Bowtell Collection
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- COL6
- Title
- Bowtell Collection
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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
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Items
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B1-032/4/20: Spinning 2 Photograph shows a spinning room. A man whose image is blurred stands on the left with two women on the right. Three baskets are visible in the front left. -
B1-032/4/21: Spinning 3 Photograph shows the full length of the spinning room with spinning machinery -
B1-032/4/22: Spinning 4 Photograph shows spinning room with spinning machinery down the right hand side of the room. The backs of two women are visible with two others facing front at the rear of the photograph. -
B1-032/4/23: Ring twisting Photograph shows twisting machinery -
B1-032/4/24: Warping 1 Photograph shows a section of a warping room with 7 people working at the machinery -
B1-032/4/25: Warping 2 Photograph shows warping machinery. 5 people can be seen in the photograph - 3 male and 2 female. 3 wicker baskets are visible to the left of the photograph -
B1-032/4/27: Weaving 1 Photograph shows part of a weaving shed with lots of lampshades hanging above the machinery -
B1-032/4/28: Weaving 2 Photograph shows a weaving room full of weaving machinery. 2 weaving machines are visible at the front of the photograph. A very small wicker basket can be seen between the two machines -
B1-032/4/29: Weaving 3 Photograph shows weaving shed from above. A lampshade is visible in the centre front of the photograph with a line of others behind it. Some bobbins full of thread are to the left of the lampshades -
B1-032/4/30: Weaving (4) Photograph shows a weaving shed covered in bunting. To the right of the picture are some coat hooks. On the back of the photograph are the words ' 'Telegraph' photograph copyright' -
B1-032/4/31: Weaving (5) Close up of a weaving machine with dark coloured cloth and dark coloured yarn on bobbins on the right hand side of the machine -
B1-032/4/32: Hank winding Photograph shows close ups of four workers standing among machines. There are 6 cupboards containing yarn. The cupboard in the foreground is piled with bobbins. There are 4 baskets to the right of the picture. The back of the photograph says ' A corner of a meeting room' -
B1-032/4/33: Finishing Photograph shows finishing machinery. On the left hand side a man stands behind a small machine with a group of four men behind him. To the right stands a manwith his left arm behind his back. -
B1-032/4/34: Burling and mending Photograph shows a number of burling and mending tables with a large pile of grey pieces (unfinished cloth) in the foreground. The room is decorated with bunting and decorations -
B1-032/4/35: Dyeing (1) Photograph shows New Mill. Three men are holding a piece of cloth to the right of a wheeled truck. In the background workers stand in front of dyeing machinery. There are two piles of cloth in the foreground - the left is piled with white cloth, the right with darker cloth. -
B1-032/4/36: Dyeing (2) The photograph shows a male worker standing to the left of the picture behind a table piled with two different types of coloured cloth. A piece of cloth is suspended over his head. A group of men are in the background -
B1-032/4/37: Finishing and washing Photograph shows the finishing room with two men holding a length of white cloth. There is another pile of white cloth to the left of the photograph. To the right is a truck containing coloured cloth with a step ladder behind it -
B1-032/4/38: Packing and despatch (1) Photograph shows a number of men packing yarn. There is a man in the centre of the photograph with his foot on a wheeled trolley with two bales of yarn in front. Behind him are two men leaning on a crate. To the left of the photo is a suited man watching the proceedings. He is standing beneath a clock. -
B1-032/4/39: Packing and despatch (2) Photograph shows piles of cloth both packed and unpacked. There are six packages to the left of the photograph with six piles of unwrapped cloth in the middle. A man stands to the left of some hats and coats with 3 dark suited men behind him and another man behind a table holding some cloth.