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Labelled 'A Canopy from East Window York Minster'. Photograph of a sketch. Lantern slide.

This is thought to be the 1727 edition. The map was designed for subscribers and depicts newly-built private houses of select York citizens, detailing the owners' names and addresses. The Mansion House, depicted in the upper right hand corner, is the only public building included. When the map was reissued in 1748, it included five additional architectural illustrations. Glass plate negative.

This is thought to be the 1727 edition. The map was designed for subscribers and depicts newly-built private houses of select York citizens, detailing the owners' names and addresses. The Mansion House, depicted in the upper right hand corner, is the only public building included. When the map was reissued in 1748, it included five additional architectural illustrations. Glass plate negative.

Photograph of a sketch depicting York from a distance, titled 'A View of the City of York'. The paper appears old and frail. Glass plate negative.

The Historical Pageant took place 26-31 July 1909. Actors are pictured here in costumes, including a man gesticulating from a desk. Lantern slide.

The Historical Pageant took place 26-31 July 1909. Actors are pictured here in costumes. Desk on lefthand side unattended. Lantern slide.

Labelled 'All Saints. N. Street'. Thought to be the stained glass Blackburn Window (the east window, behind the high altar). Lantern slide.

Labelled 'All Saints Church, York'. Shows the St Thomas stained glass window and altar viewed from the central aisle. The pulpit and pews are also visible. Lantern slide.

Labelled 'Alter in Chapel Red House Marston' [sic]. The photograph shows the altar with a stained glass window above, viewed from the aisle. Glass plate negative.

The plan is titled 'A Plan of the City of York Survey'd By Peter Chapereau' and 'Plan de la Ville et foubourgs de York. Capitale de le Comté du meme Nom levé par le Sr. P: Chassereau & Publié par Rocque a Charing Cross 1750.' Glass plate negative.

Labelled 'Arms Window' and 'YPS'. YPS is thought to refer to the Yorkshire Philosophical Society'. Close-up of a sketch of the Arms Window in York Minster. Lantern slide.

Labelled 'Arms Window York Minster from Drake' and 'YPS'. YPS is thought to refer to the Yorkshire Philosophical Society. Shows sketch of the Arms Window in York Minster. Drake is thought to refer to local historian, Francis Drake (1696-1771). Lantern slide.

Shows illustrations of a healthy leaf, an unhealthy leaf, a good potato and a disease potato. Provides brief history of the potato, including the first recorded potato disease in Europe ('July 1845'). Also offers theories about causes, including electricity, bad cultivation, and foreign manures. The article names fungus as the real cause and provides hints for potato growers to avoid spreading potato disease. Lantern slide.

The Historical Pageant took place 26-31 July 1909. This photograph shows a large group of actors and the audience on tiered seating. Lantern slide.

The slide is labelled: 'Badge of Sword Bearer' and 'Mr Layley's Chain, York'. The silver shield bears the arms of the city (St George's cross with five leopards distributed across it). The chain is also composed of linked leopards and there is a smaller silver shield attached to the main shield, also bearing the arms of the city, with a single pendant leopard hanging below it. Lantern slide.

Labelled 'Barge Boards from High Ousegate'. Glass plate negative.

Labelled 'Bargeboard from House in High Ousegate now in Marygate'. The glass plate has been painted to emphasis the bargeboard, but the house is still visible. Glass plate negative.

Labelled 'Bargeboard from House in High Ousegate, now in Marygate York'. The house has been painted over on the plate to emphasise the bargeboard. Glass plate negative.

From drawing. Labelled 'Bell Founders window York Minster. From drawing.' Lower right panel of the Bell Founders Window (NXXIV 2a), depicting the casting of a bell. Lantern slide.

From drawing. Labelled 'Bell Founders Window York Minster from Drawing.' Bell Founders Window (NXXIV 2b). Depicts Richard Tunnoc gifting his window to St William. Lantern slide.

Presumably winter, as the trees have no leaves, but the location is not specified. Glass plate negative.

Sketch or etching titled 'Black Swann Inn Peaseholme Green York'. H. Cave (Henry Cave) is credited at the bottom of the sketch. Glass plate negative.

