Scenes from Burroughs Wellcome & Co factory, Dartford
- Date:
- 1891-1970s
- Reference:
- WF/M/I/V/06
- Part of:
- Wellcome Foundation Ltd
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
10 images, mounted on boards:
- BW&Co staff outing to Southsea, 11 July 1891. (Silas Mainville Burroughs and Henry Wellcome are visible on the top table)
- Staff in meal tent at BW&Co 25th Anniversary Fete, 1905
- Maypole, BW&Co 25th Anniversary Fete, 1905
- Malt production equipment, 1890s
- Burroughs Wellcome & Co staff, outside Wellcome Club & Institute, 1900s
- Staff packing BW&Co products, 1900s (3 images)
- Works canteen (predominantly female), c1940s
- BW&Co grounds during staff open day, 1970s
These images were most likely mounted for the exhibition at the Wellcome Dartford site opened in 1989 (to mark the centenary of the acquisition by Burroughs Wellcome & Co of the Phoenix Paper Mills in Dartford).
Publication/Creation
1891-1970s
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2 files
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