Stories
- Article
Building a dream in the garden suburbs
In the late 19th century a ‘garden suburb’ promised a retreat from London’s dirt and crowds. See how this new concept was developed to appeal to the health concerns of the literary classes.
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Titans in the landscape
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The chymist’s trade card
An 18th-century trade card reveals far more than its owner may have intended.
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Dial ‘S’ for sex
In pre-internet days, phone boxes became a patchwork of ‘tart cards’ offering sexual services. Find out about the clandestine world they hint at.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Textile industry cotton mill studies: Ahmedabad Manufacturing and Calico Printing Co. Ltd / Ludlow Mills
Date: 1947-1970Reference: SA/TIH/B/2/4Part of: Tavistock Institute of Human Relations- Books
The health of workers in dusty trades. 2, Exposure to siliccous dust : (granite industry) / .
Date: 1929- Books
The toxicity and potential dangers of methyl bromide with special reference to its use in the chemical industry, in fire extinguishers, and in fumigation / by W.F. Von Oettingen.
Von Oettingen, W. F. (Wolfgang Felix), 1888-1976.Date: 1946- Journals
Printing trades journal.
Date: [-1978]- Books
A biometrical study of egg production in the domestic fowl. 3, Variation and correlation in the physical characters of the egg / by Raymond Pearl, Ph.D., biologist, Maine Agricultural Experiment Station and Frank M. Surface, Ph.D., biologist, Maine Agricultural Experiment Station.
Pearl, Raymond, 1879-1940Date: 1914