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Otley Printers' Engineers Information

This section summarises the collection currently held by Otley Museum relating to Otley’s Printers’ Engineers.

The collection is not scanned at the moment so the only way to see any of the listed documents or artefacts is to make an appointment to see them. Please make a note of the catalogue reference of the item(s) that you are interested in when you get in touch.

The section on Printers’ Engineering Companies lists the various companies and their location. The Catalogue Items section details all items related to the industry.

The items are listed in catalogue number order. The companies' initial references are given below. So O/BL/ph/001 will be Payne & Sons on Burras Lane (BL), the item (ph) will be photograph number one for that location.

You can read more about Otley and The Printers’ Engineers in our Articles Section. 

Printers' Engineering Companies

PREFIXCOMPANY
O/BL/…PAYNE & SONS, Atlas Works, Burras Lane
O/BL/…PAYNE & SONS (OTLEY) LTD., Atlas Works, Burras Lane
O/BL/…DAWSON, PAYNE & CO., Burras Lane
O/BL/…DAWSON, PAYNE & ELLIOTT, Burras Lane
O/BL/…DAWSON, PAYNE & LOCKETT, Burras Lane
O/BL/…WAITE & SAVILLE, Falcon Works, Burras Lane
O/BL/…CRABTREE VICKERS, Burras Lane
O/BM/…WATKINSON & CO., Wharfedale Iron Foundry, Back Lane
O/BM/…BREMNER MACHINE CO. LTD., Bremner Works
O/BM/…HARRILD & SONS LTD., London - see Bremner Machine Co. Ltd
O/GL/…JOHN ELLIOTT, SON & CO, Steel Croft Machine Works (& Defiance Works), Gay Lane
O/GL/…ELLIOTT & CO. LTD., Gay Lane
O/LR/…DAVID PAYNE & CO., Caxton Works, Leeds Road
O/LR/…JOHN KELLEY & CO., Albion Works, Leeds Road
O/NS/…FIELDHOUSE, CROSSFIELD & CO. LTD., Wharfedale Foundry, Nelson Street
O/NS/…FIELDHOUSE, KELLEY, ELLIOTT & CO., Nelson Street
O/NS/…FIELDHOUSE, ELLIOTT & CO., Nelson Street
O/NS/…ELLIOTT & SON, Nelson Street
O/PT/…DAWSON, PAYNE & KELLEY LTD
O/WE/…WILLIAM DAWSON, Ashfield Foundry, Westgate
O/WE/…WILLIAM DAWSON & SONS (OTLEY) LTD., Ashfield Works, Westgate
O/WE/…DAVID PAYNE, Westgate
O/WE/…DAWSON, PAYNE & ELLIOTT, Westgate
O/WE/…JOHN KAY & CO., Century Buildings, Westgate
O/PE/…OTLEY PRINTERS' ENGINEERS GENERAL SOURCES
O/IR/…Ilkley Road:  The Dawson family house 'Clydeville' was on this road

Catalogue Items

CAT. No. ITEMDescription
O/AA/dc/0091914-1917Trade Card re A Bolton, fitter at Payne & Sons.   Record of military service in West Yorkshire Regiment
O/BL/ab/001c.1908-1928Account Books for Payne & Sons  Printing machine and White Steam car specs etc.  
O/BL/ab/0021923-1925 Dawson Payne & Elliott Cash Account Book
O/BL/ab/0031890-1901Waite & Saville Account Books:  Wages, travel expenses, carriage charges,etc
O/BL/ab/0041920-1952Dawson Payne & Elliott Private Ledgers with payment including Directors' salaries, land and buildings purchased, office salaries, shares etc
O/BL/ab/005Dawson Payne and Elliott Private Ledger 1934-44
O/BL/ab/0061939-1941Dawson Payne & Elliott Wage and account book.  Numbered, workmen and weekly wages
O/BL/ab/007Dawson Payne and Elliott Private Ledger 1953-61
O/BL/ab/0081928-1944Waite & Saville Sales Day Books listing machines, customers, repairs etc
O/BL/ab/0091928-1944Waite & Saville Sales Day Books listing machines, customers, repairs etc
O/BL/ab/0101928-1944Waite & Saville Sales Day Books listing machines, customers, repairs etc
O/BL/ab/0111928-1944Waite & Saville Sales Day Books listing machines, customers, repairs etc
O/BL/ab/0121928-1944Waite & Saville Sales Day Books listing machines, customers, repairs etc
O/BL/ab/0131928-1944Waite & Saville Sales Day Books listing machines, customers, repairs etc
O/BL/ab/0141928-1944Waite & Saville Sales Day Books listing machines, customers, repairs etc
O/BL/ab/0151944-1949Waite & Saville Cash Book with daily balance of income & expenditure
O/BL/ab/016Dawson Payne and Elliott Order Book 1920-33
O/BL/ad/0011867Advertisement:  The Payneian Atlas Printing Machine Works, Otley
O/BL/ad/0021930s-1960sAdvertisements for the Despatch Label Machine - Waite & Saville
O/BL/ad/003Undated advertisement for the Diamond Cornering Machine - Waite & Saville
