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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
Genre	Prints
Type	Still Image
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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