Saltaire Collection

Items

• 2021.8: Salt & Saltaire by WE Alderson

  Book - Salt & Saltaire by William Edward Alderson containing text and mainly modern coloured photographs of Saltaire. Information on Dr Alderson in the Foreward.
• 2022.1: Royal Yorkshire Exhibition 'Saltaire 1887' silk scarf

  Silk scarf printed with 'Royal Yorkshire Exhibition 'Saltaire 1887' surrounding the Salt Coat of Arms, multiple times. See also 2021.2 for a similar item.
• 2022.18: Share certificate of the Bradford Cemetery Company

  Share certificate for the Bradford Cemetery Company in the name of Titus Salt of Crow Nest (Halifax). Face value of three pounds and sixpence. Dated May 1852.
• 2022.19: Yorkshire: Pictorial memories

  A book of black and white photographs from the commercial archive of Francis Frith and Company. Frith establshed a business in th 1860s to photograph every town and village in Britain and provide them for the public to buy. The book includes views of many places across Yorkshire. It includes two photographs of Saltaire on page 28: the railway station with a train arriving and Salts Mill visible in the background; Saltaire (later Roberts) Park along the promenade with the bandstand visible and two women with a pram in the foreground.
• 2022.2: Saltaire And Its Founder by Abraham Holroyd

  An account of Titus Salt and the founding of Saltaire
• 2022.20: Bygone Bradford

  A book of black and white photographs from the commercial archive of the Bradford Telegraph and Argus newspaper. The book includes views of many events and places in Bradford and the surrounding areas. Includes the following photographs relevant to Saltaire: page 113, the statue of Sir Titus Salt in its original position outside Bradford Town Hall (it is now located in Lister Park in the outskirts of Bradford); page 115, Salts (Saltaire) LImited private fire brigade pictured with their fire engine in 1939; page 127, the Salts Silver Band in the village in 1931.
• 2022.21: Memories of Bradford: Wonderfully nostalgic images of Bradford people, places and events, 1930 to 1970

  A book of black and white photographs mainly from the commercial archive of Wood Visual Communications, Bradford. The book includes an 'At work' section which has several images of people involved in various parts of the textiles industry.
• 2022.22: Gordon Terrace, Saltaire and the Saltaire Picture House

  A wooden picture frame containing two photographic picture postcards of scenes from Saltaire. The upper postcard shows Gordon Terrace, a parade of shops along the main road at the top of Saltaire; some shops have awnings extended. The second postcard shows the Saltaire Picture House, now demolished.
• 2022.4: Bookbinding

  'The Artistic Crafts Series of Technical Handbooks : Bookbinding' by Douglas Cockerell, with text and drawings
• 2022.5: Wallpaper : Its History, Design and Use

  Wallpaper : Its History, Design and Use by Phyllis Ackerman - Includes text and black and white illustrations
• 2022.6: Decorations with Duresco Water Paint

  Text and illustrations on the use of Duresco water paints in the internal decorations in churches and houses
• 2022.7: Scribbling and Carding

  A book on the technical aspects of Scribbling and Carding by G.R. Smith. Stamped inside with 'Stuart Bros Ltd, Ashley Mills, Shipley'. Includes text and black and white illustrations.
• 2022.72: Photographic postcards of Saltaire and Shipley from the early twentieth centuries

  Black and white photographic postcards of various scenes in and near Saltaire and Shipley. Includes: a view of Salts Mill from the United Reformed Church; the bandstand and the status of Sir Titus Salt in Roberts Park; the canal lock near Hirst Wood (about a mile from Saltaire); Market Place in Shipley; the Otley Road bridge over the river AIre in Shipley.
• 2022.73: Gramophone recording of service at Saltaire Congregational Church 1959

  A gramophone recording of the service on Sunday April 5 1959 held at Saltaire Congregational Church. The sleeve of the record is annotated with details of the recording. The preacher was the Reverend W H Watson, moderator of the North East Province. The service was tansmitted by ABC Television Limited on APril 12 1959 between 11.15 and 12.15.
• 2022.75: A mansion for murder, by Frances Brody

  A novel by Frances Brody. A fictional story partly set at Milner Field the marital home of Titus Salt Junior and Catherine Salt.
• 2022.79: Small ceramic bell

  A 5cm high ceramic bell-shaped ornament featuring the Salt family emblem (a coat of arms) in colour
• 2022.80: Two Salts of Saltaire clothes brushes

  Two 'Salts of Saltaire' branded clothes brushes. Including 'IM' logo for Illingworth, Morris & Company which were the corporate owners from 1958 until the 1980s.
• 2022.81: Sir Titus Salt Bart 1874 coin token

  Sir Titus Salt Bart 1874 metal coin token. Sir Titus on the front, impression of his new statue in Bradford on the reverse. Likely to have been minted to commemorate the opening of the statue.
• 2022.82: Two Salts (Saltaire) Limited metal badges

  A Salts (Saltaire) Ltd enamelled metal badge made for the Saltaire centenary in 1953. The badge is mainly oval with a black background and bearing the company logo consisting of a drawing of an alpaca and the words 'CENTENARY 1883-1953'. A scroll with a white background is underneath the oval and contains the words 'SALTS (SALTAIRE) LTD'
• 2022.83: Salts (Saltaire) Limited metal key fob

  An enamelled metal key fob in the shape of a pointed shield. It has a black background bearing the Salts (Saltaire) Limited logo, consisting of a drawing of an alpaca with the words 'SALTS (SALTAIRE) LTD' underneath.