Guide to historical sources at the Municipal Archives relating to building, built heritage, and property research, including photographs, textual documents, maps and plans, and published materials.
The Development of IQ Testing During the beginning of the 20th century American education had a host of issues ranging from the desperate difference in education between racially segregated schools…
Image by The Wellcome Trust When researching a famous historical figure, access to their work and materials usually proves to be one of the biggest obstacles.
From the first time I saw the Abbey Museum on a documentary, I have wanted to visit… and so, on a lovely clear, crisp morning, I headed off… Across the road are the Abbey ruins – I wasn’t up to exploring those all in the same day, but might make a separate trip to do …
Here is a well-aged and grungy vintage printable order form. It’s from a Griffith & Turner Co. farm and garden supply catalog that was published in 1917. If a customer wished to place a large order, there was plenty of space to do so as a second page was included on the back side...Read More
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Extract from a petition from suffrage supporters to the Secretary of State for the Home Office, Reginald McKenna, asking him to give suffrage prisoners the status of political prisoners and put an end to the practice of forcible feeding, 25 April 1912 (Catalogue ref: HO144/1194/220196, f492) Transcript Please sign with a fine pen as the […]
Joseph Dempsey discharge papers
By Olivia Raiche-Tanner, Annika Vetter and Michael Robertson It sometimes happens that ink used in the preparation of documents will fade resulting in reduced contrast between the ink and substrate…
Discover the architecture and renovation of the Bank of England in the 1920s.
The American born businessman David J. Davis had made his money in Sydney through photography and importing domestic items such as dinnerware. Horse racing was a hobby. In the late 1920s he developed an association with the trainer Harry Telford, putting several of his horses under his care. Although they initially had limited success, he was impressed with Telford's intimate knowledge of ...
Contributed by Rob A late 1920s spare parts order form; a lot of words were used to explain that parts should be paid for before they are despatched from the works.
