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Baldwins Collection

Background imageBaldwins Collection: Baldwins knitting leaflet, WW1

Baldwins knitting leaflet, WW1
Knitted Comforts for Men on Land and Sea - front cover of a booklet published by J & J Baldwin s, yarn manufacturers of Halifax

Background imageBaldwins Collection: Epping Forest, Essex, viewed from Baldwin's Hill

Epping Forest, Essex, viewed from Baldwin's Hill - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Background imageBaldwins Collection: Balaclava and sleeping cap knitting patterns, WW1

Balaclava and sleeping cap knitting patterns, WW1
Patterns from a plain helmet or balaclava cap (top) and a sleeping cap taken from a Great War era Baldwins knitting booklet with instructions for knitting various comforts for soldiers at the front

Background imageBaldwins Collection: Advert for Patons and Baldwin's tapestry wools, with a lady admiring her work Date: 1920s

Advert for Patons and Baldwin's tapestry wools, with a lady admiring her work Date: 1920s

Background imageBaldwins Collection: Wartime P & B Knitting Wools Advert

Wartime P & B Knitting Wools Advert
A wartime advertisement promoting P & B knitting wools, the photograph portrays a young woman showing off her striped cardigan. You can knit it from odd ounces and save precious coupons

Background imageBaldwins Collection: Baldwin's Works, Port Talbot, Wales

Baldwin's Works, Port Talbot, Wales
Baldwins Iron and Steelworks, Port Talbot, Wales Date: circa 1920s

Background imageBaldwins Collection: Baldwin's End, Eton

Baldwin's End, Eton Date: 1899

Background imageBaldwins Collection: Curtiss Wind Wagon - Glenn Curtiss and Thomas Scott Baldwin

Curtiss Wind Wagon - Glenn Curtiss and Thomas Scott Baldwin
Glenn Curtiss sat in one of his Wind Wagons with Thomas Scott Baldwin. Curtiss wind wgons and ice-boats were used by Thomas Scott Baldwin ( Captain Baldwin, no relation to the A.E.A.s F. W)

Background imageBaldwins Collection: Curtiss Wind Wagon with Glenn Curtiss

Curtiss Wind Wagon with Glenn Curtiss
Glenn Curtiss sat in one of his Wind Wagons, used by Thomas Scott Baldwin ( Captain Baldwin, no relation to the A.E.A.s F. W)

Background imageBaldwins Collection: Mittens and body belt, WW1 knitting, comforts for troops

Mittens and body belt, WW1 knitting, comforts for troops
Patterns for mittens and a body belt (designed to keep the midriff warm), two items of clothing which could be knitted for soldiers at the front featured in a Great War era knitting booklet published

Background imageBaldwins Collection: Helmet with cape pieces by Marjory Tillotson, WW1 knitting

Helmet with cape pieces by Marjory Tillotson, WW1 knitting
Pattern from a Baldwins knitting booklet during the First World War for a wool helmet with cape pieces to protect the neck and chest designed by the leading knitting expert

Background imageBaldwins Collection: Knitted helmet, WW1 knitting, comforts for soldiers

Knitted helmet, WW1 knitting, comforts for soldiers
Photograph and pattern written by Marjory Tillotson for Baldwins yarn manufacturers, to make a knitted helmet with cap pieces - one of numerous comforts for soldiers suggested during the First World

Background imageBaldwins Collection: Baldwins knitting leaflet, WW1, winter at the front

Baldwins knitting leaflet, WW1, winter at the front
Field & Hospital Comforts in Knitting and Crochet. Great War knitting booklet published by J & J Baldwins of Halifax featuring two British soldiers in a snowy trench on the Western Front


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