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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D1589/3/4/3
Former ReferenceD1589/3/20/11
TitlePhotographs taken from the biography of Edmund Potter, and related papers
Date[19th-20th cent]
DescriptionIncluding:
1. photograph of schoolchilren at Tintwhistle Church of England School, c. late 1890s, from J.G. Hurst Collection;
2. Dinting Vale arches (postcard) 19th cent;
3. 2 portraits of Edmund Potter as middle aged man;
4. portrait of Edmund Potter aged 27;
5. 2 portraits of Walter Potter;
6. portrait of Edmund Crompton Potter as young man;
7. photograph of Roller polishers, Dinting Vale printworks, 1920;
8. photograph of Plate cutter, engraving shop, Dinting Vale printworks, 1956;
9. Dinting Vale lodge and printworks, Glossop (postcard);
10. 2 images on printed shirt;
11. John Dalton's printworks, Hollingworth: exterior;
12. Dinting Vale Printworks (postcard) 1865-1869 by J. Slinn Photo Artist, High Street, Glossop;
13. photograph of Dinting Vale Printworks, 1953;
14. photograph of mercerising machine, early 20th cent;
15. photograph of warehouse plaiting and folding machines, early 20th cent;
16. goods emerging from hot air drying chambers after printing, early 20th cent;
17. photograph of the warehouse, early 20th cent;
18. photograph of the dyehouse: continuous soaping of shirts, etc' early 20th cent;
19. engraving shop, Dinting Vale printworks, 2 May 1949;
20. portraits of Mr and Mrs Edmund Potter, 1830 from the private collection of J.G. Hurst;
21. 5 patterns of prints includes 2 of Schutzenberger's process, Diorama pattern and Lanes Net;
22. modern artist's impression of the Boggart's Mill, as it appeared 1820-1825 from the private collection of J.G. Hurst, Glossop, drawn Dec 1947.
23. image of Edmund Potter & Co. Ltd, A Branch of Agents for the Calico Printers' Association, Limited, Works, Dinting Vale, Derbyshire;
24. news cuttings of the obituary of Edmund Potter, 29 October1883, The Manchester Examiner and Times;
25. 4 new cuttings of the death and will of Beatrix Potter, 1943;
26. news cutting of a history of Dinting;
27. 3 letters from Dora Roscoe to J G Hurst re proposed biography of Edmund Potter, dated 25 March 1946, 12 July 1946, 3 March 1947;
28. 2 'illustrated map' [bird's eye view] of Dinting Vale Printworks;
29. a print from illustrated London News on the cotton panic at Mottram, 1862.
Extent31 items
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorJ G Hurst of Glossop
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