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Weavers' Union Executive Committee, 1875 - 1988

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Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Blackburn 32

Scope and Contents

Group photograph of twelve women, members of The Weavers' Union Executive Committee, 1875:
1) 1 x sepia print, 1875 (6cm x 10cm), mounted on board;
2) 1 x b/w copy print (11.5cm x 18cm), of unknown date;
3) Photocopy of Chapter V 'Draft from an Old Minute Book' taken from 'A short account of the rise and progress of the Heavy Woollen District Branch of the General Union of Textile Workers' by Ben Turner, 1917.


Dates

  • Creation: 1875 - 1988

Biographical / Historical

J Garratt, photographers, of West Town, Dewsbury.

Extent

3 item(s) : Paper

Language of Materials

English

Former / Other Reference

PH 13/1/32; GCPH 11/1/32

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The photograph is part of the original Blackburn collection and the photocopied chapter was provided by the West Yorkshire Archive Service in 1988.

Date information

DateText: 1875 and 1988.

Originator(s)

Garratt, J

Finding aid date

2017-06-29 14:05:14+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Girton College Archive Repository

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