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Title	BP MUR CAN P I674
Creator	“R&M”
Contributor	Imperial Cotton Co. R&M
Publisher	Unknown
Date Created	After 1900
Description	Printed in black ink on cream coloured paper. The scene depicts dark-skinned laborers working in a cotton field. In the right-hand side of the foreground, a laborer holds a large wicker basket full of cotton on their head. To the left are two other large wicker baskets full of cotton. At least four other laborers recede into the depth of the field. They wear loose, baggy clothing and wide-brimmed hats. In the background is a wide, low brick factory building with smokestacks on the far left and one low, square tower with a flag in the middle. Below this scene is the insignia of the Dominion Crown and the text identifying the Imperial Cotton Co. Bookplate Type: Pictorial ; Bookplate Function: Ownership.
Extent	6.5 x 11.8 CM ; Technique Code – Printing method ; Orientation : Portrait
Subject	Libraries
Geographic Location	Hamilton, ON
Type	Still Image
File Format	image/jpeg
Language	Latin; English
Notes	Written in pencil on front of bookplate, lower right-hand corner : “Plate [illegible]” MTayl[..?] Imperial Cotton Co. Ltd. was established in Hamilton Ontario in 1900 at 270 Sherman Ave. by Charles T. Grantham, a bookkeeper from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia (Ingersoll Coin, 2015). Grantham had come from a cotton mill venture in Yarmouth that had been established in 1863. Imperial Cotton was funded by John Patterson, one of the “fathers” of Hamilton’s “Industrial Age” (Ingersoll). His brother Edmond Patterson was designated as the architect. James M. Young (son of John Young, Dundas Cotton Co., 1860-1891) served as the first president (Ingersoll, 2015). The cotton duck manufacturing plant produced heavy grade materials including sails, mechanical belting, railway car roofing, tarpaulins, awnings, cotton paper dryers, etc. (Ottawa Journal, 1924). From 1920-1926, the company produced a quarterly employee newsletter known as “The Fabricator.” Editions can be found in the Hamilton Public Library Local History and Archives Collection (Ingersoll; Cotton Factory). In 1924, the company was acquired and consolidated by Cosmos Imperial Mills Ltd., which was formerly Yarmouth Duck and Cotton (Consolidations, 1933; CottonFactory.ca, n.d.).
Collection	Thomas Murray Bookplates
Date Available	2017-10-25
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 & Special Collections http://www.library.ubc.ca/spcoll
DOI	10.14288/1.0360742
Aggregated Source Repository	CONTENTdm

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EX LIBRIS / IMPERIAL COTTON CO. / LIMITED / HAMILTON

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