R.B. Mills Shipping and Tourist Agency

Identity area

Type of entity

Corporate body

Authorized form of name

R.B. Mills Shipping and Tourist Agency

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • R.B. Mills Shipping and Tourist Agency; c. 1896-c. 1975-1985

    Other form(s) of name

    • Richard B. Mills; Richard Bell Mills;
    • Auctioneer and emigration agent; ocean passenger agent; tourist agent; travel agency

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    c. 1896-c. 1975-1985

    History

    First listed in Kelly's Directory of York in 1896-1897 as R.B. Mills, auctioneer and emigration agent, 16 Stonegate. By 1900, the business is listed as Richard Bell Mills, valuer and ocean passenger agent, Minster Gates.

    R.B. Mills occupied 7 Minster Gates as a travel agency, variously described as an ocean passenger agent, a shipping agent, and a tourist agent, until at least 1975, but appears to have stopped trading by 1985.

    Places

    Legal status

    Profitable company.

    Functions, occupations and activities

    Travel agency.

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    General context

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    Authority record identifier

    Institution identifier

    GB192

    Rules and/or conventions used

    International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa

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        Sources

        Kelly's Directory of York, various editions 1895-1975

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