Manufacturers Collection (page 7)

John Cadbury and his family
John Cadbury (1801-1889), founder of the Cadbury business, seen here with his family. Standing at the back are sons John and Richard

Advertisement for John Batt and Co Ltd. stainless steel table cutlery
Original at Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP Folder 62

Advertisement for The Arundel Brushworks, William Wigfall and Co. Brush Manufacturers, 1858
Original at Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 121 M

Advertisement for Marsden, Brothers and Co. Tool and Skate Manufacturer, Bridge Street Works, 1858
Original at Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 120 M

Walker and Hall, Sheffield - advertisement
Wholesale stock and showrooms at Sheffield, London, Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Newcastle on Tyne, Cardiff, Belfast, Hull, Melbourne and Sydney, Australia.Image from Walker and Hall

Advertisement for J Stead and Co. Manor Works, Cricket Inn Road, Sheffield, 1947
Songster gramophone needles; springs, etc.Published in The City of Sheffield (West Riding of Yorkshire) commercial handbook

John Brown and Co. Ltd, Atlas Works, Savile Street, 1862
From 100 years in Steel - Firth Brown Centenary 1873-1937 (Local Studies ref. 338.4 SQ)

Vickers, Sons and Co. Ltd, River Don Works, 1879
Built 1863 originally for Naylor Vickers and Co. (previously at Millsands Works); the following year the whole area was flooded after the Dale Dyke Reservoir had burst

Joseph Rodgers and Sons Ltd, cutlery manfacturers, River Lane works (built 1905)
Taken from Under Five Sovereigns, Joseph Rodgers and Sons Ltd, 1911. Local Studies 338.4 SF

Rolling mill at Ibbotson Brothers and Company Limited, manufacturers of steel, saws, files, springs, bolts and nuts
Original at Sheffield City Archives ref. LD1145/3/2 (altrefno LD1155/6)Ibbotson Brothers and Company Limited was founded by William Ibbotson in Bridge Street, Sheffield in 1809

Ivory store cellar, No. 6 Norfolk Street, Joseph Rodgers and Sons Ltd, cutlery manufacturers, 1911
Taken from Under Five Sovereigns by Joseph Rodgers and Sons Ltd, 1911. Local Studies 338.4 SF

Advertisement for Charles Butlers wholeslae and retail manufacturing confectioner, pastrycook, bread and biscuit baker
Charles Butler, Manufacturing and Retail Confectioner, 60 Snig Hill and 11, 54 and 56 Fargate.Original at Sheffield Local Studies Library: Local Pamphlets Vol, 127 No. 5 042 S

Trade catalogue of Martin, Hall and Co Ltd. Silversmiths, Electro Plate and Cutlery Manufacturers, Shrewsbury Works
Original at Sheffield Local Studies Library: 683.82 SSTQ

Jessop Saville Special Alloy and Tool Steels catalogue, 1960
Original at Local Studies TRC JESS

C. T. Skelton, Sheafbank Works, Edge Tool Manufacturers, Heeley, Sheffield, 1896
Image from C.T. Skelton and Co [catalogue] : Register No. 1024 (1896) (Local Studies ref. TRC SKEL)

John Bedford and Sons, Lion Works, Mowbray Street, manufacturers of edge tools, engineers tools, hammers, shovels
From a trade catalogue (Local Studies ref. 672 SSTQ)

Corner of staircase at No. 6, Norfolk Street, Joseph Rodgers and Sons Ltd, cutlery manufacturers, 1911
Note the ivory. Taken from Under Five Sovereigns by Joseph Rodgers and Sons Ltd, 1911. Local Studies 338.4 SF

Geo. Bassett and Co. Ltd. confectionery manufacturers, Sheffield, Yorkshire, 1970
From an original at Sheffield Libraries: u10460

An electric Morse Register, manufactured by L. G. Tillotson & Co. New York in the late 1860 s. After an illustration in Modern Practice Of The Electric Telegraph

Winds Point, the house in the Malvern Hills, Worcestershire, England, bought by George (1839-1922) and Richard (1835-1899) Cadbury, the English Quaker Chocolate manufacturers