O/BL/ad/004Undated advertisement for the Velox Washering Machine - Waite & Saville
O/BL/ad/005Advertisement for the Koh-I-Nor Reel Platen - Waite & Saville
O/BL/ad/0061930s-1960sAdvertisements for the Despatch Label Machine - Waite & Saville
O/BL/ad/007Undated advertisement for the Record Tag Making Machine - Waite & Saville
O/BL/ad/008Undated advertisement for the Peerless Punching & Eyeletting Machine - Waite & Saville
O/BL/ad/009Undated advertisement for the Gravure Press - Waite & Saville
O/BL/ad/010Undated advertisement for the Rotary Lithographic Offset Press - Waite & Saville
O/BL/ad/0111898Advertisement for the Koh-I-Noor Small Job Press - Waite & Saville
O/BL/ad/012Undated advertisement for Offset Presses - Waite & Saville
O/BL/ad/013Undated advertisement for the Monarch Two-Feeder Platen - Waite & Saville
O/BL/ad/014Undated advertisement for the Automatic Offset Press - Waite & Saville
O/BL/ad/015Undated advertisement for the Single Colour Rotary Offset Press- Waite & Saville
O/BL/ad/016Undated advertisement for the Photogravure Printing Machine - Waite & Saville
O/BL/ad/017Undated advertisement for Rotary Offsets, Platens, 2-Rev Auto & Die Presses - Waite & Saville
O/BL/ad/018Undated advertisement for Offset Presses - Waite & Saville
O/BL/ad/019-020Waite & Saville Advertisements and Booklets
O/BL/ad/021Undated advertisement for Sales Check Book Machine - Waite & Saville
O/BL/ad/022-026Undated advertisements for Offset, Single Colour Offset & Inverted Die Presses - Waite & Saville
O/BL/ad/027Undated advertisement for Offset Presses - Waite & Saville
O/BL/ad/028,039Undated advertisements for Offset, Single Colour Offset & Inverted Die Presses - Waite & Saville
O/BL/ad/041Undated advertisement for a Record Tag Making & Printing Machine - Waite & Saville
O/BL/ad/0431941Proof advertisement for Women Capstan Operators & Millers at Waite & Saville
O/BL/ad/0451914Copy of advertisement - The Perfection Wharfedale - Payne & Sons (Otley) Ltd
O/BL/ad/046Advertisement for seven Waite & Saville machines prior to 1932
O/BL/bd/001AWW1Oval War Work Badge 'On Government Work'  -  Payne & Sons (Otley) Ltd   Given by Mrs Morrell
O/BL/bd/001BAsO/BL/bd/001A in gold 'F & S 9,375 WW1 oval War Work Badge 'On Government Work'  -  Payne & Sons (Otley) Ltd Gift of Mrs Fletcher, daughter of Mrs Robinson (owner of badge)
O/BL/bd/002WW2Round War Service Badge ' On War Service Work  - Payne & Sons (Otley) Ltd.  
O/BL/bd/003Blazer badge c.1950:  Dawson Payne & Elliott Sports & Social Club.   Depicts gearwheel and a Swift.   Swift is the name of one of the Wharfedale Printing Machines manufactered by Dawson Payne & Elliott. 
O/BL/bd/004WW1War Work Badge - 'On War Service' at Payne & Sons - Florence White Munitions Worker
O/BL/bd/005WW1War Work Badge - 'On War Service' at Payne & Sons - Florence White Munitions Worker
O/BL/bd/006WW1War Work Badge - 'On War Service' at Payne & Sons - Florence White Munitions Worker
O/BL/bd/007WW1War Work Badge - 'On War Service' at Payne & Sons - Florence White Munitions Worker
O/BL/bl/001c.1900'The Wharfedale, its erection and management' - Payne & Sons
O/BL/bl/002,0031930s-1940sBooklets on the Auto-Falcon & Reel Platen - Waite & Saville
O/BL/bl/004Booklet on Machinery for Printing & Allied Trades - Waite & Saville
O/BL/bl/005,009Booklets - Offset Press description & Book of Parts - Waite & Saville
O/BL/bl/006Booklet with Descriptions in Portuguese of Waite & Saville machines
O/BL/bl/007c.1898Booklet with Descriptions of various machines - Waite & Saville
O/BL/bl/0081904Booklet re Labour Saving Machinery for Printers & Stationers - Waite & Saville
O/BL/bl/010,011Booklet on Falcon Platen Presses - Waite & Saville
O/BL/bl/012,015Booklets on Rotary Offset Presses - Waite & Saville
O/BL/bl/013,0141925Booklets on theTwo-Colour Rotary Offset Press - Waite & Saville
O/BL/bl/016c.1910Booklet on the Rotary Offset Press - Waite & Saville
O/BL/bl/017Booklet on the Single Colour Offset Press Model OF38- Waite & Saville
O/BL/bl/018Booklet on Offset Press Models OF28, 32, 35 & 38 - Waite & Saville
