Stories
- Article
Rose Mackenberg’s deceptive activism
Discover how a New York private investigator became part of Houdini’s mission to expose the fraudulent mediums making money from their vulnerable, grieving clients.
- Article
Dirt, disease and the Inspector of Nuisances
In the days when ‘bad air’ was thought to spread disease, dozens of Inspectors of Nuisances ceaselessly struggled against the perils of dirt – both visible and invisible.
- Article
To write in golden photographs
When Rachel Genn’s brother disappeared, a newspaper article led the family to his bedside. But the accident he’d barely survived was not to be the last tragedy in his life.
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The tradesman who confronted the pestilence
The City of London, 1665. As the Great Plague hits the capital, John New faces a deadly dilemma.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Sir John Rose Bradford
Date: 1914-1921Reference: PP/BAR/Z/9/28-44Part of: Barlow, Sir Thomas (1845-1945)- Books
Sir John Rose Cormack.
Date: 1882- Pictures
- Online
John Henry Roberts. Photograph by Rose K. Durrant & Son.
Date: [between 1896 and 1918]Reference: 13475i- Books
Treatment of erysipelas / John Rose.
Rose, John.Date: 1857- Archives and manuscripts
Sir John Rose Bradford
Date: 2 Apr 1928Reference: PP/CMW/B.9/3/1Part of: Lord Moran (Charles McMoran Wilson) (1882-1977): archives