2024.72: The Garnett Story 1831-1962 by E Philip Dobson

Identifier: 2024.72
Title: The Garnett Story 1831-1962 by E Philip Dobson
Type: book
Format: printed
Date Created: 1962
Creator: William Sessions Ltd, The Ebor Press
Place created: York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Description: A hard backed book, illustrated and subtitled The History of a Yorkshire Worsted and Woollen Business Through Four Generations. Published to celebrate the 130th anniversary of the Garnett-owned textile business, from its earliest foundations in the late eighteenth century up to the mid twentieth century. Contains a history of the textile business.

Appendix A describes the processes of woollen and worsted manufacture in the early Victorian age. A detailed family history of the Garnett family can be found at the back of the book.
Subject: Textile industry; Yorkshire history
Source: Gift: Barlow, Marcus
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