O/BL/bl/019Booklet on the Two-Rev Press. Book of Parts - Waite & Saville
O/BL/bl/020-023Booklets on the High Speed Two-Rev Press - Waite & Saville
O/BL/bl/024Booklet on the Two Revolution Letter Press - Waite & Saville
O/BL/bl/026-028Booklet on Instructions for working the Waite Inverted Die Press
O/BL/bl/029Booklet for the Canadian International Trade Fair. Waite Machine advertisments
O/BL/bl/030-0381938booklets 'Useful hints for working the Waite Die Press' - Waite & Saville
O/BL/bl/039-040Booklet for the Die Stamping & Direct Plate Printing Machine - Waite & Saville
O/BL/bl/0411904Prospectus for the American market, describing machines - Waite & Saville
O/BL/bl/0431930sDawson Payne & Elliott booklet for the High Speed, Two-Revolution Press, 364 Roller
O/BL/bl/044/0501950Dawson Payne & Elliott booklet for the New Model Cossar Press
O/BL/bl/0451930sDawson Payne & Elliott booklet for the Swift Cylinder Printing Press
O/BL/bl/0461965Crabtree News Bulletin article on purchase of Dawson Payne & Elliott share stock
O/BL/bl/0471965Crabtree News Bulleltin article on the Dawson Payne & Elliott  C75 High Speed Bottle Printer
O/BL/bl/0481966Crabtree News Bulletin article on Wharfedale Machines to print Holy Koran
O/BL/bl/0491947Dawson Payne & Elliott booklet for the Otley High-Speed Two-Revolution Press
O/BL/bl/0521940s-1950sDawson Payne & Elliott booklet for the Standard and Ace self clamping Guillotines
O/BL/bl/053c.1900-1912Booklet 'Useful hints for working the Waite Die Press'
O/BL/bl/054Copy of booklet 'The Falcoln 1901-1903' - Waite & Saville
O/BL/bl/055Copy of booklet giving details of Falcoln machines' - Waite & Saville
O/BL/bl/056Copy of booklet 'The Falcoln Plate' - Waite & Saville
O/BL/bl/057c.1925Dawson Payne & Elliott booklet for The New Model Cossar Press photographs and specifications   See also O/BL/bl/050.
O/BL/bl/057Booklet The Waite Inverted Die Press Book of Parts
O/BL/cd/001Silver Jubilee Card with envelope 1935 - Dawson Payne & Elliott
O/BL/cd/0021937Coronation Card Memento from Dawson Payne & Elliott
O/BL/cd/0031905Mock mourning card re the defeat of the Waite & Saville soccer team
O/BL/cd/0041945AEU Membership Card for Mabel Dyson
O/BL/cg/0011911Payne's 'Wharfedale Printing Machinery, A Short History'
O/BL/cg/002c.1921-1923 Payne & Sons catalogue 'Machinery for the Printing and Allied Trades'
O/BL/cg/003c.1927Dawson Payne & Elliott catalogue -  Descriptions of Standard Wharfedale, Waite Automatic Feeder, High-Speed Two-Revolution Press, Combinds HS Stop Cylinder, Diamond Cutting Machine, Summit Fine Art Colour Press and Folding Machine, Cossar Press. Map of Machine Works etc. 
O/BL/cg/004Catalogue No 638 The Waite Rotary Offset Press - Waite & Saville
O/BL/cg/005c.1900Copy catalogue for The Waite Die Press
O/BL/cg/006Hardback catalogue Machinery for the Printing & Allied Trades   Dawson Payne & Elliott Ltd.   C.1925
O/BL/ck/001Waite & Saville factory Clock Face
O/BL/ct/0011922Share Certificates in Dawson Payne & Elliott for Dawsons, Stotts & Payne
O/BL/ct/0021899Share Certificates printed on Waite & Saville Machines
O/BL/ct/0031942Certificate of Membership of the National Union of Manufacturers - Waite & Saville
O/BL/dc/0031888Wharfedale Observer supplement re the late David Payne
O/BL/dc/0041894Correspondence between Payne & Sons and Daimler
O/BL/dc/0051893Printers' Register: 'The Otley Engineers The Paynes'
O/BL/dc/0061898Guide to Ilkley, Otley, Wharfedale - article re Payne & Sons
O/BL/dc/0071943 The British Printer - article re the Payne family
O/BL/dc/0081886'London, Provincial and Colonial Press News': Payne & Sons new Patent Large Cylinder Perfecting Machine
O/BL/dc/0091899'Printers' Register: Payne & Sons Special Wharfedale Machine'
O/BL/dc/0131909Articles of Association of Payne & Sons and 1921 Document re Special Resolution re sale to William Dawson & Sons (Otley) Ltd.
O/BL/dc/0141920 Valuer's Certificate: Atlas Works; Glasgow & London holdings
O/BL/dc/0151918Documents re suggestions for Common Selling Agency with Dawson & Sons
O/BL/dc/0161912 Document re Terms and conditions for settling industrial disiputes.
