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Mill operations, workers, and the textile trade

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Alpaca head

Photograph of the head of an alpaca

Alpaca head

photograph
Apollo barge and mill

Apollo barge and mill

Apollo barge and mill

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Coal barge on canal

Coal barge on canal

Coal barge on canal

photograph
Spinning

Spinning

Spinning

photograph
Mill & Railway sidings

Mill & Railway sidings

Mill & Railway sidings

photograph
L.S.C. certificate

L.S.C

L.S.C. certificate

photograph
Salts Mill interior - Woolcombing

Photograph shows several large woolcombing machines containing wool

Salts Mill interior - Woolcombing

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Small cloth label

Small cloth label for 'Salts Clothing Company' designed by Jonathan Salt plus 2 photocopies of the object & 1 laminated copy

Small cloth label

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Plastic label

Plastic label for 'Salts (Saltaire) Made in England since 1853' (showing alpaca and Union Flag)

Plastic label

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Salts (Saltaire) Ltd glass ashtrays

Four idenitical 'Salts (Saltaire) Ltd ' glass ashtrays with the Alpaca logo

Salts (Saltaire) Ltd glass ashtrays

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Salts Saltaire label

Pack of 23 'Salts Saltaire, Made in England' tickets, used to label individual pieces of cloth

Salts Saltaire label

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Salts Saltaire' note pads

Set of 5 note pads bearing the 'Salts Saltaire' alpaca logo

Salts Saltaire' note pads

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On the Application of Cast & Wrought Iron to Building Purposes

Copy of 'On the Application of Cast & Wrought Iron to Building Purposes' by William Fairbairn (US edition)

On the Application of Cast & Wrought Iron to Building Purposes

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On the Application of Cast Iron to Building Purposes

The Saltaire section of: 'On the Application of Cast Iron to Building Purposes' by the leadign Victorian mill engineer William Fairbairn

On the Application of Cast Iron to Building Purposes

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concert at St Georges Hall

Illustrated London News article on a concert at St Georges Hall to celebrate opening of Salts Mill

concert at St Georges Hall

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The opening Salts Mill

Original two-sided page from the Illustrated London News article on the opening of Saltaire Mills with illustrations

The opening Salts Mill

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Salts (Saltaire) Ltd - A Wool Record Survey

A public relations brochure detailing the major modernisation of textile machinery and processes in Salts Mill during the early 1970s

Salts (Saltaire) Ltd - A Wool Record Survey

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Salt's Belwarp poster

Original 'Salts Belwarp' posters

Salt's Belwarp poster

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Pattern Design Book

Pattern Design Book by Fred Bradbury

Pattern Design Book

document
Salts (Saltaire) Ltd Brochure

'Salts (Saltaire) Ltd' Booklet with signature of Mrs Morris

Salts (Saltaire) Ltd Brochure

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Bill for yarn

Bill for yarn from 'Sir Titus Salt Bart, Sons & Co' July 23rd 1900

Bill for yarn

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Bill for Thick ends

Bill for 'Thick ends' from 'Sir Titus Salt Bart, Sons & Co' March 6th 1900

Bill for Thick ends

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James Roberts speaking to workers

Photograph of James Roberts addressing a group of workers at Salts Mill c.1900s

James Roberts speaking to workers

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Superannuation scheme book

Book for 'Salts (Saltaire) Limited Staff Superannuation Scheme

Superannuation scheme book

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