Saltaire Collection

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Identifier
COL54
Title
Saltaire Collection
Description
The core collection. If an item is not in one of the other collections then it is in this one.
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  • 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. Image credit: Saltaire Collection2022.82: 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.
  • 2022.84: Portrait of Arthur Hill
    Framed oil painting of Arthur Hill, a director of Salts (Saltaire) Limited when it was first listed as a public company in 1923. The portrait is of Hill in older age.
  • 2022.85: Bible stories for children
    A hard backed book of stories from the new testament, as retold by Blanche Winder. Inlcudes eight coloured plates by Harry G Theaker. Bookplate in the inside front page states the book was presented to Doris Milner in 1923 as a prize for good attendance at the Sunday School, Saltaire Congregational Church.
  • 2022.86: Never say die! A public school story
    A hard backed novel by Gunby Hadath. Bookplate in the inside front page states the book was presented to Doris Milner in 1915 as a special prize for punctual attendance at the Sunday School, Saltaire Congregational Church.
  • 2022.87: Terry the girl-guide
    A hard backed novel by Dorothea Moore. Includes foreward by Agnes Baden-Powell Bookplate in the inside front page states the book was presented to Doris Milner in 1925 as a prize for attendance at the Sunday School, Saltaire Congregational Church.
  • 2022.88: Granny's wonderful chair
    A hard backed collection of short stories for children. Bookplate in the inside front page states the book was presented to Doris Milner in 1925 as a prize for good attendance at the Sunday School, Saltaire Congregational Church.
  • 2022.89: A madcap schoolgirl
    A hard backed novel by Alys Chatwin. Bookplate in the inside front page states the book was presented to Doris Milner in 1927 as a prize for good attendance at the Sunday School, Saltaire Congregational Church during 1926-1927.
  • 2022.90: The taming of Teresa
    A hard backed novel by Margaret C. Field. Bookplate in the inside front page states the book was presented to Doris Milner in 1929 as a prize for regular attendance at the Sunday School, Saltaire Congregational Church during 1929.
  • 2023.7: Offer of employment letter
    A typed letter from Salts (Saltaire) Limited offering employment as a Sales Analysis Clerk to Mrs D. A. Rand. Includes hours of work, holiday entitelement and salary.,
  • 2024.1: Lithograph of Salts Mill
    Black and white paper lithograph pasted to a cardboard backing. Image is of Salts Mill and village as it existed in the mid 1800s
  • 2024.11: House history for 69 George Street Saltaire
    A history in 5 parts of 69 George Street, Saltaire, with a sixth file of sources. Covers the history from its building in 1856 as part of the first phase of house building in Saltaire.