Labelled 'Buttermarket Micklegate' and 'Yorkshire Museum'. Etching shows a building on Micklegate, presumably where the market was held. There is an extract from an article or newspaper on the back of the slide, which desribes how the butter stand used to be situated in the churchyard of St Martin-cum-Gregory. Lantern slide.

Labelled: 'Byland Abbey'. This shows the ruined west front of Byland Abbey and the surrounding area. Three pointed lancet windows can be seen below the shattered rim of the rose window. A farmhouse building is visible on the left hand side. Glass plate negative.

Labelled: 'Byland Abbey'. Shows the road leading up to the abbey with a farmhouse building on left hand side. Glass plate negative.

Labelled 'Captain Cook's Monument nr Kildale'. Three figures can be seen standing in front of the monument: a woman and two girls. Glass plate negative.

Labelled 'Captain Cook's Monument near Kildale'. A woman is standing in front of the monument with Roseberry Topping visible in the distance behind her. Glass plate negative.

Labelled 'Captain Cook's Monument nr Kildale'. Two figures can be seen at the base of the monument: a woman and a girl. Glass plate negative.

Labelled 'Captain Cook's Monument nr Kildale'. Shows a woman and a girl standing at the base of the monument. Glass plate negative.

Labelled 'Carriage drive at Kildale'. The road is viewed from the left hand side and both sides are lined by trees and other foliage. This may be the route that provided a private carriage drive to Kildale Hall. Glass plate negative.

Labelled 'Carriage drive at Kildale'. Shows a track surrounded by trees and other foliage on both sides. This may be the route which provided a private carriage drive to Kildale Hall. Glass plate negative.

Labelled 'in Carriage drive at Kildale'. Shows trees, ferns, and other foliage on both sides of the road. This may be the route that provided a private carriage drive to Kildale Hall. Glass plate negative.

Labelled 'Carriage drive at Kildale'. The left hand side is lined with trees and the right is relatively bare with a tree hanging over the road. This may be the route that provided a private carriage drive to Kildale Hall. Glass plate negative.

Labelled 'Carrot Fly'. Illustration's title: 'Carrot Fly. Psila Rosoe Fab.' Copyrighted to 'Georgiana & Ormerod' Top left corner of slide has label: 'Laurie, London.' '9.U.9.' is written in bottom left corner. Lantern slide.

Labelled 'Carved bone St. Leonards York'. Lantern slide.

Labelled 'Carved Oak Panels from St Crux Church'. Five panels are pictured. Glass plate negative.

Labelled 'Carved Oak Panels from St Crux Church'. Five panels are pictured. Glass plate negative.

Shows 'Catholic town in 1440'. This is printed on the bottom half of a page from A. Welby Pugin's 1841 book 'Contrasts: or, A parallel between the noble edifices of the middle ages, and corresponding buildings of the present day, shewing the present decay of taste. Accompanied by appropriate text.' The top half of page is not visible but it depicts the same town in 1840. Glass plate negative.

Labelled 'Cawood Castle, Cawood York'. Illustration of river and the castle, captioned 'A perspective of the views of Cawood Castle'. It appears to be an engraving and the book is thought to be James Peller Malcolm's 'Lives of Topographers and antiquaries [...]'. Glass plate negative.

Labelled 'Cawood Palace'. The illustration is from a book and is captioned 'The Gateway of the Palace at Cawood'. It appears to be an engraving and the book may be James Peller Malcolm's 'Lives of Topographers and antiquaries [...]'. Glass plate negative.

Labelled 'Cawood Palace'. Photograph shows a page from a book with illustrations of the gatehouse. The illustrations are captioned 'The outside and inside Views of the Gatehouse to the Archiepiscopal Palace at Cawood, built by Cardinal Kempe'. The book is thought to be James Peller Malcolm's 'Lives of Topographers and antiquaries [...]'. Glass plate negative.

Labelled 'Ceiling in Coney St Wilson's Shop'. Glass plate negative.

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Labelled 'Chair Henry VIII Period. Greenwood's Stonegate York, 1932'. Shows a Tudor chair at W.F. Greenwood & Sons, Stonegate, 1932. There is a line of paint on the reflective side of the plate, which seems to delineate where the floor meets the backdrop. Glass plate negative.

Labelled 'Chapel at Red House Marston'. Shows the pews, altar, and stained glass window viewed from the aisle. Glass plate negative.

