2018.56: Saltaire

Item

2018.56: Saltaire
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
Has Format
image
Persistent address
https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/14167
IIIF logo IIIF manifest
Version 2:
https://explore.saltairecollection.org/iiif-presentation/2/item/14167/manifest
Version 3:
https://explore.saltairecollection.org/iiif-presentation/3/item/14167/manifest
Item sets
Saltaire Collection

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