Work & Industry
Mill operations, workers, and the textile trade
462 items
Hopper Feed on right of photo full of scoured wool going into the carding engine
Carding 2 Hopper Feed
photograph
Photograph shows the finishing room with two men holding a length of white cloth
Finishing and washing
photograph
Photograph shows a number of burling and mending tables with a large pile of grey pieces (unfinished cloth) in the foreground
Burling and mending
photograph
A collection of essays covering the years 1890-1895 produced by members of the Bradford Antiquarian Society
The Bradford Antiquary Vol.11
document
2 strips of netting decorated with 7 repeated feather and scallop designs
Strips of heavily beaded cream netting
object
Original retailers display card for a silk covered Collar Support
Card to display a collar support
document
Photograph shows close ups of four workers standing among machines
Hank winding
photograph
A book on the technical aspects of Scribbling and Carding by G.R
Scribbling and Carding
document
A collection of essays covering the years 1878-1888 produced by members of the Bradford Antiquarian Society
The Bradford Antiquary Vol.1
document
Printed copy of a drawing of Salts Mill from Victoria Road
Saltaire Images of Places
photograph
Small machine in left foreground together with carding engines in shed
Carding 1
photograph
Black silk collar with 4 stiffening cords running horizontally with vertical tortoiseshell stiffening banc to centre
Mourning Collar and Sash
object
A newspaper cutting book compiled by (or on behalf of) James Roberts
James Roberts Newspaper cuttings book
document
Postcard showing coloured drawing Salts Mill from Victoria Road, including fields, train line and Victoria Road
Drawing of Salts Mill, Saltaire
postcard
A photograph of Oxenhope Mill where Sir James Roberts first worked as a boy.
Oxenhope Mill: James Roberts' first employment
photograph
Photograph of the naming of the new Turbo-generator by the grandchildren of James Roberts
Naming the new turbo-generator Mary
photograph
A paper read before the Society of Arts London by George Ledger
'The Alpaca - Its Introduction to Australia
document
Photograph of Shipley Technical School on Exhibition Road in Saltaire taken from nearby Caroline Street
Shipley Technical School viewed from Caroline Street
photograph
Enrolment poster for Shipley School of Art 'Art, Craft & Trade Courses' (Sept
Enrolment poster for Shipley School of Art '
artwork
Copy of a notice 'Saltaire: The Evening Schools are now Open' (1867)
Saltaire: The Evening Schools are now Open
artwork
Small paper-bound booklet 'Technical Institute: Opening of the new Engineering Department by Ernest Parkinson (21st October 1932)
Opening of the new Engineering Department
document
15 copies of Vocational Coures for Shipley, Bingley & Baildon 1966-1979 (m-n missing)
Shipley College Documents
document
Small laminated photograph & letter of Miss Byles with a pony & trap and thank-you letter for her retirement present from Salts High School Old Girls (15th Se
Harriet Byles with her pony and trap, and letter of thanks
photograph
Illuminated Address and Presentation book for George Morrell on the occcasion of his retirement