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2018.56: Saltaire

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Identifier: 2018.56
Title: Saltaire
Type: booklet
Format: printed
Date Created: 1918
Creator: William Byles and Sons
Place created: Bradford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Description: 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 artists impression of the King and QUeen in the Burling and Mending room.
Subject: Salts Mill; Textile industry; Royal visit
Associated person or organisation: Sir Titus Salt Bart. Sons & Co Limited
Associated place or event: Salts Mill, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Source: Gift: Firth, Levi

Item sets: Saltaire Collection

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