Items

• 2019.46.37.53: Shipley College photos 1970s

  Black and white photograph (22cm x 15.5cm) of male student in cap, overalls and protective goggles working on a grinding machine
• 2019.46.37.54: Shipley College photos 1970s

  Black and white photograph (20cm x 25.5cm) of man in a white coat working on a model engine at Shipley College Evening Class
• 2019.46.38.1: Shipley College photos 1980s

  Colour photograph (20cm x 25cm) of a bearded man kneeling in overalls and protective eyewear using a hand held tool on metal fencing
• 2019.46.38.2: Shipley College photos 1980s

  Colour photograph (19cm x 26.5cm) of a man in dirty white overalls standing at a green machine
• 2019.46.38.3: Shipley College photos 1980s

  Colour photograph (20cm x 25cm) of a man in glasses and blue overalls operating a large grey machine with dials, red button and '600'
• 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.
• D1-165: Photograph of attendees of a Saltaire Conversazione

  A photograph of a large group of people in Victoria Hall attending a Saltaire Conversazione. The group is posed with people standing, sitting on chairs or sitting on the floor. All are wearing evening-wear.
• 2022.3: An Italian Immigrant Abroad 1950

  Handwitten booklet donated by the author Assuntina De Matteis during a surprise trip back to Saltaire organised by her daughter Rossana Pinto. This is a reminiscence of leaving the Italian village of Montefalcione on 20 March 1950 to travel to Britain to find work. Describes arriving in Britain and travelling to Yorkshire by train. Brief description of working in a mill (unidentified) in Shipley where it was 'very noisy'. Also describes staying in a nearby hostel with other Italian women similarly employed in the mills. Includes copies and transcriptions of postcards sent from Assuntina to her mother as she travelled to Britain. Also inlcudes copies of photographs of Assuntina, friends and of her husband who she met in Britain.
• 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.
• 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.,
• 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.
• 2018.53: Photographs of stone heads on Victoria Hall

  An album containing 17 close-up photographs of heads adorning Victoria Hall in Saltaire. The photographs are featured in the original research on the heads - see C2b-236
• 2018.51: Tree planting by Princess Beatrice

  A group photograph recording the planting of a tree by Princess Beatrice and her husband Prince Henry of Battenburg when they visited Saltaire to preside at the opening of the new School of Art and Science in 1887. The Princess is at the front centre, with Prince Henry on her right and Titus Salt Junior on her left. Three other dignitaries stand behind them. They are stood partly on grass, partly on a rug next to a tree which has just been planted. The location may be Saltaire Park (now Roberts Park) although the Princess was staying at Milner Field, the home of Titus Salt Junior, so it may have been there.
• 2018.45.3.1: Shipley Technical School, Textile Department, frontispiece of work book

  First page from a Shipley Technical School work book for John Love of 26 Shirley Street, Saltaire. Book is for the subject of Spinning for the Winter session 1907-1908. Page is signed by teacher George Long.
• 2019.46.40.1.1: Exhibition Building main entrance

  Colour photo of outside of the main entrance of the Exhibition Building of Shipley College
• 2019.46.40.1.10: Mill Building entrance

  Colour photo of Victoria Road showing the entrance to the Mill Building of Shipley College. This was theformer Dining Hall of Salts Mill.
• 2019.46.40.1.11: Shipley College Annexe

  Colour photo of entrance to the Shipley College Saltaire Road Annexe in Shipley
• 2019.46.40.1.12: Shipley College Annexe

  Colour photo of library in the Shipley College Annexe on Saltaire Road. Counter on the left. Bookshelves, tables, chairs and students on the right. There is a red and white checked floor.