The Borthwick Institute - Gallery

Thumbnail image of Rowntree surgery, Rowntree Factory, York, Yorkshire, 1965. Artist: Unknown

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Gym class, 1933
 
Two boys in canoe, Outward Bound School, Eskdale, Cumbria, 1950
 
Boy climbing rock face, Outward Bound School, Eskdale, Cumbria,1950
 
Studio shot of the Walford brothers (Rowntree employees) in army uniform, 1916
 
Rowntree Football Club 1st team pose with trophy and cup, York, Yorkshire, 1902
 
The first motor-car in York, Yorkshire, 1897
 
Footballers adjust their boots in the locker room, 1953
 
The Rowntree Brass Band on a motor bus in London, after 1904
 
Rowntree surgery, Rowntree Factory, York, Yorkshire, 1965
 
A boy poses in football kit, 1910
 
A group of girls are shown the features of a conservatory, York, Yorkshire, 1929
 
The Rowntree medical department, York, Yorkshire, 1955
 
Rowntree staff in an air raid shelter, York, Yorkshire, 1939
 
The biscuit room after bombing damage, Alfred Hughes Factory, Birmingham, 1940
 
Visit of Queen Mary of Teck, York, Yorkshire, 1938
 
Wings for Victory Week poster, 1943
 
Portrait of Arnold S Rowntree, 1910
 
School photo, The York School (now Bootham School), York, Yorkshire, 1848
 
John Mackintosh, 1913
 
Joseph Terry's shop in York Castle Museum, York, Yorkshire, 1954
 
View of the girl’s dining hall, York, Rowntree Factory, Yorkshire, 1910
 
The Rowntree staff dentist at work, Rowntree Factory, York, Yorkshire,1920
 
Girls read in an outdoor class, Rowntree factory, York, Yorkshire, 1933
 
Work study in in the box making department, Rowntree factory, York, Yorkshire, 1954
 
A salesman talking to a shopkeeper, 1956
 
Analytical laboratory, Rowntree factory, York, Yorkshire, 1926
 
A Rowntree’s sales representative besides his car, York, Yorkshire, 1937
 
Passengers queuing for a steam rain at Rowntree's halt, York, Yorkshire, 1934
 
Delivery driver in uniform, 1929
 
A Rowntree & Co open-backed delivery lorry, 1915
 
A photographer stands with his camera, County Industries, York, Yorkshire, 1943
 
Crowds on a platform, York Railway Station, Yorkshire, 1946
 
Street scene of poor housing, York, Yorkshire, 1923
 
Box top for Rowntree's Mountain Milk Chocolate, 1910s
 
Violet (nee Taylor), wife of John Mackintosh the Toffee King 1919
 
Packing Rowntree’s Smarties, 1953
 
Decorating chocolates by hand, Rowntree factory, York, Yorkshire, 1956
 
Women packing Dairy Box chocolates, Rowntree factory, York, Yorkshire, 1948
 
Munitions work, County Industries, York, Yorkshire, 1943
 
Women work on foiling machines, Rowntree factory, York, Yorkshire, 1933
 
Women packing Rowntree’s Elect Cocoa, York, Yorkshire, 1929
 
Piping whipped cream walnuts, Rowntree factory, York, Yorkshire, 1920
 
A woman uses a piping bag to decorate chocolates, Rowntree factory, York, Yorkshire, 1932
 
Computer department, Rowntree factory, York, Yorkshire, 1964
 
Typist training, 1961
 
Rowntree factory switchboard, York, Rowntree factory, Yorkshire, 1952
 
Women employees in to the library, Rowntree factory, Yorkshire, 1952
 
Wages office, Rowntree factory, York, Yorkshire, 1952
 
Aptitude test, Rowntree factory, York, Yorkshire,1948
 
The Gum department, quality control, Rowntree factory, York, Yorkshire, 1935
 
Rowntree employee education, York, Yorkshire, 1948
 
Three women scrub a stone floor on their hands and knees, 1956
 
A woman is shown how to use an adding machine, York, Yorkshire, 1961
 
Five costumed figures, 1913