O/BL/dc/0171893-1887 Documents re sale of printing machines to Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand
O/BL/dc/0181906-1920Order Sheets with specifications, leading hands, etc
O/BL/dc/0191904 Document re footpath diversion adjacent to Payne & Sons machine works
O/BL/dc/020c.1905-1932 Fivenotebooks re design, spec and manufacture of Cossar Web Newspaper Presses; Thomas Cossar
O/BL/dc/0211939ARP progress record re preparations for war - Waite & Saville
O/BL/dc/0221921-1934Dawson Payne & Elliott Balance Sheets & Accounts
O/BL/dc/0221935-1945Dawson Payne & Elliott Balance Sheets & Accounts
O/BL/dc/0221946-1951Dawson Payne & Elliott Balance Sheets & Accounts
O/BL/dc/0221951-1954 Dawson Payne & Elliott Balance Sheets & Accounts
O/BL/dc/0221954-1956 Dawson Payne & Elliott Balance Sheets & Accounts
O/BL/dc/0221956-1958 Dawson Payne & Elliott Balance Sheets & Accounts
O/BL/dc/0231960sReceipt Book, unused, for Dawson Payne & Elliott
O/BL/dc/0241906Articles of Association changing name of William Dawson & Sons (Otley) Ltd to Dawson, Payne & Elliott on 13 April 1921.  Additional Resolutions dated 1937 & 1949.
O/BL/dc/0251952Articles of Association of Otley Printing & Allied Machinery Ltd to purchase Dawson Payne & Elliott London
O/BL/dc/0261921-1922Articles of Association: Dawson Payne & Lockett purchase of Dawson, Payne & Elliott, London
O/BL/dc/0271963Notes on repairs to printing machines for Dawson Payne & Elliott
O/BL/dc/0291893-1952Articles of Association of Waite & Saville
O/BL/dc/0301951Letter re Dawson Payne & Elliott (Glasgow) acting as agents for Waite & Saville
O/BL/dc/0311952Letters re formation of Otley Printing & Allied Machinery Ltd - Waite & Saville
O/BL/dc/032NewModel Falcon sizes, dimensions & shipping specifications - Waite & Saville
O/BL/dc/0331911-1913Letter from Edinburgh Co offering sale of patent for machine - Waite & Saville
O/BL/dc/0341965List of Overseas Agencies from Argentina to Vietnam - Waite & Saville
O/BL/dc/0351964Annual return: Share Capital. List of Shareholders - Waite & Saville
O/BL/dc/0361921Draft Licence to manufacture/sell Waite Automatic Sheet Feeders to Dawson Payne & Elliott
O/BL/dc/0371922-1923Statement from Payne & Sons re Royalty on Waite Feeders
O/BL/dc/0381923-1930Statement from Dawson Payne & Elliott re Royalty on Waite Feeders
O/BL/dc/0391904Agreement for sale of small plot of land, Burras Lane - Waite & Saville
O/BL/dc/0401913Letter from Herbert Payne to Dawson & Sons re meeting of Otley Printing Machine Makers' Mutual Association
O/BL/dc/0411945War Report Items made for Ministry of Supply, hours worked etc. - Waite & Saville
O/BL/dc/042List of items taken from Armaments Contract Book - Waite & Saville
O/BL/dc/0441899-1900High Court case: Johnson Die Press Co London -v- Waite & Saville
O/BL/dc/0451868Letter from David Payne re workings of a printing machine
O/BL/dc/0461913Letters from Fred Payne to his son Walter re Perfecter bed motion
O/BL/dc/0501903Agreement with American firm to sell Waite & Saville machines
O/BL/dc/0511904Agreement re formation of company in US to make and sell Falcon Presses - Waite & Saville
O/BL/dc/052Agreement with Canadian Co as sole agents for Waite & Saville machines
O/BL/dc/053Surety Bond for Canadian agent to sell Waite & Saville machines
O/BL/dc/0541905Agreement to transfer Canadian Co to new US Company - Waite & Saville
O/BL/dc/055Agreement with Canadian Co for Patents of cheque book machines - Waite & Saville
O/BL/dc/0561905-1908Correspondence re problems setting up new US Co - Waite & Saville
O/BL/dc/0571906Correspondence from Canadian Co re machines for US Co - Waite & Saville
O/BL/dc/058Letter from Canadian Co re problems with New York Customs House - Waite & Saville
O/BL/dc/059,060Letters/Orders from Auto Falcon & Waite Die Press Co, Chicago
O/BL/dc/0611910Letter from Toronto Type Foundry Co re non-arrival of patterns - Waite & Saville
O/BL/dc/062Letterre shares & problems with auto machines - Waite & Saville
O/BL/dc/063Letterre orders from US Co - Waite & Saville
O/BL/dc/0641911Letter from Auto Falcon & Waite Die Press Co, New York, re order - Waite & Saville
O/BL/dc/0651922Waite & SavilleLetters re Agency Agreement for Toronto Type Foundry Co
O/BL/dc/0661928-1929Letters from South American Sales Organiser re agreements for sales of machines in many South/Central American countries by four salesmen - Waite & Saville
O/BL/dc/0671903Contract with Paris agency for sale of Waite & Saville machines
O/BL/dc/068Tag Making Machine, Model D : notes on operation - Waite & Saville
O/BL/dc/069Instructions for Reverso Press type transfers - Waite & Saville
O/BL/dc/070Instructions for unpacking printing machines - Waite & Saville
O/BL/dc/0711908Charts of Parts of New Model Standard Falcon - Waite & Saville
O/BL/dc/072Charts of Parts of New Model Art Falcon:  Double Roll & Auto Side Lay - Waite & Saville
O/BL/dc/073New Model Falcon Instructions for altering the impression- Waite & Saville
O/BL/dc/074Instructions for erecting, starting Express Falcon with Envelope Feed - Waite & Saville
