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Body belt with money pocket
leather with square brass buckle fastening. money pocket fastened with square brass buckle and strap. Used during the Boer War.
PEZPH : 1990.1868
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Bomb fin
Bomb fin from a 500 kilo oil bomb which failed to detonate on impact. Bomb disposal officer Sergeant Stephen Guy was killed while attempting to defuse it.
PEZPH : 1989.1130
Social History
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Bone china plate
bone china plate with scene of fishing in Mount's Bay
PEZPH : 1998.21
Social History
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Book
British Museum handbook of instructions for collectors, 1904
PEZPH : 1989.462
Social History
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Book
Copies of a translation of the Penzance Town Charter of 1614.
PEZPH : 1987.152.1-3
Social History
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Book
A public subscription, 'The Setting-up of Public Subscription For The Widow Of The Late William Hill' in the form of a small black bound notebook. A printed letter attached to the first page explains the reason for the public subscription as proposed by Richard Couch, Penzance Mayor, and to be managed by the Charity Committee of the Corporation. He hopes to provide for William Hill's widow and ten children, who have been residents of Penzance for many years, following William's demise on board the S.S Coath at Torquay, on which he was cook. The following pages list a number of names and their subscription payments.
PEZPH : 1987.140
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Book
Book entitled 'Sir Humphry Davy's Lectures in Agricultural Chemistry' with appendix, an account of results of experiments on the produce and nutrative qualities of different grasses and other plants used as a food of animals
PEZPH : 1984.27
Social History
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Book, album of photographs of paintings by artists working in West Cornwall 1895
Album of paintings. To John B. Cornish from The Guarantors of The Passmore Edwards Art Gallery Newlyn 1895 (on the occasion of the opening of Newlyn Art Gallery)
PEZPH : 1994.113
Social History
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