Fonds
ALFRED J.POOL COLLECTION
Catalogue reference: P POOL
What’s it about?
This record is about the ALFRED J.POOL COLLECTION dating from 1854 - 1909.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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P POOL
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Title (The name of the record)
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ALFRED J.POOL COLLECTION
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Date (When the record was created)
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1854 - 1909
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Description (What the record is about)
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The records consist mainly of Alfred's photographs, along with some accounts and other documents.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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P POOL/AC Accounts
P POOL/PH1 Photographic negatives
P POOL/PH3 Photographic prints
P POOL/SP
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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<span class="wrapper"><p>Account book, W. H. Pool, blacksmith and wheelwright, 1847-59.</p> <p>Microfilm of original in possession of Mr S. Smith. MF76</p> <p>Diary of A. J. Pool, 1889. Photocopy of original in possession of Mr S. Smith. D77/18/1</p> <p>Catalogue and price list of threshing machines, TR MRL P2/B150</p> <p>Recorded interview with Alfred Pool, 1956, D DX526/1</p></span>
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Museum of English Rural Life
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <persname>Pool Alfred J, 1865-1956, of Somerset, photographer and agricultural designer</persname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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288 documents
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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DX339, D62/31-39.
Records deposited by gift by Victor Bonham Carter.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Alfred J.Pool (1865-1956) was the photographer and 'photographic artist' at Chipstable, Somerset from about 1880-1900. He was a member of the firm of W. H. Pool & Sons, makers of threshing machines, wagons and agricultural implements. The firm had been founded by William Henry Pool (1821-1907), who set up in business as a wheelwright and passed the firm on to his sons, William Henry (1853-1933) and Alfred. Alfred was of practical and inventive mind, who designed internal combustion engines that became one of the firm's main products between the 1890s and the early 1920s. His family were also shopkeepers in Chipstable, a grocer's and draper's shop having been established by Alfred's grandfather. The shop traded as W. H. Pool, although its management was in the hands of the women of the family. The shop was kept up until the death of Alfred's sister, Maria, 1944.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- <p>D.W. Warren, A Village Industry: W. H. Pool & Sons, engineers, Chipstable (1988), PB5342</p>
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/a3415a1b-af5b-45d9-ba53-c500833b5fc1/
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ALFRED J.POOL COLLECTION