Firth Carpet Co Mills, Orange County, NY State, USA
Firth Carpet Company Mills, Firth Cliffe (Firthcliffe), Orange County, NY State, USA. Date: circa 1908

Giant Powder Works, Point Pinole, California, USA
Giant Powder Works, an explosive powder (gunpowder) manufacturing company in Point Pinole, Richmond, California, USA. Date: circa 1892

Letterhead design - McGregor Hosiery Mills, Toronto
Letterhead design - McGregor Hosiery Mills, manufacturers of finest quality hosiery, Toronto, Canada. 1936

C D Monninger, London
C D Monninger, Clerkenwell Road, London, manufacturers of saws, files and other metal tools -- handwritten invoice. 1897

Advert for Beechams Pills 1900
The before and after approach is a mainstay of medical advertising : here it is, used dramatically, if not credibly, by the manufacturers of Beechams Pills. 1900

American Watch Factory, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
American Watch Factory at Waltham, Massachusetts, USA. circa 1905

Postcard advertisement, Transelektro, Budapest, Hungary
Postcard advertisement for Transelektro, electrical manufacturers, Budapest, Hungary. Date: circa 1960s

Blitz in City of London -- scene in Old Street, WW2
Blitz in the City of London -- scene in Old Street after an air raid on 7 September 1940, with rubble in the roadway and a smoky atmosphere. Date: 1940

Poster, Phillips Bicycles -- renowned the world over. Look for this famous mark -- all the best bicycles carry a lion

Advertisement for Moorwoods Ltd. Harleston Iron Works, Sheffield
Original at Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP Folder 62

Advertisement for Marshes and Shepherd, Cutlery Merchants and Manufacturers
Original at Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP Folder 62

Advertisement for celebrated Rose brand scythes by George Barnsley and Sons, Cornish Works, Sheffield, c. 1900
Original at Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP FOLDER 62

Advertisement for J and J Stevenson, Comb Manufacturers, Arundel Comb Works, 44 Arundel Street, 1858
Original at Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 118 M

Advertisement for Easterbrook and Allcard, Machinist and Engineers Tools Manufacturers, Albert Works
Original at Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 122 M

Advertisement for Brown Bayleys Steel Works Ltd. (illustration), Milner Road, Attercliffe, 1889
Image from Sheffield and Neighbourhood (page 8) (printed and published by Pawson and Brailsford, Sheffield, 1889) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 914.274 S)

James Farrer and Sons Ltd. grinding and polishing equipment, Devonshire Works, 37-43 Division Street, 1939
James Farrer began making and repairing buffs and glazers at 12 Turner Street Sheffield in 1866. He moved to a house with a shop attached at 57 Cambridge Street

Cyclops Works, Charles Cammell and Co. Ltd, Savile Street, 1862
Image from Pawson and Brailsfords Illustrated Guide to Sheffield and Neighbourhood, 1862 (914.274 SST)

Charles Cammell and Co. Ltd. Cyclops Iron and Steel Works, Sheffield, 19th cent
From an original at Sheffield Libraries: y01238

Elephant brand, W Tyzak, Sons, and Turner Ltd. Little London Works, Sheffield, c1930s
From a trade catalogue, c. 1930s.Original at Local Studies ref. 338.4 SST

W Tyzak, Sons, and Turner Ltd. Little London Works, Sheffield, c1930s
From a trade catalogue, c. 1930s.Original at Local Studies ref. 338.4 SST

Naylor, Vickers and Co, River Don Works (Millsands), , 1858
This print shows the River Don Work. Lest this should be confusing, it should be clearly stated that this works was generally known as Millsands, admittedly on the River Don

Illuminated address to Michael Hunter, Mayor of Sheffield on his being elected mayor for the second time from
Original at Sheffield City Archives: MD7867/1

Notice of sale of working tools, scissors, steel and household furniture of John Dearden, scissorsmith
Printed by Montgomery.Original at Sheffield Archives (JC/27/4)

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