Navy blue book containing samples and corresponding item numbers. Entitled 'G W Harding, York' and 'Horrockses, Miller & Co.'
Hardings Linen DrapersRed and gold A4 embossed booklet containing lace samples on blue pages.
Hardings Linen DrapersBundle of fabric samples held by G W Harding for perusal by customers.
Hardings Linen DrapersBundle of fabric samples held by G W Harding for perusal by customers. All the samples still have their original descriptive labels attached. Originally held in a cardboard box.
Hardings Linen DrapersBundle of fabric samples held by G W Harding for perusal by customers. All the samples still have their original descriptive labels attached. Originally held in a cardboard box. Includes a linen sale ordering sheet.
Hardings Linen DrapersBundle of fabric samples held by G W Harding for perusal by customers. All the samples still have their original descriptive labels attached.
Hardings Linen DrapersRound labels with the letters 'C' and 'D' on them.
Hardings Linen DrapersThe labels are stuck together and read 'Warranted to give satisfaction in wear. Real Irish Linen.'
Hardings Linen DrapersRolled large format colour advertising posters for Early's blankets, who celebrated their tricentenary in 1969.
Hardings Linen DrapersTwo double-sided printed advertisements for linen products, possibly published by G W Harding.
Hardings Linen DrapersPosters advertising sales and events at Hardings drapers. Please note, these posters are very fragile and are torn on the fold areas.
Hardings Linen DrapersThese signs are handwritten, with black text on a white background with a red and bright yellow sale banner. Each sign is unique, and there are two different sizes.
Hardings Linen DrapersThe cardboard signs advertise particular products and prices, as well as temporary closures of the business. These signs were created by Helen Harding. Each sign is unique, and some are single-sided, whilst others are double-sided.
Hardings Linen DrapersIncludes catalogues for Hardings, as well as external companies possibly supplying Hardings.
Published half-yearly sales catalogues showing linen prices. Incomplete series. Includes an index.
Bundle of headed notepaper.
Bundle of headed notepaper with elaborate billhead.
Orange plastic carrier bags carrying the Hardings logo and branding.
Bundle of purple and white printed postcards with the branding 'The Linen Specialists.' Also includes a paper bag with the same branding.
Small brown envelopes.
Roll of printers samples for parcel delivery slips. On large format paper.
Hardings Linen DrapersTwelve images of the development of the High Ousegate and Coppergate sites, resulting in the 'Right of Light' legal dispute.
Two copies of the same window display. One photograph is mounted, the other unmounted.
Green books marked 'G W Harding, The Linen Warehouses, York.'
Roll of building plans, possibly relating to the main rebuild in 1902. Please note these plans are in very poor condition and very fragile. As a result, they have not been opened for cataloguing purposes.
Hardings Linen DrapersThe plan relates to the purchase of the Coppergate premises of Hardings.
Also includes photocopy of the plan and particulars.
Photocopied pages from a ledger relating to the installation of electricity in High Ousegate.
Folded architectural drawings showing elevations, sections and plans of proposed alterations to Hardings' premises. These plans are believed to have been rejected and not carried out.
Includes newspaper cutting relating to the alterations, and three photographs of the new displays.
The plans show alterations to the Coppergate premises.
Hardings Linen DrapersRoll of building plans showing alterations carried out on the premises between 1966 and 1967.
Hardings Linen DrapersRoll of tracing paper plans, possibly showing details for cornicing and other interior fittings. Please note these plans are in very poor condition and very fragile. As a result, they have not been opened for cataloguing purposes. Includes one plan which may have been a rejected scheme for the building.
Hardings Linen DrapersIncludes plans, bill of quantities, newspaper cuttings, financial papers and papers relating to the staircase.
Biographical information about Eva Winifred Maud Harding, primarily taken from Ancestry.com, but with some electronic copies of certificates. Includes birth and marriage information, as well as 1939 Register information and wills and administations details. This bundle was compiled by the depositor, Mr David Harding, at the time of deposit.
Includes two tickets to the Military Sunday service at York Minster, May 1923; one winter programme for the Thirsk and Malton Conservative Association, 1938-1939; and one letter relating to a codicil to the will of Mrs E W M Harding, 1933.
Papers relating to the building of the family home at North Road, Clifton. Includes bills for architects and tradesmen, and the overall building specification. Also includes garden plan, possibly drawn by a representative of Backhouse Nurseries, who carried out the work.
The letters were received from family members and other acquaintances, on the death of Eva's husband George W Harding.
Includes receipts for purchases and personal investments, payments for utilities bills, rent and newspapers, as well as details of charitable donations. The receipts are not arranged in chronological order, but have been catalogued as found. Many of the receipts contain decorative bill-heads.
Seating plans for a dinner of the Merchant Taylors Company at the Royal Station Hotel, York, when George William Harding was Master.
Hardings Linen DrapersCoin bags made of paper. One is for five shillings in copper; the other two are for £5 in silver.
Hardings Linen DrapersCatalogues and posters showing the range of advertising signs which could be purchased for shop units.
Hardings Linen DrapersLetters and a list of incorrect addresses used by customers to contact Hardings Linen Drapers.
Hardings Linen DrapersTitle deeds and associated documents relating to the Hardings premises at 26 and 27 High Ousegate, and 18 Coppergate. Also contains a small number of plans.
Also includes photographs of the Hardings shop in the Castle Museum, 1982.
Hardings Linen DrapersThe correspondence relates to the decision to stop trading.
Hardings Linen DrapersIncludes three copies of the Memorandum and Articles of Association for G W Harding (York) Limited, and one framed certificate of incorporation.
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