened its first office in 1885.
Read about Kodak here.
Developed in the 1600’s, the magic lantern is an early type of image projector. It uses a concave mirror in front of a light source to gather light and project it through a slide. The light rays cross an aperture and hit a lens., which in turn throws the enlarged slide image onto a screen.
Read about the magic lantern here.
This doll’s pram was made by James Lloyd and Company, Hurst Street, Birmingham in the early 1900’s.
This is classed as a Victorian Double Pram. It is made from wood and leather.
Pram
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Museum Collection Centre on Facebook.
Museum Collection Centre on Twitter.
Birmingham Museums Collection – Find out more about Birmingham’s collections including art and design, human history, natural science and science and industry categories. Each category contains sub-categories full of useful information and great photos.
Birmingham Museums Trust’s Digital Asset Resource – Official website. There is no registration or log-in required to use this website for out-of-copyright collection images Download free Public Domain image files up to 3mb in size with free Creative Commons licenses. You are entitled to unlimited downloads. Also, download free Audio Files complete with a license. These can be downloaded for non-commercial use only and attribution is required.
BirminghamMAG – Official YouTube channel. Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery provide world-class museums at the cultural heart of Birmingham.
Birmingham Museums – Official website.
Thinktank: Birmingham Science Museum – Official website.
Birmingham Museum And Art Gallery – Official website.
Aston Hall – Official website.
Blakesley Hall – Official website.
Museum Of The Jewellery Quarter – Official website.
Sarehole Mill – Official website.
Soho House – Official website.
Weoly Castle – Official website.
Aldridge Transport Museum – Official website. The museum is home of Aston Manor Road Transport Museum (A.M.R.T.M.).
Aldridge Transport Museum on Facebook.
Wikipedia – Official website. This is a free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
Grace’s Guide – Official website. This is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 149,969 pages of information and 235,611 images of early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Luxury Prams – Official Website.