Museum Collection (Numerical list)
LVSAV2014.099: Postcard - "Limefield U.F. Church, West Calder"
B & W photographic postcard showing Limefield United Free Church of Scotland in West Calder. Viewed from the north side of Limefield Road, in the east end of the village.LVSAV2014.100: Postcard - "Ye Olde Tally-Ho Hotel, Winchburgh"
B & W photographic postcard showing the Ye Olde Tally-Ho Hotel in Winchburgh.LVSAV2014.101: Postcard - Handwritten from the Dalmeny Oil Company to the Oakbank Oil Company
Postcard from the Dalmeny Oil Company to the Oakbank Oil Company dated 24/11/1900 stating the volume of crude oil in gallons and the number of tanks sent to Oakbank Oil Company. There is also a handwritten note asking if Oakbank Oil Company could 'Please grease your tanks as we are unable to get them to turn into our siding'. Postally used and sent on 25/11/1900LVSAV2014.102: Young's Oil Lamp
Young's oil lamp with bronzed iron base with cherubs, teal glass fount and Young's Clissold Duplex burner. The lamp measures 13.25inches high (33.66cm) and measures 7.125inches (18.10cms) in diameter across the base. Moon shade and chimney missing.LVSAV2014.103: LVSAV2014.103-photograph
12 black and white photographs of The Oakbank Oil Company's Winchburgh electric railway 2' 6" gauge, 1903-1961. Taken by Ian Brodie and individually mounted in cardboard mount frames and all of them were taken in the early 1950s. LVSAV2014.103.001 - .012LVSAV2014.104: Postcard - "The Almond from St. Mungo's Well, Mid Calder"
Sepia photographic postcard showing the River Almond from St. Mungo's Well in Mid Calder.LVSAV2014.105: Postcard - "Winchburgh looking East"
Coloured photographic postcard of 'Winchburgh looking East'.LVSAV2014.106: Postcard - "Winchburgh Church and Manse"
B & W printed postcard showing Winchburgh church and manse.LVSAV2014.107: Postcard - Oakbank Village
Black and white photographic postcard of 'Oakbank Village'.LVSAV2014.108: Postcard - "Free Church, Livingston"
B & W printed postcard showing the Free Church in Livingston with people enjoying a rest on its wall.LVSAV2014.109: Postcard - "Almond Bridge, Livingston"
B & W festive-themed printed postcard showing a snow covered Almond Bridge in Livingston.LVSAV2014.110: Postcard - "Livingstone"
B & W photographic postcard showing Livingston village.LVSAV2014.111: Handwritten Letter from ''The Oakbank Oil Company Limited''
Handwritten letter in black ink on cream headed paper.LVSAV2014.112: Postcard - "Aqueduct looking West"
B & W photographic postcard showing a westerly view towards the aqueduct in Broxburn.LVSAV2014.113: Postcard - "Down A Broxburn Shale Mine"
Black and white photographic postcard showing a miner working the shale in a Broxburn shale mineLVSAV2014.114: Postcard - "Old Town, Broxburn"
B & W photographic postcard showing a Broxburn street scene (with 24.12.03 handwritten on the front)LVSAV2014.115: Postcard - "The Famous Broxburn Icicle"
B & W printed postcard showing the famous icicle which formed at the aqueduct which crosses the Almond Water near Linn's Mill, Broxburn in February 1895.LVSAV2014.116: Postcard - "Thirty Six Arches, Broxburn"
Sepia photographic postcard of 'Thirty Six Arches, Broxburn' showing the Almond viaduct.LVSAV2014.117: Postcard - "Oakbank Oil Co's Workman's Bowling Green, Winchburgh"
Black and white printed postcard of the 'Oakbank Oil Co's Workman's Bowling Green, Winchburgh'. Postally used. Dated 25th August 1908[?]LVSAV2014.118: Postcard - "The Smiddy, Winchburgh"
B & W printed postcard showing blacksmiths outside the smiddy in Winchburgh.LVSAV2014.119: Postcard - "Winchburgh - Looking east"
Coloured printed postcard showing a street scene with an adult and a large group of children in Winchburgh.LVSAV2014.120: Postcard - "Main Street looking east, Winchburgh"
B & W photographic postcard showing the terraced houses of Oakbank Oil Company Limited's workers on Main Street, Winchburgh (looking east).LVSAV2014.121: Postcard - "The School, Winchburgh"
Sepia postcard of 'The School, Winchburgh' in West Lothian. In the foreground there are pupils sitting on the school wall with Oakbank Oil Company housing in the background.LVSAV2014.122: Postcard - "Addiewell Workman's Institute, Carpet Bowling Team. Winners of Scottish CBA Cup, 1910"
Black and white photographic postcard showing the Addiewell Workman's Institute, Carpet Bowling Team. Shows a group of 8 men in suits, ties and hats sitting and standing around a table with trophy and 2 carpet bowls on it.LVSAV2014.123: Postcard - "Broxburn, East End"
