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At present this collection only comprises one bundle of title deeds and associated documents relating to the Hardings premises at 26 and 27 High Ousegate, and 18 Coppergate.

Title 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.

Includes invoice book, ledgers, property papers and plans, financial papers, photographs and glass plate negatives, examples of stationary, half-yearly catalogues, advertising signs and materials, fabric samples, printed books, papers relating to the incorporation of the company and its winding up, sales catalogues, legal papers, newspaper cuttings, third-party advertisements, Midland Bank coin bags, papers relating to the involvement of the Harding family with the Merchant Taylors Company, Econasign stencilling set and framed photograph of the premises under construction. Please see series level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this collection.

Published half-yearly sales catalogues showing linen prices, as well as catalogues for external companies, one brochure for lace and one illustrated list of samples.

Published half-yearly sales catalogues showing linen prices. Incomplete series. Includes an index.

Includes account books,

Account book of G W Harding, in account with the York Union Banking Company.

At present this collection only comprises one large-format invoice book containing folded invoices to clients, and one customer order book. Arranged chronologically.

Medium-sized customer order book, with names addresses and details of items purchased.

Owned by G W Harding.

Books relating to the world of fabrics, retained by Hardings Linen Drapers as reference works.

Includes catalogues for Hardings, as well as external companies possibly supplying Hardings.

Small silver square label.

Printed green and white receipt thanking customers for their remittance.

Coloured illustrated list of items, fabrics, patterns and prices. In a green volume.

The sign is on a blue background and states 'A few odd bath towels: Large size very cheap.' Six copies.

The sign is on a blue background and states 'Remnants of linen sheetings very cheap.' Six copies.

Posters advertising sales and events at Hardings drapers. Please note, these posters are very fragile and are torn on the fold areas.

The sign is on a red background and states 'A few pairs of odd blankets very useful and cheap.' Six copies.

Red and gold A4 embossed booklet containing lace samples on blue pages.

Volume III. By 'leading specialists in every department.

Red book marked '19.'

Template for a letter giving a price evaluation.

Printed ordering sheet for goods in the sale. Includes envelope.

The sign states the price as 25s 6d per pair.

The sign is on a blue background and states 'Useful pillow and bolster cases made from our sheeting remnants.' Six copies.

The sign is on a blue background and states 'A few pairs of odd blankets: very useful and cheap.' Six copies.

The sign is on a red background and states 'Remnants of linen sheetings very cheap.' Six copies.

Bundle 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.

Small cardboard note.

Red book marked '20.'

Order book from G W Harding, to be used when ordering from other suppliers.

One sheet of headed letter paper for G W Harding, Linen Merchant.

Small black cardboard label with the price 1s 0.5d.

The sign states the price of 10.5 the set. Two copies.

The sign states the price of 12s 9d per pair.

The sign is on a red background and states 'Useful lot of cotton sheeting remnants, very cheap.' Six copies.

Half-moon shaped sign in red stating 'Harding's Great half yearly linen sale.' Five copies.

Bundle of fabric samples held by G W Harding for perusal by customers. All the samples still have their original descriptive labels attached.

Bundle 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.

Booklet of samples of the fabric produced.

Small cardboard advertisement.

Bundle of purple and white printed postcards with the branding 'The Linen Specialists.' Also includes a paper bag with the same branding.

Round labels with the letters 'C' and 'D' on them.

The sign states the price as 11s 9d per pair. 5 copies.

The sign is on a red background and states 'Useful pillow and bolster cases made from our sheeting remnants.' Six copies.

The sign is on a red background and states 'A few odd bath towels: Large size very cheap.' Six copies.

The sign is on a blue background and states 'Useful lot of cotton sheeting remnants, very cheap.' Six copies.

Oblong-shaped sign in red stating 'Harding's Great half yearly linen sale.' Three copies.

The labels are stuck together and read 'Warranted to give satisfaction in wear. Real Irish Linen.'

Bundles of fabric samples held by G W Harding for perusal by customers. All the samples still have their original descriptive labels attached.

Bundle of fabric samples held by G W Harding for perusal by customers.

Navy blue book containing samples and corresponding item numbers. Entitled 'G W Harding, York' and 'Horrockses, Miller & Co.'

One item showing five photographs of G W Harding signage.

Dish cloth with 'G W Harding, York' embroidered on it.

Includes two red used check books numbered 19 and 20, and two used green check books labelled 'G W Harding, the linen warehouses, York.'

Green books marked 'G W Harding, The Linen Warehouses, York.'

Includes papers relating to the redevelopment of the 20-27 High Ousegate site,

Also includes photocopy of the plan and particulars.

Marked No.1.

At present this collection comprises one bought ledger (marked No 14) and one sundries ledger (marked No 1).

Published booklet of extracts from the minute books of the Merchant Taylors, York.

The plan relates to the purchase of the Coppergate premises of Hardings.

Certificates and additional papers relating to the Merchant Taylors company, of whom G W Harding was a member.

Photocopied pages from a ledger relating to the installation of electricity in High Ousegate.

The plans show alterations to the Coppergate premises.

The building is marked as 'Hardings Blind warehouse.' Originally identified as 'first state.'

Text advertisement for lace curtains and blinds.

Folded large-scale poster advertising various types of blinds available from Hardings.

Framed certificate showing that G W Harding had taken the oath of the Merchant Taylors Company.

Two copies of the same window display. One photograph is mounted, the other unmounted.

Examples of branded self-adhesive parcel delivery slips.

Sample of lace apparently created by an 80 year old lady, given to Miss Strickland by M J O Seymour.

The cardboard sheet of signatures was for a meeting at the Royal Station Hotel, York, when George William Harding was Master of the Company.

Folded architectural drawing showing front elevation and sections, with proposed alterations to shopfront fittings.

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.

Includes receipts for purchases and personal investments, Midland Bank statements, a household cash book, property papers relating to the building of the family home in North Road, Clifton, tickets to the Military Sunday service, winter programme for the Thirsk and Malton Conservative Association and letter regarding a codicil to Mrs Harding's will. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

Framed certificate showing that G W Harding had taken the oath of the Merchant Taylors Company.

Large-format invoice book containing folded invoices to Hardings for goods purchased. Arranged chronologically.

Roll of printers samples for parcel delivery slips. On large format paper.

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.

Includes receipts for purchases and personal investments, Midland Bank statements and one household cash book. Please see file-level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

Originally identified as 'second state.'

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.

Account book of G W Harding, in account with the Midland Bank Ltd.

Includes details of household expenditure.

The letters were received from family members and other acquaintances, on the death of Eva's husband George W Harding.

Folder of individual bank statements (not a comprehensive record). Statements for parts of 1940, 1944, 1948, 1949 and 1952 only.

Letter from the Lord Mayor of York to G W Harding, thanking him for his contribution to the Spitfire Fund.

Two double-sided printed advertisements for linen products, possibly published by G W Harding.

Small brown envelopes.

Framed certificate showing that G W Harding had taken the oath of the Merchant Taylors Company.

Two handwritten alphabetical lists of suppliers.