Fading Photographs on Tool Cupboard Door, Dixon's Bobbin Mills, Steeton
- photographer:
- Ian Beesley
Gelatine silver print entitled 'Fading Photographs on Tool Cupboard Door, Dixon's Bobbin Mills, Steeton' by Ian Beesley. Signed in pencil on the back. Produced for the commission `Through the Mill:, The Story of Yorkshire Wool in Photographs'.1985-1987'.
From the 1840s John Dixon and Son produced wooden bobbins and cardboard tubes for wool, cotton, and silk cloth production. They were the last traditional bobbin makers in Yorkshire until they closed in 1983.
Details
- Category:
- Photographs
- Object Number:
- 2026-2/58
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 392 mm x 487 mm
image: 356 mm x 456 mm
- type:
- silver gelatin print
- credit:
- The National Media Museum, Bradford
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