2018.56: Saltaire

Item

Identifier
2018.56
Title
Saltaire
Type
Format
Date Created
1918
Creator
William Byles and Sons
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.
Associated person or organisation
Source
Gift: Firth, Levi