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2024.133: Crow Nest entrance gate A photograph of the entrance to Crow Nest, a favoured home of Sir Titus Salt. One side of teh entrance lodge is visible next to an open metal gate and a roadway beyond. -
2024.134: Frontal view of Crow Nest house A photograph of the full front of Crow Nest, a favoured home of Sir Titus Salt. There is a large central part to the house and two wings. -
2024.135: Rear view of Crow Nest house A photograph of the rear of the central part of Crow Nest, a favoured home of Sir Titus Salt. The photograph shows the central part of the building with a garden and fencing in front. -
2024.136: Rear view of Crow Nest house A photograph of the rear of the central part of Crow Nest, a favoured home of Sir Titus Salt. The photograph shows the central part of the building with a garden in front. A large glass-fronted conservatory is visible on the left. -
2024.137: Crow Nest lake A photograph of the small lake at Crow Nest, a favoured home of Sir Titus Salt. A rowing boat is visible on the lake. The lake is surrounded by plants and trees. -
2024.138: Crow Nest room with desk A photograph of a large room in Crow Nest, a favoured home of Sir Titus Salt. A large, ornate desk is in teh foreground. Two large portraits, restiing on the floor, are on the left wall. A large bookshelf is visible in teh rear. -
2024.139: Crow Nest dining room A photograph of a large room in Crow Nest, a favoured home of Sir Titus Salt. A large dining table with chairs is the main part of the picture. A fireplace is on the right, and paintings and a mirror are visible on the walls. -
2024.14: Brimstone and treacle A large format book featuring the art of Govinder Nazran. Govinder. Govinder lived in Saltaire and was a graphic designer and artist. Govinder was well known for his depiction of cats and dogs and other mammals, often depicted in a Rothkoesque style. There are many examples in the book. -
2024.140: Crow Nest room A photograph of a room in Crow Nest, a favoured home of Sir Titus Salt. An oval table with flowers in jars is in the centre of the photograph. Open interior doors on teh left and right show other rooms. -
2024.141: Domestic Pests: What they are and how to remove them A book by Laura Hunter on the biology of various domestic pests. Deals with their appearance (with many illustrations), and their lifecycles. Gives advice on preventing and dealing with infestations. The author Lura Hunter (nee Thorpe) was born in 1897 and brought up in Baildon, near Saltaire. She attended Salt Girls High School and went on to study for a B.Sc. at the University of Liverpool. She graduated in 1919. See also 2024.142 for a brief biography of Laura Hunter. -
2024.143: Old Ordnance Survey Map Shipley & Saltaire 1906 A reproduction of the 1906 Ordnance Survey Map, part of the Godfrey Edition. Yorkshire Sheet 201.11. On the back of the map there is modern text of a brief history of Shipley from 1775 up to the first years of the twentieth century. There is also a reproduction of a street index of Shipley from 1906. -
2024.148.2: Garden Craftsmen advert from the Heaton Review. Article produced to celebrate the centenary year of Salts Tennis Club by Jim Dyer. An A4 photocopy of an advert from the Heaton Review advertising Conways Ltd, a landscape business from Halifax. The advert features a photograph of the Salts Tennis Club and includes a comment 'considered by experts to be one of the finest recreation grounds in Yorkshire'.
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