O/BL/dc/075Instructions for working Inverted Die Press & unpacking instructions - Waite & Saville
O/BL/dc/0761894Receipt for loan from W John Waite - Waite & Saville
O/BL/dc/077Assorted unused Waite & Saville stationery & forms
O/BL/dc/078Printers Register' page re wrapping & gumming machine - Waite & Saville
O/BL/dc/079Rotary Gravure Press specifications - Waite & Saville
O/BL/dc/0801898Local Guide article re Waite & Saville
O/BL/dc/0811931Solicitors' letters to Dawson Payne & Elliott re sale of land and extinguishments of copyhold manorial rights
O/BL/dc/090-0951879-1909 Deeds re land near Burras Lane; David and Frederick Payne
O/BL/dc/1121914Instructions for running single cylinder Cossar
O/BL/dc/1131966Journal of Printing Historical Society article re Albion Press.  Dawson Payne & Lockett engineer's drawings
O/BL/dc/114Twenty three Agreements of Service between Dawson, Payne & Elliott and Paynes, Stott and others
O/BL/dc/1151936Dawson Payne & Elliott Tenancy Agreement re Market Garden/Rhubarb Ground, Burras Lane
O/BL/dc/1161935Dawson Payne & Elliott - Lease re plot of land near Whiteley Croft
O/BL/dc/1171919Licence to manufacture machines: Thomas Cossar to Payne & Sons
O/BL/dc/1181923Licence to manufacture printing presses under patents. Thomas Cossar to Dawson Payne & Elliott
O/BL/dc/1241922-1937National Scheme for Employment of Disabled ex-Servicemen, Dawson Payne & Elliott, Atlas Works
O/BL/dc/125,1261938Hiring Agreement between Dawson Payne & Elliott and Bristol firm for Meteor machines.  War Damage Government Compensation Scheme re destruction of above
O/BL/dc/1291940Correspondence re Public Air-Raid Shelter on Dawson Payne & Elliott land 
O/BL/dc/1301927Instructions for erecting Waite Automatic Feeder attached to Dawson Payne & Elliott Combine Stop Cylinder Press W3
O/BL/dc/131Die-Press: samples of letterheads printed on same - Waite & Saville
O/BL/dc/1321944-1945Dawson Payne & Elliott Price List for 10 Standard & Special Wharfedales, Home & Export
O/BL/dc/1331965Documents Agreement re Crabtree's purchase of Dawson Payne & Elliott's share capital
O/BL/dc/134c.1966Description of newly integrated works of Dawson Payne & Elliott and Waite & Saville as one of the key units in Vickers-owned R W Crabtree Group
O/BL/dc/135-136c.1966Papers re integrated works of Dawson, Payne & Elliott and Waite & Saville in Crabtree Vickers
O/BL/dc/1371958-1959Articleentitled 'Flat Bed Rotary Presses'  by AB Stott (Dawson Payne & Elliott) from Residential course, plus photograph
O/BL/dc/1381955Price list for 19 machines produced by Waite & Saville
O/BL/dc/139Typed list of machines manufactured by Waite & Saville 1892-1972
O/BL/dc/140Seven typewritten pages for the Cossar Press - erecting/operating/working instructions
O/BL/dc/141Thirteen typewritten pages for Newspaper Cossar Press - erecting/operating/working instructions
O/BL/dc/142Two typewritten pages for the Cossar Press 1935 - erecting/operating/working instructions
O/BL/dc/143Seven typewritten pages for the Cossar Press - erecting/operating/working instructions
O/BL/dc/144Ten typewritten pages for the Cossar Single CylinderPress - erecting/operating/working instructions
O/BL/dc/145Five typewritten pages of erecting instructions for the Cossar Press - erecting/operating/working instructions
O/BL/dc/146Fourteen typewritten pages for the B14 Cossar Press 1949 - erecting/operating/working instructions
O/BL/dc/147Nineteen typewritten pages for the newspaper Cossar Press - erecting/operating/working instructions
O/BL/dc/148Fourteen typewritten pages for the B and B16 Cossar Press - erecting/operating/working instructions
O/BL/dc/149Thirteen typewritten pages for the Newspaper Cossar Press - erecting/operating/working instructions 
O/BL/dc/150Eighteen typewritten pages for the Cossar Presses The Winder - erecting/operating/working instructions
O/BL/dc/151Sixteen typewritten pages for the B18 Cossar Press - erecting/operating/working instructions 
O/BL/dc/1521948-1950 Four typewritten pages of instructions for 52" Ace Label Turrrett Label Cutter - erecting/operating/working instructions
O/BL/dc/1531948-1950 Twelve  typewritten instruction pages for the 52" Ace Turrett Label Cutter with Clutch - erecting/operating/working instructions
O/BL/dc/1541951Erecting instructions for E1 cutting machine
O/BL/dc/155Undated document re Instructions for the operation and adjustment of the E1 32" self clamp guillotine
O/BL/dc/1561950Erecting instructions for E2 cutting machine
O/BL/dc/1571976Letter from Time Life New Service regarding an article 'Press Design & Manufacture - Four Flat-bed Rotary Webb Presses' which had appeared in the Patra handbook
O/BL/dc/1581938Dawson Payne & Elliott Invoice to Messrs Wadsworth, Keighley 
O/BL/dc/1591953Dawson Payne & Elliott Collection of photos, instruction books and parts lists connected to Jobber Press Symbol B19; print of drawing No.B19/A55y.57 dated 1957;  delivery note for parts for Meteor Press dated 1957. 
