Title
Yarn ticket album
Reference
YA1973.16/MS0478/1
Production date
1885 - 1915
Scope and Content
Yarn ticket album believed to have been compiled by William Stirling & Sons, Glasgow.
Level of description
ITEM
Repository name
Science and Industry Museum
Associated people and organisations
- William Stirling & SonsBiographyBiography
Turkey red dyeing company, Scotland, founded c1723.
Amalgamated with John Orr Ewing and Co and Archibald Orr Ewing and Co in 1898 The United Turkey Red Co.
- Ralli BrothersBiographyBiography
Cotton merchant based in London, founded by five Greek brothers in 1818. They company traded primarily in silks, textiles, and spices and had offices in the UK, Calcutta, and Bombay.
The company was sold to Cargill Inc. of Minneapolis, Minnesota, US. in 1981 and in 2002 the name changed to Cargill Cotton
- Reiss BrothersBiographyBiography
Merchant based in Manchester. Active c1890-c1915
- Louis Behrens and Sons LtdBiographyBiography
Cotton merchant based in Manchester.
- Archibald Orr Ewing & Co.BiographyBiography
Turkey-red dyeing firm based in Levenfield, Scotland. 1845-1898
Almagamated with John Orr Ewing and Co and William Stirling and Sons in 1898 to form the United Turkey Red Co.
Subject
Conditions governing access
Open access.
Conditions governing Reproduction
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