Work & Industry
Mill operations, workers, and the textile trade
462 items in the archive
Photograph of the head of an alpaca
Alpaca head
photograph
Apollo barge and mill
Apollo barge and mill
photograph
Coal barge on canal
Coal barge on canal
photograph
Spinning
Spinning
photograph
Mill & Railway sidings
Mill & Railway sidings
photograph
L.S.C
L.S.C. certificate
photograph
Photograph shows several large woolcombing machines containing wool
Salts Mill interior - Woolcombing
photograph
Small cloth label for 'Salts Clothing Company' designed by Jonathan Salt plus 2 photocopies of the object & 1 laminated copy
Small cloth label
object
Plastic label for 'Salts (Saltaire) Made in England since 1853' (showing alpaca and Union Flag)
Plastic label
object
Four idenitical 'Salts (Saltaire) Ltd ' glass ashtrays with the Alpaca logo
Salts (Saltaire) Ltd glass ashtrays
object
Pack of 23 'Salts Saltaire, Made in England' tickets, used to label individual pieces of cloth
Salts Saltaire label
object
Set of 5 note pads bearing the 'Salts Saltaire' alpaca logo
Salts Saltaire' note pads
object
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
document
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
document
Illustrated London News article on a concert at St Georges Hall to celebrate opening of Salts Mill
concert at St Georges Hall
document
Original two-sided page from the Illustrated London News article on the opening of Saltaire Mills with illustrations
The opening Salts Mill
document
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
document
Original 'Salts Belwarp' posters
Salt's Belwarp poster
artwork
Pattern Design Book by Fred Bradbury
Pattern Design Book
document
'Salts (Saltaire) Ltd' Booklet with signature of Mrs Morris
Salts (Saltaire) Ltd Brochure
document
Bill for yarn from 'Sir Titus Salt Bart, Sons & Co' July 23rd 1900
Bill for yarn
document
Bill for 'Thick ends' from 'Sir Titus Salt Bart, Sons & Co' March 6th 1900
Bill for Thick ends
document
Photograph of James Roberts addressing a group of workers at Salts Mill c.1900s
James Roberts speaking to workers
photograph
Book for 'Salts (Saltaire) Limited Staff Superannuation Scheme