Saltaire Collection

Items

• 2018.42.4: Yorkshire Past and Present Vol. 1. 1873

  4 of 5 volumes of the public ation 'Yorkshire Past and Present'. Containing prints of Rivaulx and Bolton Abbeys and Bradford Wool Exchange. This volume contains the early history of Yorkshire from the Anglo-Saxon period to the 18th century. Includes Daniel Defoes 'Tour of Yorkshire'. Includes the history of the Woollen and Worsted Manufacture of Yorkshire.
• 2018.42.5: Yorkshire Past and Present Vol. 2. 1875

  5 of 5 volumes of the public ation 'Yorkshire Past and Present'. This volume contains the history of several boroughs in Yorkshire, details of the Parliamentary divisions of Yorkshire and prints of Halifax and York, Leeds etc.
• 2018.43: Salts Mill 1890

  Black and white photograph of Salts Mill in 1890 viewed from Green Lane before houses were built. A few houses in the village are visibie, and the Congregatational Church is on the right. Skyline has many trees. Geese are visible in the foreground.
• 2018.44: Living with Buildings, and walking with ghosts'

  A book covering health and architecture and public health
• 2018.45.1: Shipley Technical School, Textile Department, student book, Spinning

  The book is a student work book, which has been beautifully written in Copper plate writing. It has been used to record the lesson on Spinning, detailing the process with images, that the student learnt at Shipley Technical School, which later became Shipley College. Many students at the college went to work in the Mill and then attended classes in the evening.
• 2018.45.2: Shipley Technical School, Textile Department, student book, Spinning

  The book is a student work book, which has been beautifully written in Copper plate writing. It has been used to record the lesson on Spinning, detailing the process with images, that the student learnt at Shipley Technical School, which later became Shipley College. Many students at the college went to work in the Mill and then attended classes in the evening.
• 2018.45.3: Shipley Technical School, Textile Department, student book, Spinning

  The book is a student work book, which has been beautifully written in Copper plate writing. It has been used to record the lesson on Spinning, detailing the process with images, that the student learnt at Shipley Technical School, which later became Shipley College. Many students at the college went to work in the Mill and then attended classes in the evening.
• 2018.45.3.1: Shipley Technical School, Textile Department, frontispiece of work book

  First page from a Shipley Technical School work book for John Love of 26 Shirley Street, Saltaire. Book is for the subject of Spinning for the Winter session 1907-1908. Page is signed by teacher George Long.
• 2018.46: Photograph of a Saltaire trolley bus

  Small photograph of a Saltaire Trolley bus Route No. 80. The bus has folding doors. Registration number DKY 737
• 2018.47: The Victorian Town Child

  A book covering the life of children in the Victoran Age
• 2018.48: A Dictionary of Neglected Artists

  A Dictionary of Neglected Artists Working 1880-1950 by Jeremy Wood
• 2018.49: The History of the Mill Hill School Foundation 1807-2007

  The History of the Mill Hill School Foundation 1807-2007 by Roderick Braithwaite. Titus Salt Junior attended this school for two years up to 1855. His brothers William Henry, George, Edward and Herbert also attended. The School was an independent school in London set up to provide education to the dissenting (non-Church of England) familes and so was suitable for the Congregtationalist Salt family. This book is a history of the school written by the school's archivist.
• 2018.50: A box of photographic slides relating to Saltaire

  A box containing approximately 100 colour 35mm slides of Saltaire and Bradford in the 20th/21st century.
• 2018.54: Aerial photograph of Saltaire

  Large black and white aerial photograph showing Saltaire, Salts Mill, and lower Baildon
• 2018.55: Sir Titus Salt Bart. Sons and Co Limited

  Promotional booklet for the Salt company. Booklet is similar to others from the same time but has text in French. Contains photographs of processes in the mill. Has two pages of introductory text.
• 2018.56: Saltaire

  Souvenir booklet for the visit of King George V and Queen Mary on 29 May 1918 to Salts Mill. The Mill had recently been purchased from James Roberts by a group of local businessmen whose photographs are featured in the booklet. It also contains photographs of Salts Mill, and a brief textual history of the mill and Saltaire. There is a plan of the mill site with different areas identified. The booklet contains a brief desciption, photographs of processes in the mill, and a plan of the mill showing the location of various processes. In the centre pages there is an artist's impression of the King and Queen in the Burling and Mending room.
• 2018.57: Cloth from Great Britain

  Promotional brochure for the subsidary companies of Illingworth, Morris Group. There is some brief introductory text. There are individual double-page presentations for each of the companies. One page features samples of cloth produced by the company. The other page is a photograph of a 'typical' scene from the Britain of the time. Salts (Saltaire) Limited is featured on pages 32-33. There is an index of overseas agents at the back of the book. Companies included: - Broadhead and Graves Limited - John and Thomas Clark Limited - J and J Crombie Limited - Josiah France Limited - Hunt and Winterbotham Limited - Kemp and Hewitt Limited - Learoyd Brothers Limited - R G Neill and Sons Limite - Pepper, Lee and Company Limited - William Playne and Company Limited - Reid and Welsh Limited - Salts (Saltaire) Limited 1 - Salts (Saltaire) Limited 2 - Samuel Salter and Company Limited - Strachan and Company Limited - James Sykes and Son Limited - Sykes and Hebblethwaite Limited
• 2018.58: Photograph of disused lift

  A card folder containing a photograph of a disused lift. There are metal concertina doors with various pieces of wood and electrial wiring visible.
• 2018.59: Drawings of historic buildings

  A collection of six black and white drawings of historic buildings in the Bradford district. Includes one drawing of Saltaire Mills.
• 2018.6: Photograph of nurses on a Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. lorry

  Photograph of nurses riding on the back of a Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. lorry, with a lady in a hat in the cab and a man standing by the lorry holding a child.