Our Collections
We have a large collection of oral history interviews on cassette tapes, reel-to-reel tapes and cds with transcriptions that we conducted between 1983 - 1993.
We regularly receive donations of Crystal Palace memorabilia
Some of the most significant items and collections that we have received include:
1979 - 1990
Collections of Crystal Palace memorabilia from members and friends of The Crystal Palace Foundation. These items were later donated to the Crystal Palace Museum
1995
Large hand-made plaster model on a wood plinth of a Crystal Palace Hylaeosaurus
1995
Large collection of Crystal Palace ephemera in 12 portfolios
1996
A large collection of Crystal Palace memorabilia
2013
Archives of Philip Newsam Linton OBE. He was the Officer-in-Charge of the 1940 refugee camp, British Expeditionary Force evacuation 'Plan Aerial' BEF rest camp and the French sailors internment camp in Crystal Palace Park
2013
Notebook of Edwin Clarke, engineer who worked with Isambard Kingdom Brunel on the construction of the Crystal Palace water towers. Contains calculations and design sketches
2015
A large collection of Crystal Palace souvenirs including over 500 3D stereo images of the Crystal Palace
2016
A large collection of personal and Crystal Palace memorabilia from the Buckland family including the Armorial Bearings and documentation of Sir Henry James Buckland, manager of the Crystal Palace from 1914-1951 and the loan of dozens of images of 'Rockhills' for high resolution scanning
2017
Two large EPNS meat platters from the Crystal Palace dining rooms
2018
1864 Garibaldi scarf shown as being printed in the Crystal Palace
2018
A large collection of international exhibition material
2019
Author's research material for our publication Cricket at the Crystal Palace - W.G. Grace & The London County Cricket Club
2021
Large collection of material from The Crystal Palace Campaign and The Big Willow Eco vilage
2024
Large collection of Crystal Palace related material
We also purchase important collections and individual items from our funds
2005
70 prints of the Crystal Palace – Hyde Park and Sydenham
2011
A large collection of drawings, letters and documents relating to Raffaelle Monti at the Crystal Palace and elsewhere. So as to ensure that the collection was professionally conserved and made publicly available we subsequently sold the collection to the Victoria & Albert Museum at no profit.
These have been scanned at high resolution and are now available from us at:
http://www.crystalpalacefoundation.org.uk/shop/raffaele-monti-collection
2012
The advertising showboard as shown below
2014
A large collection of images of organs from the Gray & Davison Company archive.
These have been scanned at high resolution and are now available from us at: http://www.crystalpalacefoundation.org.uk/shop/music-religion/gray-davison-archive
2018
A badged Crystal Palace Company soup bowl and two large collections of Crystal Palace memorabilia
2023
A 15 inch x 8 inch section of the Alhambra Court wall mosaic
Advertising Showboard
A rare surviving example of a Crystal Palace advertising display made of plaster and horse hair probably in Germany sometime before 1911.There is a label on the reverse with the following printed in faded red:
THIS SHOW FRAME
PROPERTY OF
THE CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANYREMOVED...
Stanhope Viewer
This Stanhope (or Stanho-scope) viewer in the style of a pen is made of ivory (very creamy coloured). They are also made from Bone (with multiple vein lines).The extreme left of the top section contain a modified Stanhope lens inside which is a microphotograph approximately 2mm x 2mm...
Plaster plaque
A Crystal Palace plaster wall plaque souvenir produced in Austria almost certainly before 1914
Rimmel's perfumed Crystal Palace almanack
This Almanack dated 1855 would have been perfumed by the Rimmel's Fountain located in the Sydenham Crystal Palace building.
Inside shows various notable and religious anniversary dates throughout the year.
1901 Tug-of-War silver cup
Hallmarked Silver Cup. Engraved:
Naval & MIlitary Exhibition
Crystal Palace
1901
Tug of War (Catchweights)
First Prize
3rd London R.V.
1922 relay cup
Electro Plated Nickel Silver cup engraved:
Crystal Palace Sports half mile relay
E. W. H. Hall
Sept./9/1922
Employees wages token
This token (numbered 458) issued by the Crystal Palace Company (1854-1909) would have been used as an employee and wages clocking in check.
Loss of this token for the worker would probably have been a case of no check - no wages !
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