B & W photographic postcard showing Broxburn's East End.LVSAV2015.001: Postcard - "Main Street, Looking West, West Calder"
B & W printed postcard showing a street scene (Main Street), looking west in West Calder. .LVSAV2015.002: Postcard - "Linns Mill, near Broxburn"
Coloured printed postcard showing Linns Mill.LVSAV2015.003: LVSAV2015.003-book
Book 'The Institution of Mining Engineers. Transactions Vol. 26, 1903-04' edited by M. Walton Brown, Secretary. Newcastle-Upon-Tyne: Published by the Institution. Printed by Andrew Reid & Co., Limited, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne 1905. Pages 121-138 detail the "Description of the Duddingston Shale Mines and the Niddrie Castle Crude-oil Works" by J. Balfour Sneddon and "Mine Dams" by Alexander Faulds. Pages 176-179 detail the discussion of the two papers noted above.LVSAV2015.004: Postcard - Loganlea Colliery
B & W photograph showing Loganlea CollieryLVSAV2015.006: Postcard - "The Co-Operative Buildings, Pumpherston"
Coloured printed postcard showing 'The Co-operative Buildings, Pumpherston'.LVSAV2015.007: Postcard - Allotments at Winchburgh
Black and white photographic postcard of vegetable allotments and pigeon huts with miner's rows of Winchburgh in background.LVSAV2015.008: Postcard - "Niddry Castle Oil Works"
Coloured printed postcard showing Niddry Castle Oil Works.LVSAV2015.009: Postcard - view across Winchburgh
Sepia photographic postcard showing view across row as Winchburgh.LVSAV2015.010: Postcard - "North Village, Pumpherston"
Black and white photographic postcard showing North Village, Pumpherston by A. W. Robertson, Pumpherston, No. 821.LVSAV2015.011: Postcard - "Oil Works, Pumpherston"
Black and white printed postcard showing Pumpherston Oil Works.LVSAV2015.012: Postcard - "Main St, Uphall"
Black and white photographic postcard showing 'Main St, Uphall', looking east from the Oatridge hotel.LVSAV2015.013: Postcard - "Almondell Lodge, East Calder"
Black and white photographic postcard showing Almondell Lodge, East Calder. Pumpherston Oil Works can be seen in the background.LVSAV2015.014: Postcard - "Market Square, Mid Caulder"
B & W photographic postcard showing Market Square, Mid Calder.LVSAV2015.015: Postcard - "Oakbank Oil Works 1"
Black and white photographic postcard showing Oakbank Oil Works.LVSAV2015.016: Postcard - "Winchburgh"
Coloured printed postcard showing a street scene in Winchburgh.LVSAV2015.017: Postcard - "Robin Tamson's Smiddy"
B & W printed postcard showing Robin Tamson and his daughter at work in the Smiddy.LVSAV2015.018: Postcard - "Rocklight Lamp Oil"
Colour illustrated postcard showing a horse-drawn Rocklight Lamp Oil delivery wagon.LVSAV2015.019: Publication - "Linlithgow and Stirlingshire Hunt Club"
8 page booklet for Linlithgow and Stirlingshire Hunt Club.LVSAV2015.020: Slide showing locomotive engine
1 kodachrome colour slide on cardboard mount which depicts '"No. 3 AB 0-4-0ST 1960/1929, Broxburn'. Image shows green steam locomotive tank engine.LVSAV2015.021: Postcard - "Broxburn from Bowling Green"
Coloured printed postcard showing Broxburn from the bowling green. Front depicts bowling green in the foreground with residential area of Broxburn in the background (possibly Greendykes Road).LVSAV2015.022: Postcard - "On Limefield Road, West Calder"
B & W photographic postcard showing dappled light on Limefield Road and shadows cast from the trees (behind raised stone dykes) which line the road on both sides.LVSAV2015.023: Memorial Card - Robert Wight
Funeral card for Robert Wight who died at Burnlea, West Calder on 8th June, 1912.LVSAV2015.024: Handwritten Letter
Handwritten letter on headed paper for Bathville Oil Colliery and Brick Works, dated 31st May 1872.LVSAV2015.025: Book - 'History of West Calder"
Book titled 'History of West Calder Compiled from Various Sources of Information' by a Native. Printed by A.H. Aikman, 'Reporter' Office 1885.LVSAV2015.026: Westwood Pit map
Westwood Pit Map shows Dunnet Seam of the Lands of Wester Breich, Cuthill, Westwood and Auchinhard with the borders of each shown in varying colours. Map has no date, however donor suggests c. 1950s. Scale : 1/2"=66 feet.LVSAV2015.027: Postcard - "Mid Calder From The Bridge"
B & W printed postcard showing a street scene looking towards Mid Calder from the bridge.LVSAV2015.028: Sample Case of Shale Oil Products
Sample Case of black leathercloth / board case marked with gold lettering 'Scottish Oils Ltd. Glasgow'. The case contains 7 sample bottles of shale oil products. All sample bottles appear to still contain original contents, c. 1910.