Labelled 'Chapel at Red House Marston'. Shows the banister and railings of the staircase. The photograph also depicts the statues on top of the newel posts, although these are out of focus. Glass plate negative.

Labelled 'Chapter House Y. Minster'. Shows stained glass window in the Chapter House of York Minster. 'YPS' is also written on the slide, which is thought to refer to the Yorkshire Philosophical Society. Lantern slide.

Labelled 'Church at Greenstead Essex'. Shows the wooden exterior of Greensted church. Lantern slide.

Map showing York and the surrounding area, titled 'City of York'. There is text below the map detailing the scale and other information, but it is difficult to decipher. Glass plate negative.

Labelled 'Clerestory S. Choir Transept York Minster'. Clerestory stained glass window in York Minster. Lantern slide.

Printed sketch titled 'Clifford's Tower in its original state'. Lantern slide.

Printed etching titled 'Cloister to St Leonards'. Caption below etching: 'Published Nov 1 1807 by J. Halfpenny York' and 'Pl. 17'. Glass plate negative.

View from just outside the surrounding brick wall. Shows the three pointed lancet windows and the trefoil-headed main doorway. Glass plate negative.

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Labelled 'Coffee Yard Stonegate'. Glass plate negative.

Labelled 'County Hospital, York, 1741' and 'Yorkshire Museum'. Caption below sketch: 'To the Governors and Trustees of York County Hospital this North West View is most humbly inscribed by their most obedient Servant R. Holme'. On the left there is a caption regarding the patients admitted between 1740 [?] and 1766. The total number admitted is listed as 14969 and the list also includes 'discharged cured', 'relieved', and 'incurable'. Lantern slide.

The Historical Pageant took place 26-31 July 1909. Actors are pictured here in costumes, including a man with a roman helmet. Lantern slide.

Printed etching titled 'Crypt to the Cathedral'. Shows crypt at York Minster. Caption below etching: 'Published Nov 1 1807 by J. Halfpenny York' and 'Pl. 20'. Glass plate negative.

The Historical Pageant took place 26-31 July 1909. Actors pictured in costumes, including a man with a roman helmet. The women are in white dresses and appear to be dancing. Lantern slide.

Shows four copper objects. Labelled 'Danish Coppergate York'. Also another label: 'YPS' with reference difficult to decipher. YPS is thought to refer to the Yorkshire Philosophical Society. Lantern slide.

Labelled 'Danish objects Castlegate York'. A display of ancient artefacts. Lantern slide.

Labelled 'Door from Old George Inn Coney Street York'. Printed photograph. Glass plate negative.

Inserted by Thomas Wentworth and featuring his own coat of arms above. Lantern slide.

Labelled 'Doorway School for the Blind York by G.H.F. Jones'. The sketch itself is titled 'Doorway at Blind School' and signed by G.H.F. Jones. The School for the Blind later became King's Manor. Glass plate negative

Labelled 'Dringhouses Old Church'. Printed sketch. Glass plate negative.

Shows Durham Cathedral from the River Wear and the Old Fulling Mill. The weir is visible. Lantern slide.

Looks towards the western side of Durham Cathedral and also shows the Old Fulling Mill. Lantern slide.

Labelled 'Earthquake from North Street [Pryck] of Conscience'. Seventh Sign of Doom the in Pricke of Conscience Window, All Saints Church. The scene depicts an earthquake with buildings falling. Text in the window reads, 'The sevend day begynns doun dal falle And grete castels, and tour with-alle'. Lantern slide.

Caption below image: 'A Lady's Bedroom Middle Eighteenth Century'. There are labels on the corners of the slide and one appears to say 'Kew', but the other is not decipherable. The image depicts a woman in a four poster bed being attended to by multiple figures, whilst another woman breastfeeds beside the fireplace. Lantern slide.

Thomas Magnus was buried at the parish church of Sessay in the North Riding of Yorkshire. His epitaph reads, 'Here lyeth Mr Thomas Magnus, arch-deacon of the East Riding in the metropolitan church of York, and parson of this church, which died the 18th day of August, anno domino 1550, whose soul God pardon.' Lantern slide.

Label on slide: 'Yorkshire Museum' and 'Tower Hamlet, Marygate'. The etching is dated to c.1811. It shows a tower on Marygate with a pointed roof. A figure is walking past on the right with a stick. Lantern slide.

