Records Collection

Sir Donald Bradman Unquestionably the greatest batsman ever to play Test cricket. Averaged an amazing 99.94 runs for Australia

Somerset House 1809
Rebuilt in the late 18th century, this set of buildings has at times housed the Royal Academy, the Royal Society, and several government depart- ments such as Public Records

Wreck Chart of the British Isles For 1868
Chart showing the positions of all 2131 vessels wrecked around the British Isles during 1868, compiled from the Board of Trade records

Score-board at the Sydney Cricket Ground, 1901
Photograph of the Sydney Cricket Ground Score-board during the Sheffield Shield match between New South Wales and South Australia, 8th January 1901

Records of first UK aerial mail service
Thepostmasters official handwrittenrecordsrelatingto thefirst UKaerialmail service from London to Windsor andWindsor to LondoninSeptember1911. 1911

Clocking-In Machine
A Clocking In machine in a factory records the hours workers start and leave the workplace

Listening to Records
A dreamy teenager listening to her new Astrud Gilberto LP on her record player

Music cover, Hello, Dolly! Louis Armstrong
Music cover, Hello, Dolly! Words and music by Jerry Herman, recorded by Louis Armstrong. 1963

Music cover, When I Fall in Love, Nat King Cole
Music cover, When I Fall in Love, music by Victor Young, words by Edward Heyman, recorded by Nat King Cole on Capitol Records. 1952

Female contortionist Diana Gaye playing records
The female contortionist Diana Gaye in the sitting room, putting a record on the record player, with an array of the latest LP covers on display. Date: 1971

The Domesday Book, Nottinghamshire
The Domesday Book, a record of the resources and taxable values of the boroughs and manors of Nottinghamshire, extract from the Great Domesday Book Date: c. 1085

The Domesday Book, Surrey
The Domesday Book, a record of the resources and taxable values of the boroughs and manors of Surrey, including Guildford, extract from the Great Domesday Book Date: c. 1085

1960S Lady & Vacuum
A British housewife poses with Hoover and rag in the centre of her sitting room

Precocious Teenage Girl
A rather spoilt teenage girl, lying with her feet up, scoffing a box of chocolates whilst listening to her latest 78 gramophone records!

Listening to Records
A teenage girl with a bouffant hairdo puts her Cliff Richard album on the record player

French Liner Normandie leaving Le Havre, May 1935
Photograph of the French luxury liner, Normandie, leaving Le Havre on her maiden voyage. When she arrived in New York, 4 days and three hours later, she had captured the Blue Riband quite easily

STEAMSHIPS / MAURETANIA
Cunarder on the Atlantic run, at this time the fastest ocean-going liner of them all, breaking all the Atlantic records

60S Record Playing
Four smartly-dressed teenagers having cocktails around a record player

Patriotic poster, Buy British - Britain Always First
Britain Always First - poster celebrating Britihs achievements in breaking speed records on land, water, air and rail. Part of a government campaign to tackle a balance of payments crisis

Advert for Decca portable gramophone 1916
Deccas, more Deccas, still more Deccas. Thats the cry of the men at the front of the men of our mighty fleets, and of the convalescent from both sevices. They want music - whenever they go. Date: 1916

Major A. T. Gardner with his new 1100-cc M. G. car
Major A.T. Gardner ( Goldie Gardner) seen here wearing tie, moustache and pleats, next to his new M.G. 1100-cc. Gardner was very successful in breaking speed records in smaller cars

Census 1891
Census Registrars district 31. Sub-districts 1, 2 and 3, Walton, Chertsey, Chobham, 1891 Date: 1891

Puccini / Butterfly / Record
Complete on 16 records, at 4 shillings and sixpence each, or complete for three pounds and twelve shillings - at least 100 pounds in todays money !

Wright Brothers, aviation pioneers, at Pau, France, 1909
The Wright Brothers (Orville and Wilbur), American aviation pioneers, at Pau, France, where they were giving various flight demonstrations to set new records for altitude and duration. 1909

Columbia Phonograph Factory, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
Columbia Phonograph Company Factory (later Columbia Records), Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. Date: circa 1915

Record cover sleeve, 78 rpm Columbia New Process Records - Inspiration, with an illustration by Bernard Partridge. early 20th century

North American P-51C-10-NT Mustang N1202 Houstonian (msn 111-29080, formerly 44-10947), with race number 60. One of three owned by Oil Tycoon Glenn McArthy

Newark Delivery Van probably 1920s Date: circa 1920s

WW2 - R. A. F Pilot Receives His Charts
A photograph which portrays a British WW2 R.A.F. trainee pilot receiving the chart that records his flight. Date: circa 1940s

RMS Lusitania, brass porthole recovered from wreck
RMS LUSITANIA: An extremely rare brass porthole recovered from the wreck of the Lusitania in 1982. The porthole bears several labels, principally Porthole No

Advert, Monarch 20 jukebox
Advert, Rock-Ola's Monarch 20 Phonograph Jukebox Date: 1938

QSS Lusitania - souvenir of launch, commemorative 18 carat gold handled scissors, with stainless steel blades, the crossover engraved with John Brown and Co

Financial Records?
Manuscript records on paper, possibly financial or legal records. Probably originally pages from a volume or volumes, they have been cut into regularly sized rectangles

Music cover, Choo'n Gum, sung by Teresa Brewer, words by Mann Curtis, music by Vic Mizzy, introduced by Richard Attenborough in his Record Rendezvous Date: 1950

Ex Juke Box Records, single record sleeve 45rpm Date: 1960s

Embassy 45rpm single record sleeve - Music For You, sold exclusively by F W Woolworth Date: 1950s

Red Cross records room
Workers in the Red Cross records room. Date: 1940

McDonnell Douglas F-15A-6-MC Eagle 72-0119 Streak Eagle (MSN 0019/A017)on display at the National Museum of the USAF, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

If I Knew You Were Comin I'd've Baked a Cake
Music cover, If I Knew You Were Comin I'd've Baked a Cake, song by Al Hoffman, Bob Merrill and Clem Watts, first introduced by Richard Attenborough on his Record Rendezvous Date: 1950

Advert, Twin Deck Celebritone Gramophone, complete installation £125 Date: 1929

Record sleeve, Grant's of Croydon
78rpm record sleeve advertising radio gramophones from Grant's of Croydon. Date: circa 1940s

Piper PA-23 Aztec E G-BATX
Piper PA-23-250 Aztec E G-BATX (msn 27-4832), at Castle Donington-East Midlands Airport in June 1976. An Armstrong Whitworth AW.660 Argosy 101 G-APRN (msn 6654)

Rainbow design vinyl single record, side 2, Happy Time records, 78 rpm. Date: circa 1970s

Rainbow design vinyl single record, side 1, Happy Time records, 78 rpm. Date: circa 1970s

Sheila Scott, English record-breaking aviator
Sheila Scott (Sheila Christine Hopkins, 1922-1988), English aviator who broke over 100 aviation records through her long distance flights

United States Air Force Boeing WC-135B 61-2666 (msn 18342) at McCleelan Air Force Base. Boeing C-135B-BN Stratolifter (Boeing 717-185)

Douglas DC-1 NR223Y of Transcontinental & Western Air (TWA) Flown by TWA as a flying laboratory and for occasional scheduled passenger flights

The Church of St. Peter at Ightham, Kent
The Church of St Peter at Ightham, Kent - cover design, The History and Records of Ightham Church by Sir Edward R Harrison Date: circa 1900

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