The collection comprises 29 prints of crayon drawings (mostly in black and white, or monochrome blue, green or red crayon) by T.W. Hammond, published in 1926 as 'Nottingham Past and Present' by Nottingham Civic Society. The drawings recall street scenes and views of architectural and industrial environments in and around Nottingham in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It comprises:
Old Trent Bridge, east side, 1870 (MS 216/1)
Old Trent Bridge, west side, 1870 (MS 216/2)
Old Trent Bridge and waterworks, 1868 (MS 216/3)
The canal from Carrington Street Bridge, 1885 (MS 216/4)
Nottingham from the Meadows, 1923 (MS 216/5)
The Castle Lodge before restoration, 1902 (MS 216/6)
Terrace steps, the Castle, 1892 (MS 216/7)
Cheapside, 1907 (MS 216/8)
High Street, 1902 (MS 216/9)
Corner of St Peter's Gate and Bridlesmith Gate, 1882 (MS 216/10)
Mill Street, Wollaton Street, 1914 (MS 216/11)
The corner of Market Street and Parliament Street, 1890 (MS 216/12)
Charlotte Street, 1895 (MS 216/13)
Cur Lane, 1875 (MS 216/14)
Middle Marsh, 1889 (MS 216/15)
High Pavement, 1895 (MS 216/16)
Middle Pavement, 1900 [coloured] (MS 216/17)
Brewhouse Yard, 1872 (MS 216/18)
Vista, Castle Gate, 1921 (MS 216/19)
The Marsh Farm, 1887 (MS 216/20)
Midland Station, Station Street, 1889 (MS 216/21)
St Paul's Church, George Street, 1922 (MS 216/22)
The White Rents, Leen Side, 1886 (MS 216/23)
Windmill, Sneinton, 1890 (MS 216/24)
The Manor House, Sneinton, 1890 (MS 216/25)
The Trent Bridge Inn, 1885 (MS 216/26)
The Salutation Inn, Hounds Gate, 1911 (MS 216/27)
The Old Moot Hall, Wheeler Gate, 1896 (MS 216/28)
White Hart Inn, Lenton, 1889 (MS 216/29)