A woman is pictured standing on the grass with unidentified buildings in the background. Lantern slide.

Map titled 'Europe' with London, Brussels, Munich, and Ober-Ammergau marked out. There is a scale in English miles. Below the map: 'Long W. of Greenwich O Long E. of Greenwich'. Glass plate negative.

Labelled 'Excavation at St Mary's Church Layerthorpe'. Trenches have been dug around a central bank with a tree left standing in the middle. Glass plate negative.

Labelled 'Excavation at St Mary's Church Layerthorpe'. The photograph shows part of the trench which has been dug around a central bank. Glass plate negative.

Labelled 'Excavation at St Mary's Church Layerthorpe'. Glass plate negative.

Labelled: 'Exeter Cath. Choir looking E. 29%'. Below slide: 'G.W.W.' Exeter Cathedral Choir. Lantern slide.

Labelled 'Exeter Cathedral Nave looking West'. Below slide: 'G.W.W.' Lantern slide.

Labelled 'Exterior of Chapel Red House Marston'. The chapel at Red House is viewed from the garden. Glass plate negative.

Shows churchyard and the road running alongside. Glass plate negative.

Labelled 'Extinguisher Petergate'. Torch extinguisher next to doorway. Thought to be 25 High Petergate. Glass plate negative.

Photographed page from John Phillips's book, 'Illustrations of the Geology of Yorkshire'. Title of sketch: 'No.4. from Filey to Haiburn Wyke' (Hayburn). John Phillips was a geologist who also served as the Yorkshire Philosophical Society's museum keeper and draughtsman. He was famously chased by a bear around the YPS Gardens in 1831. Lantern slide.

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Shows exterior of the Chapter House. Lantern slide.

Labelled 'From the Mount, York' and 'Yorkshire Museum'. Shows view towards city centre from the top of the Mount road. Buildings, motor cars, and tramlines are pictured. York Minster is visible in the centre distance. Lantern slide.

Labelled 'Grave of my wife's father in Kildale Church yard'. The glass has been painted over in black to emphasise the stone cross. The grave reads: 'In memory of the Rev. William Edwardes Lock Died July 14th 1874 Aged 44 Years'. Glass plate negative.

Labelled 'Grave of my wife's father in Kildale Church yard'. The grave reads: 'In memory of the Rev. William Edwardes Lock Died July 14th 1874 Aged 44 Years'. Glass plate negative.

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Labelled 'Head of St. Wms. Window York Minster'. St William Window in York Minster. Lantern slide.

Labelled 'Holy Trinity Yard, York, from paper negative' and 'Yorkshire Museum'. There is an external staircase in the foreground and the yard appears dilapidated. Lantern slide.

Labelled 'In Chapel Red House Marston'. Shows the ornate woodwork at the base of the staircase and a small statue, thought to be a lion, perched on the newel post. Glass plate negative.

Labelled 'Inside Monk Bar' and 'Yorkshire Museum'. Etching of inside of Monk Bar by Joseph Halfpenny. The etching shows the inside of the main gate through Monk Bar. Joseph Halfpenny is the artist and publisher, and the etching is dated to c.1807. Lantern slide.

Printed etching titled 'Inside of Clifford's Tower'. Caption below etching: 'Published Nov 1 1807 by J. Halfpenny York' and 'Pl. 13'. Glass plate negative.

Labelled: 'Interior of the Treasurer's House, York' and 'Yorkshire Museum'. Shows the fireplace, table, and staircase. Lantern slide.

Labelled 'Interior, Beverly Minster'. On righthand side of slide: 'English Cathedrals. G.W.W.' Lantern slide.

Labelled 'Jesse Window' and 'S Choir Aisle'. Shows the Jesse Tree Window in York Minster. The window's reference is: SXXXIII. Lantern slide.

Labelled 'Kildale Church'. Shows St Cuthbert's Church, Kildale. Glass plate negative.

Labelled 'Kildale Village'. Shows stone buildings viewed from the road. Glass plate negative.

Labelled 'Kildale Village'. Road and unidentified buildings in Kildale Village. Shows two semi-detached brick houses with more in the distance. Glass plate negative.

The Church of St John the Baptist, Kirk Hammerton. Shows south side of church including graveyard. Lantern slide.