O/BL/dc/160-162Booklet and letters re employment of T.W. Graham at Dawson Payne & Elliott
O/BL/dr/001c.1870Ink drawing of David Payne, Atlas Works, by G R Warnes
O/BL/dr/0021963Drawings & photos of working parts of Falcon - Waite & Saville
O/BL/dr/003-0051928Three ink drawings of Offset Machines - Waite & Saville
O/BL/dr/0061934-1961Copy drawings of Cossar 79" C Folding machines - Dawson Payne & Elliott
O/BL/dr/0071934-1961Copy drawings of Cossar 79" C Folding machines - Dawson Payne & Elliott
O/BL/dr/0081934-1961Copy drawings of Cossar 79" C Folding machines - Dawson Payne & Elliott
O/BL/dr/0091934-1961Copy drawings of Cossar 79" C Folding machines - Dawson Payne & Elliott
O/BL/dr/0101934-1961Copy drawings of Cossar 79" C Folding machines - Dawson Payne & Elliott
O/BL/dr/0111934-1961Copy drawings of Cossar 79" C Folding machines - Dawson Payne & Elliott
O/BL/dr/0121934-1961Copy drawings of Cossar 79" C Folding machines - Dawson Payne & Elliott
O/BL/dr/0131934-1961Copy drawings of Cossar 79" C Folding machines - Dawson Payne & Elliott
O/BL/dr/0141928-1929Copy drawing of Delivery Board for Double Royal machine - Dawson Payne & Elliott
O/BL/dr/015-017c.1945Copy drawings of High-Speed Two-Revolution Press - Dawson Payne & Elliott
O/BL/dr/0181948Installation plan for E2 42  cutting machine plus electrical controls wiring diagram - Dawson Payne & Elliott
O/BL/dr/0191961Drawing of a Waite Inverted Die Press
O/BL/gm/001Playing cards with the Dawson Payne & Elliott Diamond Ace Guillotine on reverse  Ace of Clubs missing
O/BL/gy/001Payne Family Tree - this is an updated of previously catalogued O/BL/gy/001 - SEE NEXT ENTRY
O/BL/gy/0011818-1880 Genealogical pedigree of the Payne family by Donald G Little SEE ENTRY ABOVE
O/BL/in/0021965Agreement of Apprenticeship between P Longstaffe & Waite & Saville Ltd & Crabtree Mann
O/BL/it/001Brass instrument for measuring revolutions of lathes.  Inscribed 'From Jos. C Crosskill to D Payne.  Connecticut Cutlery Co. Naugatuck (New Haven U.S.A.) 
O/BL/it/002Thirteen  draughtsman's instruments in wooden box lined in velvet c.1880.  Belonged to D Payne
O/BL/it/003Machine maker's 36 inch steel rule engraved 'Payne & Sons Otley'   Between 1909 and 1921
O/BL/it/004Small U-shaped snap guage for measuring objects.  After 1921:  Dawson Payne & Elliott
O/BL/it/005Rubber stamp with wooden handle  'Atlas Stores No 1'  with example
O/BL/it/0061945Glass engineers' surface plate - Dawson Payne & Elliott
O/BL/it/007Pattern maker's 24 inch steel rules, one engraved Payne & Sons Otley - from Jack Clapham
O/BL/it/008Veraloy Type High slip gauge engraved - T Y C Stott and A B Stott
O/BL/la/001Nightwatchman's lantern - Dawson Payne & Elliott c.1940
O/BL/lb/001Passenger Train label 'From Waite & Saville Falcon Works'
O/BL/lb/002Two labels printed on Two-Colour Tag Machine - Waite & Saville
O/BL/lf/001Leaflet for Tag Making & Two Colour Reel printing machine - Waite & Saville
O/BL/lf/002Leaflet for Reverso Transfer Reversing & Offset proving press - Waite & Saville
O/BL/lf/003-008Leaflets for Inverted Die Relief Stamping Presses - Waite & Saville
O/BL/lf/009,010Leaflets for Twin Velox Washering Machine for Carrier Bags - Waite & Saville
O/BL/lf/011-012Leaflets for Falcon Platen Presses - Waite & Saville
O/BL/lf/013,014Leaflets for Inverted Die Relief Stamping Presses- Waite & Saville
O/BL/lf/015Leaflet on approximate weights & measurements of  Waite Die Presses- Waite & Saville
O/BL/lf/016Leaflet on Die Press Feed Guard - Waite & Saville
O/BL/lf/018-0231915-1937Price lists of Waite & Saville printing machines
O/BL/lf/024Leaflet on Infrared Dryer for use with Waite & Saville Die Stamping Press
O/BL/lf/025Leaflet on Instructions for working Despatch Label Machine - Waite & Saville
O/BL/lf/026Leaflet Paris Agents for la Waite Inverted a timbrer en relief - Waite & Saville
O/BL/lf/027,0281915-1937Leaflets for Falcon Unit Offset Presses, models 25 & OD24 - Waite & Saville
O/BL/lf/029Leaflet for Offset Press, Inverted Die Stamping & Rotary Gravure Presses, Two-Colour Tag Machine for Printing and Allied Trades - Waite & Saville
O/BL/lf/030c.1960Dawson Payne & Elliott leaflet on the Automatic Suction Delivery 20 x 30 in Jobber Letterpress
