MEREM:2008.74.2
Brief description: copy of an inscription ‘for Stella’ by Mrs Gray on the reverse of a sepia photograph of Mrs James Gray, daughter of Mary Down (see note) of Steep St., Mere, which was enclosed in a letter to Mary Down (MEREM:2008.73) of Mrs Gray with members of her family in Colorado, U.S.A., c.1889 Classifications: […]
MEREM:2008.84
Brief description: picture postcard of participants in the Peace Memorial Fete, May 26th1926 Classifications: environment / events Identifications: photograph / postcard Place: Mere Wiltshire Measurements: height 8.8 cm
MEREM:2008.75
Brief description: copy of a black and white photograph of Mrs Charlotte Avery with her daughter Bessie Mills (wife of Ernest Mills) and her granddaughter Stella (at the upstairs window) at Mrs Avery’s cottage in Steep St., Mere, c.1920 Classifications: person / environment / buildings Identifications: photograph Measurements: height 14.5 cm
MEREM:2008.68
Brief description: small rent book with green cover for The Cottage, Steep St., Mere, used first by Mary Down and later by her daughter, Charlotte Avery,1881 – 1918. the book contains penny stamps,1896 – 1910 Classifications: society / money / society / communication Identifications: rent book / stamps Place: London Measurements: height 16 cm Material: […]
MEREM:2008.69.1
Brief description: copy of a sepia studio photograph of Mary Down, nee Cowley, of The Cottage, Steep St., Mere, c.1890 Classifications: person Identifications: photograph Place: Sherborne Dorset Measurements: height 10 cm
MEREM:2008.69.2
Brief description: copy of the reverse of a sepia studio photograph of Mary Down, nee Cowley, of The Cottage, Steep St., Mere, showing the photographer’s trade mark, c.1890 Classifications: person Identifications: photograph Place: Sherborne Dorset Measurements: height 10 cm
MEREM:2008.65
Brief description: copy of an oval stamp in red on the reverse of a photograph (MEREM:2008.26.4)with the inscription: ‘Copies can be had on application S. Baverstock’, c.1910 Classifications: trade / photographer / person Identifications: document / Place: Measurements: height 13.3 cm Material: paper, ink Completeness: complete
MEREM:2008.66
Brief description: printed cardboard, part of the cover of a Wiltshire Education Committee Register of Daily Attendances at Mere Church of England School, Infant department, 1 May 1909 – 30 April 1910 Classifications: society / education / society / religion Identifications: book cover / cover of an attendance register Place: Measurements: height 30.4 cm Material: […]
MEREM:2008.67
Brief description: a bundle (sample) of grey pig’s bristle from China, used for making paint brushes at the Hill Brush Factory, Mere Classifications: trade / brush mfr Identifications: pig’s bristle / Place: Measurements: height 25 cm Material: pig’s bristle Completeness: complete
MEREM:2008.62.3
Brief description: sepia photograph of Mere Secondary School, c.1920 Classifications: society / education / person Identifications: photograph Place: Measurements: height 12 cm