| Description | A small collection of photographic and printed images on notecards and postcards of the following places and scenes:
-Rockley; a drawn image postcard depicting a stone watch tower like castle surrounded by woodland barred off by a wooden fence.
-Bloomery at Rockley; a drawn image postcard depicting a structure with archway entrances surrounded by trees. In the right foreground is a man sat down wearing a hat and holding a cane.
-Garrowtree; a photographic postcard of a three story stone building with one chimney stack surrounded by a mature and well kept garden.
-Rawmarsh; a photographic postcard of pumping station featuring two men by the upper wheel, one wearing a white shirt and tie, and two men on the ground behind a stone wall but near a stone single story building with their backs to the camera wearing flat caps.
-Squirrel Castle, Greasboro'; a photographic postcard of three-story stone-built building surrounded by trees. Chickens or ducks are present in the bottom left foreground.
-White Gates, Greasboro'; a photographic postcard of a two story, slated roofed cottage with two chimney stacks and exposed stonework in patches where the rendering has worn away surrounded by shrubbery.
-Elsecar Colliery; a photographic postcard of a Steam Hammer created by J.Nasmyth & Co of Manchester AD 1851. On the back is a handwritten note written in pencil that reads 'Please ? the lot HGB'.
-Elsecar; a photographic postcard depicting an engineer's station structure attached to a stone building with a church in the background on the right-hand side.
-Jump; a photographic postcard showing a stone and half rendered building with two chimney stacks and one bricked up window. Access via stairs which is encased either side by a stone wall there are three people present, an older man on the steps and two children sat on the grass mound out front. On the right-hand side in the background is another stone building that has four winds and a some one stood in the front door way.
-Bradgate; a photographic postcard showing a dilapidated stone building in the background surrounded by shrubbery, in the foreground are the remains of a prior structure.
-Sheffield's Oldest Furnace on site of Castle; a photographic notecard showing a stone structure with two archways, on the back is additional information regarding the item that reads 'copied from a picture post card found in a 30-40 year old collection; the original appears to have been reproduced from a print from a process block.
The accounts of the Earls of Shrewsbury for the period 1575 - 1666 contain many references to his ironworks, none appear to have existed at or near his castle at Sheffield. The site of this was excavated during 1928-9 and despite the most careful search no traces of furnaces of forges were discovered'.
-A magazine cut out dated 1948 titled 'Treatment of Pernicious Anemia By A Special Diet by George R.Minot M.D. and William P. Murphy M.D. (Boston). The name Habershon is referenced within the article that is discussing the publication in 1863 by Addison and the footnote provided for that reference is 'Habershon, S, Lancet, 1.518, 551 (May 9) 1863'. A microscopic image is printed in the middle of the article.
-One blank note booklet that features a printed image of Skelton Castle, Yorkshire by Rock & Co. London No. 5557.
-One blank note booklet that features a printed image of Upleatham Hall, Yorkshire by Rock & Co. London No. 5558.
-One photographic postcard depicting a map of Fire Engines recorded and existing within the following areas and years:
* Shafton 1771 - 1751
* Darton
* Barnsley
* Rockley
* Jump
* Wath
* Worley
* Elsecar (1787)
* Wath Wood (1791)
* Swinton (1776)
* Thorncliffe (1803)
* Wentworth
* Hoober House
* Law Wood (1758)
* Nether Haugh
* Upper Haugh (1767)
* Squirrel Castle
* White Gates
* Rawmarsh (1823)
* Smithy Wood
* Bradgate
* Rotherham
* Garrowtree (1777)
* Clifton
* Herringthorpe
* Carbrook Hill
* Attercliffe (1790 - 1795)
* Greenland (1793)
* Handsworth
It also makes reference to the 'Boiler Field Explosion in 1791', 'Walkers Iron Works in 1782', 'Stag Inn', 'Black Hill in 1796', 'Fire Engine in Upper Haugh', and additional engine markings.
Condition: Good
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