Cotton Collection (page 23)

Combing Cotton 18th C
Various ways to comb cotton in France in the 18th century Date: Circa 1760

HALL I TH WOOD
Hall i th Wood, near Bolton, Lancashire, England. Once the home of Samuel Crompton, the inventor of the Spinning Mule (1779), which revolutionised the cotton industry. Date: 15th century

Tatler front cover, July 1965
Front cover of The Tatler for July 1965 featuring a model wearing a Mexican hand-printed cotton dress striped in zinnia colours with a straw hat with frayed brim, both from Mexicana

Sierra Leone, West Africa - Cotton Spinning Date: circa 1910s

Turkey - Hierapolis - Temple ruins
Entrance to the Temple (ruins) at Hierapolis. Pamukkale, meaning " cotton castle" in Turkish, is a natural site and attraction in south-western Turkey in the Denizli Province

Sierra Leone, West Africa - Cotton Weaver at work in the open air. On wet days, the weaving is done in a Barri or working shed. Date: circa 1910s

Stanley driving in the open
Advertisement for Sandeman Stanley cotton belting. circa 1915

Lady in geometrically patterned red and white dress
Lady in a geometrically patterned red and white dress, advertising AGB cotton fabrics. 1924

Teddy Tinling tennis outfit, 1962
A tailored tennis suit in cotton pique with a drawstring waist and crossed racquets motif embroidered in blue on the shirt top designed by tennis fashion guru, Teddy Tinling. Date: 1962

Bobby evening dress, 1953
An evening dress with a plunging halter neck-line and full, swirling skirt made from a tropical flower print Ever-glaze cotton. Date: 1953

Henry Cotton Lotus Golf Shoes advert
Advertisement for Lotus Anglespike golf shoes as worn and recommended by golfer Henry Cotton.. Date: 1949

Gossypium (Cotton)
COTTON PLANT showing flower, seed and the fibre covering the seed which is the basis of cotton products Date: 19th century

Sir Robert Bruce Cotton
sir ROBERT BRUCE COTTON antiquary and collector 1571 - 1631

Cotton Mill, Lancashire
Cotton mill, Lancashire. Date: 1964

USA / New Orleans / Street
Mule-drawn carts loaded high with cotton cross a street in New Orleans, wide enough to accommodate three horse-drawn tram tracks. Date: 1895

Cotton Fields
Harvesting cotton, probably in the U.S.A. Date: early 1930s

Cotton Processing 18th C
Various stages of cotton processing in the 18th century. Date: Circa 1760

General section of Mr Illingworths engine no 2 Date: 1792

Stalybridge riot 1863
A company of Hussars arrive from Manchester to support the local police, who have armed themselves with cutlasses, in quelling disturbances on the streets of Stalybridge

Explosion at Faversham
The remains of a gun cotton or gun powder mill at Favershams Marsh Works, Kent, which was destroyed in a violent explosion in 1847. The blast was so strong that it was heard 17 miles away

Double page spread in a diary for 10-15 December
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 10-15 December. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

City of London Lunatic Asylum, Stone, Dartford, Kent
The City of London Lunatic Asylum for pauper lunatics was established in 1862 on Cotton Lane at Stone near Dartford, Kent

Press for packing Indian cotton
Indian workers operate machinery for compressing cotton into neat bales

Weighing cotton, India
Weighing cotton at Bombay for the English Market. A scribe with a parasol look on from above and makes notes

Cotton Store, Bombay
A group of Indian cotton workers relax amongst the cotton bales

Manchester Union Casual Wards, Manchester
Casual wards for tramps and vagrants at Tame Street, Ancoates, Manchester. The original premises were set up in a former cotton mill in 1897 but were rebuilt in around 1900 after being burnt down

A Sudan Cotton Field
Empire Marketing Board poster showing indigeonous workers picking cotton in a field in the Sudan, while their village can be seen some way in the background

Entrance to Ta Prohm temple, Siem Reap, Cambodia
Entrance to the Ta Prohm (Ancestor Brahma) Khmer Buddhist temple at Siem Reap, Cambodia. It was built in the Bayon style in the late 12th and early 13th centuries

Getting baby ready for his bath
A mother gets her baby ready for his bath. Soap, talcum powder and cotton wool are ready on a table at her side

Testing the water for babys bathtime
A mother tests the temperature of the water for her babys bath. Soap, talcum powder and cotton wool are ready on a table at her side

The riots in the cotton districts
A page from the May 1878 Illustrated London News, detailing the cotton riots in Lancashire, which were the response to a proprosed 10% reduction in workers wages

Horrockses fabric advertisement
Advertisement for Horrockses textiles, the main manufacturer of printed cotton for clothing and furnishings in the 1950s

Horrockses cotton advertisement
Advertisement for Horrockses, the greatest name in cotton and the leading manufacturer of printed cotton textiles for clothing and furnishing during the 1950s

Moving large sacks in a warehouse
An operator uses a small picker to stack and manoeuvre piles of sacks, containing cotton or wool, into place in a large warehouse. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Formal wear for daytime occasions
A gown of white Everglaze pique cotton decorated with butterflies, perfect for Glyndebourne, country balls and Continental hotels. Over it, a coat of luminous pink

Cotton for cocktails
A finely knitted evening sweater (made in Coats cotton) which achieves the illusion of lace

Izmir, Turkey - Customs House and Warehouses
Barges and quayside with a passing camel train, alongside the Customs House and Warehouses at Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey

Famous Golfers Caught In The Act. No. 9 H. Cotton
Pofessional golfer Henry Cotton, 1907- 1987. Henry Cotton became a professional golfer at 17, he won the British Open three times in his career

Pamukkale - Turkey
Pamukkale, meaning " cotton castle" in Turkish, is a natural site and attraction in south-western Turkey in the Denizli Province

The house in which Livingstone was born
The house in which Livingstone, explorer, was born. David Livingstone was born at Blantyre, eight miles south of Glasgow, on 19 March 1813

The room in which Dr. Livingstone was born
The room in which Dr. Livingstone, explorer, was born. David Livingstone was born at Blantyre, eight miles south of Glasgow, on 19 March 1813

Platts Spinning Machine
Cotton manufacture at the International Exhibition: Platts Self-Acting Mule or Cottonspinning machine

Landing Cotton at Liverpool, 1875
Engraving showing the deck of a cargo ship as it is unloaded at Liverpool docks, by stevedores and dock workers. At left can be seen the bales of cotton and on the right

Sir Robert Peel (1750-1830)
Engraving of Sir Robert Peel, the cotton manufacturer and Member of Parliament for Tamworth, pictured in the early 19th century

Cotton Plaiting Machine
Plaiting machine, Lancashire

Women in Cotton Mill
Women working in a cotton mill

Cotton Works Wales
Cotton works near Holywell, belonging to Messrs. Douglas & Company, Flintshire, Wales

The civil war in America. Portrait of Mr Yancey, commissione
The Hon William Lowndes Yancey, senator and cotton planter came to the UK and France with a deposition from the Confederates to try and promote trsde between the Southern States and Europe

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