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'Opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway' by John Dobbin, 1871
Piano Belonging to Delius c.19th century
Annfield Plain Co-operative Society Building, 1874
'Oldham Panorama' by Squire Knott, 1876
Bar of Sunlight Soap, 1889
Memorial Glass of the Hartley Pit Disaster c.1862
'Invention of the lifeboat, Willie Wouldhave, South Shields, 1789' by Ralph Hedley, 1896
Liquorice Stamp, 1860-1890
Blackett Hutton Rotary Drilling Machine c.1885
'Silver Moonlight' by Atkinson Grimshaw, 1880
'Iron and Coal' by William Bell Scott, 1861
Ballot Box, 1872
Cloisonné Vase Lamp, 1880
Pair of Cotton Cops, 1735-1885
Starvationer, c.1880s
Rothbury Shrovetide Football, c.late 19th century
Lighthouse Tower, 1871