O/BL/lf/031c.1950Dawson Payne & Elliott leaflet on the Automatic Suction Delivery Jobber Letterpress.  Photo of machine and letters from fitter
O/BL/lf/032c.1962-1963Dawson Payne & Elliott Leaflet describing R38 and R46 sheet fed rotary letter press machines
O/BL/lf/039c.1955Dawson Payne & Elliott leaflet on Sheet Fed Rotary Letterpress Machines
O/BL/lf/040c.1960Dawson Payne & Elliott leaflet for Rutherford Machines for Metal Decorating and Allied Trades
O/BL/lf/041,042-045c.1960Dawson Payne & Elliott leaflets for R38, 46 and RP54 Sheet Fed Rotary Letterpress Machines
O/BL/lf/0441960sLeaflets on machines manufactured by Crabtree group of companies
O/BL/lf/047,0491950sDawson Payne & Elliott leaflet on the Super Speed Dawson Payne & Elliott 20" x 30"  Press
O/BL/lf/0481930s-1940sLeaflet on the Coating & Dusting Machine Section - Dawson Payne & Elliott
O/BL/lf/052-0571940s-1950sPublicity leaflets re Wharfedale, Meteor Superspeed, Two-rev Diamond Ace, Cossar Flatbed & Rutherford Tube Printer - Dawson Payne & Elliott
O/BL/lf/058Undated leaflet on the Diamond M4 self clamp guillotine - Dawson Payne & Elliott
O/BL/lf/0591920Printed price list for 34 machines by Waite & Saville
O/BL/mc/0011879-1921Metal box for padlocked Company Seal Embossing Stamp  - David Payne & Sons (Otley) Ltd. Atlas Works.  Die stamp hand embossing machine.  Loaned by SJ Payne, Menston 1978
O/BL/mc/002Post 1921 Pressure Gauge probably for Cossar Newspaper Press - Dawson Payne & Elliott
O/BL/mc/003Pattern fpr Wharfedale Machine part 
O/BL/mc/004c.1920Paper counter stamped Harding's Improved Counter - Dawson Payne & Elliott
O/BL/mc/005Scribing Block and box with brass plaque engraved Dawson Payne & Elliott Ltd Atlas Works Otley
O/BL/mc/006c.1960Copper printing block of sheet fed R38 letterpress -Waite & Saville
O/BL/mc/007-021Height Gauges
O/BL/mc/022-027Height Gauges
O/BL/mc/028Metal tag stamped 'Dawson Payne & Elliott Guillotine' with two keys
O/BL/md/001Model of Waite & Saville Four Colour Offset Machine with deep pile delivery - made by apprentices.   Crabtree Vickers took over this firm.
O/BL/md/002,0031920-1960Wooden Model Patterns for castings for Wharfedale Machine Parts, Dawson Payne & Elliott, Atlas Works
O/BL/md/0041920-1960Wooden Model Patterns for castings for Wharfedale Machine Parts, Dawson Payne & Elliott, Atlas Works
O/BL/md/005A,B1920-1960Wooden Model Patterns for castings for Wharfedale Machine Parts, Dawson Payne & Elliott, Atlas Works
O/BL/md/0061920-1960Wooden Model Patterns for castings for Wharfedale Machine Parts, Dawson Payne & Elliott, Atlas Works
O/BL/md/0071921-1960Wooden Model Pattern for castings for Cossar News Machines - Dawson Payne & Elliott
O/BL/md/0081921-1960Wooden Model Pattern for castings for Cossar News Machines - Dawson Payne & Elliott
O/BL/md/0091921-1960Wooden Model Pattern for castings for Cossar News Machines - Dawson Payne & Elliott
O/BL/md/0101921-1960Wooden Model Pattern for castings for Cossar News Machines - Dawson Payne & Elliott
O/BL/md/0111921-1960Wooden Model Pattern for castings for Cossar News Machines - Dawson Payne & Elliott
O/BL/md/012c.1900-1966Wooden pattern for castings for printing machine parts - Waite & Saville
O/BL/md/013c.1900-1966Wooden pattern for castings for printing machine parts - Waite & Saville
O/BL/md/014c.1900-1966Wooden pattern for castings for printing machine parts - Waite & Saville
O/BL/md/0151921-c.1966Casting mould board: Dawson Payne & Elliott for side frame
O/BL/md/0161921-1960Wooden Model Pattern (tube printer) for castings for Wharfedale Machine Parts, Dawson Payne & Elliott, Atlas Works
O/BL/md/0171921-1960Wooden Model Patterns for castings for Wharfedale Machine Parts, Dawson Payne & Elliott, Atlas Works
O/BL/md/0181921-1960Wooden Model Pattern (Wharfedale Mark I) for castings for Wharfedale Machine Parts, Dawson Payne & Elliott, Atlas Works
O/BL/me/001Private RIchard NA Payne 5187 -WW1 medal in blue oblong Phillip's box
O/BL/me/002Private RIchard NA Payne 5187 -WW1 medal in blue oblong Phillip's box
O/BL/mg/0011968Vickers News Article re Wharfedale machine in Otley Museum
O/BL/mg/0021968Vickers News with articles on Otley machines
