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Title | [Bookplate for Alfred Hawksworth] |
Date Created | [1900?] |
Description | Red ink on cream colored paper. A thin border in an alternating pattern of three-leaf clovers (trefoil) with a stem and simple curlicues. Border houses the name and number of the bookplate. |
Extent | 1 bookplate : relief printing ; 10.7 x 6.4 cm |
Subject |
Private libraries |
Geographic Location |
Montréal (Québec) |
Person Or Corporation |
Hawksworth, Alfred |
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FileFormat | image/jpeg |
Language | English |
Notes | Alfred Hawksworth was Manager of the Montreal-based Merchants Cotton Company (1900s). By 1905, the company was in partnership with four other companies that formed Dominion Textiles (1905). Located in Saint Henri, it was the second largest Canadian cotton mill. "ALFRED HAWKSWORTH was born In [G]lossop, England, and went to work in a cotton factory when he was six years old as "half timer." He came to the United States at the close of the Civil War and found employment with the [i'hu>mx?] Manufacturing Company, at Shirley. Mass. After seven years he went to Rhode Island, where he was superintend[*…] [l.ir.r?] Mill ten years, and then went to Canada to the place which he now fills" (New York Tribune: 1902). References: 1) Walsh, Michael (n.d.). Westmount places and their stories: The history behind the familiar. Retrieved from http://www.westmountmag.ca/places3/ 2) Library and Archives Canada, MG 28 III 77, vol.5), “Montreal Insites: Neighborhood – Buildings: Dominion Textile.” Retrieved from http://www.memorablemontreal.com/print/en/batiments_menu.php?quartier=13&batiment=243§ion=Array&menu=histoire 3) New York Tribune. “Page 20: April 20 1902.” Retrieved from https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/88115880/ |
Identifier | BP MUR CAN P H395 BP_MUR_CAN_P_H395 |
Collection |
RBSC Bookplates |
Source | Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Thomas Murray Bookplates Collection. Morley Binder. BP MUR CAN P H395 |
Date Available | 2017-02-04 |
Provider | Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library |
Rights | Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca |
DOI | 10.14288/1.0342900 |
AggregatedSourceRepository | CONTENTdm |
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