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A contact print of 21 group and portrait photos of unknown people (including St Levan football club 1911, Leeds & Hull Elementary School group photo and a Camborne street scene).

A general view of the main cable relay equipment room at Porthcurno Cable Station, looking west and showing the control consul, monitoring teleprinters, etc. in the foreground.

Ground Floor at Parkandillick showing levers and trip latches. Photo by Engish China Clay No.5198.

Number of these Trains increased from 7 p.a. in 1926 to 400 Growers Specials in 1934

Photo of Harrison Studios advertisement on the back of a postcard from the 19th century. Early photographers advertised on the back of any postcards they produced for general sale. This is a typical layout of a card from a Cornish photographer, dated…

Loco 7031 built in 1950 for £11,640 & scrapped after 150000 miles, 1963

A Cornish stamp battery. A stamp battery is a type of mill machine that crushes material by pounding rather than grinding, either for further processing or for extraction of metallic ores.

A Cornish stamp battery. A stamp battery is a type of mill machine that crushes material by pounding rather than grinding, either for further processing or for extraction of metallic ores. This type of stamping machinery which would have contributed…

"A Cornishman's Mascot" - a rather crusty looking pasty tied by fancy cord to a horseshoe. Incidentally, the horseshoe is hung upside down, allowing the luck to pour out. Frith Card postmarked Truro 1921