Items · Saltaire Collection

2018.14: The Silentman

Poster for 'The Silentman', a play by Ian Byfield, produced by the Saltaire Youth Theatre, mid-late 20th century.

2018.23.1: Saltaire Cricket Pavillion commemorative plate

Plate decorated with 'Saltaire Cricket Pavillion, Merrie England Bazaar 1927' transfer.

2018.23.2: Saltaire Cricket Pavillion commemorative plate

Plate decorated with 'Saltaire Cricket Pavillion, Merrie England Bazaar 1927' transfer.

2018.3.30: Annual Conversazione and Ball at Saltaire

Original page from The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, of black and white drawings of the High School, and the Institute in a London Newspaper on the Conversazione at Saltaire

2018.33: china jug

Small ornamental souvenier jug decorated with a view of a valley with a stream running through it. Above this its given the title in the Glen Saltaire.

2018.36.6: Princess Beatrice, and her husband Prince Henry of Batenburg planting a tree.

Black and white tinted large framed photograph of Princess Beatrice, and her husband Prince Henry of Battenburg planting a tree. The tree planting may have been at either Milner Field or in what is now Roberts Park. The tree planting was part of the Royal visit to open the Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition in 1887 to celebrate the opening of the new School of Art and Science in Saltaire.

2018.36.7: Prince & Princess of Wales planting a tree in Saltaire Park

Original photograph of the Prince (the future Edward VII) and Princess of Wales planting a tree in Saltaire Park (now Roberts Park) The royal couple have arrived in a carriage (visibile in the background) and have walked along a hall rug to a tree to be planted. Prince Edward holds an umberella, and a cigarette, while Princess Alexandra holds the spade. Members of ths Salt family including Titus Salt Junior, his wife Catherine and their children Lawrence and Isabel stand to the right of the couple. ( A3-052 is a different version of this photograph with another chld visible).

2018.40.20: Salt Schools - Girls High School Children's Evening programme, Victoria Hall

Copy of the programe for the 'Salt Schools - Girls High School Children's Evening programme, in the Victoria Hall'. Decorated with pen and ink drawings. The programe was a short story of Cinderela and King Midas with dances and music.

2018.47: The Victorian Town Child

A book covering the life of children in the Victoran Age