Bowtell Collection
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- 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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B1-032/5/58: Aerial views of Saltaire Mill as prints (2) Close up aerial view of Saltaire Mill. It has No. 4 written in the bottom right hand corner and a circle punched out in the bottom left. -
B1-032/5/59: Aerial views of Saltaire Mill as prints (3) The print shows an aerial view of Saltaire Mill including the railway sidings. 'Saltaire Mill' is printed on the bottom right -
B1-032/5/5a: Postcard and 3 copies of Mill offices and bridge over the river The photograph shows the Mill offices with two men standing by the railings -
B1-032/5/6: Salts Mill with the railway sidings (1) Close up of Salts Mill with the railway sidings to the right of the photograph. Railways trucks can be seen. A street lamp on a wall is in the foreground. -
B1-032/5/60: Photograph of people coming out of the mill into Victoria Road (1920s?)Workers walking up Victoria Road. Children can be seen in the front left of the picture. A clear sign saying 'Anniversary Reverand William Paxton Oliver A Thornton' is visible
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B1-032/5/61: Photograph of people coming out of Salts Mill into Victoria Road (1920s?) (2)Slightly blurred photograph of workers coming out of Salts Mill into Victoria Road. A number of children can be seen in the front of the photograph. Very few of the faces can be clearly seen. A sign to the right says 'Anniversary Reverand William Paxton'
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B1-032/5/7: Salts Mill with the railway sidings (2) Close up of the mill chimney with the railway sidings in the foreground -
B1-032/5/8: Salts Mill yard entrance (c. 1920s) Close up of the entrance to Upper Mill yard. Three men can be seen in the photograph, one standing by the gate, the others by the Mill wall -
B1-032/5/9: Workers leaving Salts Mill (c 1920s) A photograph of workers leaving the upper Mill yard. The photograph is blurred in places although the faces of the workerss are clearly visible. A man can be seen holding onto a ladder with his face between the rungs on the lefthand side. -
B1-032/6/10: Salts Mill : Volume Six : Collection of Christmas Cards from the Directors of Salts (Saltaire) Ltd Painting of Saltaire Congregational Church -
B1-032/6/7a-b: Salts Mill : Volume Six : Collection of Christmas Cards from the Directors of Salts (Saltaire) Ltd2 Architects coloured perspective prints of Saltaire Mills 1850
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B1-032/6/8: Salts Mill : Volume Six : Collection of Christmas Cards from the Directors of Salts (Saltaire) LtdSalts Mill display of cloth at the Great Exhibition 1851
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B1-082a,c: Salts (Saltaire) Ltd marketing booklet An advertising booklet for Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Contains text briefly describing the history of the business, but mainly concerning the workings of Salts Mill and the new mill at Uddingston, Scotland at the time of publication. Contains many photographs of mill machinery being used to produce textiles. Also includes photographs of amenities provided by the business including: a hostel for women workers; a clinic; leisure sports facilities in nearby sports grounds and Roberts Park. There is some coverage at the end of the booklet of the new factory at Uddingston.
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