Bowtell Collection

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Identifier: COL6
Title: Bowtell Collection
Description: Albert Bowtell worked in the accounts department of Salts Mill for 28 years up to its end as a textile mill in 1985. He was very interested in the history of the textiles business and gave illustrated, entertaining talks on the story of Saltaire.

Albert sadly died in 2003 but in 2007 his widow Joyce kindly donated his extensive archive of photographs, original documents, Salts-company objects and newscuttings.
Associated person or organisation: Bowtell, Albert E
Additional information: Introduction to the Bowtell Collection
Type: Collection

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B1-178a-b: Aerial photograph of Saltaire Mills
2 copies of an aerial photograph of Salts Mills
B1-179: Salts Mill and village
Photograph of Salts Mill & the village of Saltaire.
B1-180a-d: Salts Mill
4 small postcards showing an early print of the mill
B1-181: Salts Mill
Set of 6 photographs of a museum display in Salts mill
B1-182: Salts Mill
Photograph of a small trunk with a print of Salts Mill mounted inside the lid
B1-183a,b,d: Salts Mill
Transfer print 'Superfine All Wool' logo with 2 sheep & flags
B1-184: Salts Mill
Burling iron
B1-185: Salts Mill
Burling iron
B1-510: Salts Mill
Collection of 11 'Saltaire Fabric' Key Rings
B1-511: Wool sample
A sample of raw white wool
B1-512a-c: Cloths Brush
Three 'Salts of Saltaire' cloths brushes. They were probably used by representative of Salts as marketing tools.
B1-513: Wool sample
A sample of raw brown wool
B1-514a-d: Salts (Saltaire) Ltd glass ashtrays
Four idenitical 'Salts (Saltaire) Ltd ' glass ashtrays with the Alpaca logo. They were probably used by representative of Salts as marketing tools.
B1-515a-b: Salts Mill
2 'Salts Saltaire' leather covered clip-boards
B1-516a-d: Salts (Saltaire) bags
4 plastic 'Salts (Saltaire)' bags
B1-517: Shipley College' shopping bag
1 linen Shipley College' shopping bag
B1-518: Salts Mill
1 linen 'Saltaire Victorian Village' tea-towel
B1-519: Salts Saltaire' note pads
Set of 5 note pads bearing the 'Salts Saltaire' alpaca logo. These appear to be office notepads with tear-off sheets. The business address, Telephone, Telex and Telgram numbers are on the bottom border.
B1-520: Salts Saltaire label
Pack of 23 'Salts Saltaire, Made in England' tickets, used to label individual pieces of cloth. Brown printed labels, with the company information and the alpaca trade mark on the front and boxes for specific fabric information on the reverse.
B1-521: label
Pack of 18 'Salts Saltaire Ltd - Quality Tested Fabrics' tickets, used to label individual pieces of cloth.

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