O/BL/mg/003,004c.1962-1963Reprinted articles from British Printer on sheet fed rotary letterpress machines - Dawson Payne & Elliott
O/BL/nm/0011867-1879Brass Machine Nameplate:  David Payne, Maker, Otley, England.  G Watkin & Sons, Agents Toronto
O/BL/nm/002Nameplate: Agent for Payne & Sons John Dickinson & Co Ltd Sole Agent for India.   John Dickinson & Co. Ltd. 1879-1921
O/BL/nm/003APrinting machine nameplate from Dawson Payne & Elliott - bronze and type c.1950
O/BL/nm/003BPrinting machine nameplate from Dawson Payne & Elliott - alloy c.1950
O/BL/nm/004ANameplate: Agent Edwards, Dunlop & Co, Australia for  Dawson Payne & Elliott machine, Atlas Works. After 1921 
O/BL/nm/004BNameplate: Agent Edwards, Dunlop & Co, Australia for  Dawson Payne & Elliott machine, Atlas Works. After 1921 
O/BL/nm/005Nameplate: Agent Dawson, Payne & Lockett, London, for  Dawson Payne & Elliott machine, Atlas Works. After 1921 
O/BL/nm/006Nameplate: Agent Scottish Agents, Otley Printing Alliance Machinery Ltd. for  DP& E machine, Atlas Works. After 1921 
O/BL/nm/007After 1921  Nameplate:  Agent for Dawson Payne & Elliott: John Dickinson & Co Ltd  Agent for India, Singapore, Colombo, Cairo, Cyprus    
O/BL/nm/008Printing machine nameplate for Crabtree-Mann Ltd. from Atlas Works c.1966
O/BL/nm/009Brass circular nameplate: The Falcon Safety Platen Press, Waite & Saville Ltd. After 1899  Also printed picture of machine taken from a book.  (Entered in error in box as O/IR/
O/BL/nm/010Brass circular nameplate: The Falcon Safety Platen Press, Waite & Saville Ltd. After 1899
O/BL/nm/011Waite & Saville nameplates from American Falcon Printing Press Co, New York
O/BL/nm/012Nameplate: Agent The AM Falcon Printing Press Co New York for The Waite Die & Plate Printing Press. After 1900 
O/BL/nm/013Brass printing machine nameplate, 'The Waite' Waite & Saville Ltd
O/BL/nm/014Brass printing machine nameplate, 'The Waite Standard' Waite & Saville Ltd
O/BL/nm/015Semicircular agent nameplate:  Supplied and Erected by WH Lockett & Co, London
O/BL/nm/016Diamond shaped nameplate:  Payne & Sons,The Diamond, Otley. Patentees and Makers
O/BL/nm/017Metal sign for Dawson Payne & Elliott Diamond guillotine
O/BL/nm/018Printing machine nameplate - Makers Dawson Payne & Elliott Otley and London agents Dawson Payne & Lockett 
O/BL/nm/019Brass name plate for Dawson Payne & Elliott Registered Office
O/BL/nm/020Waite & Saville metal nameplate Cream lettering
O/BL/np/0031909Article in the British Colonial Printer & Stationer, Waite & Saville Offset Press
O/BL/np/0041906Article in the British Colonial Printer & Stationer, Visit of Master Printer's Visit to various Otley printers' engineering firms;  also article on Waite & Saville 
O/BL/np/0052008Copy of the Historical Times Vol 2 No 2 Greater Wellington Region, New Zealand with article re Cossar Press - Dawson Payne & Lockett
O/BL/ob/0011886-1895Order Book for Payne & Sons.  Date, description of machines, purchasers, some shipping marks 
O/BL/ob/0021895-1903Order Book for Payne & Sons   Date, description of machines, purchasers, some shipping marks 
O/BL/ob/0031903-1909Order Book for Payne & Sons    Date, description of machines, purchasers, some shipping marks
O/BL/ob/0041902-1912Order books re Thomas Cossar web newspaper presses with engineering diagrams, photos and specifications
O/BL/ob/0051912-1921Order books re Thomas Cossar web newspaper presses with engineering diagrams, photos and specifications
O/BL/ob/0061897-1945Waite & Saville Order Books: customer, date, machine details
O/BL/ob/0071897-1945Waite & Saville Order Books: customer, date, machine details
O/BL/ob/008A1897-1945Waite & Saville Order Books: customer, date, machine details
O/BL/ob/008B1897-1945Waite & Saville Order Books: customer, date, machine details
O/BL/ob/009A1897-1945Waite & Saville Order Books: customer, date, machine details
O/BL/ob/009B1897-1945Waite & Saville Order Books: customer, date, machine details
O/BL/ob/0101897-1945Waite & Saville Order Books: customer, date, machine details
O/BL/ob/0111897-1945Waite & Saville Order Books: customer, date, machine details
O/BL/ob/0121897-1945Waite & Saville Order Books: customer, date, machine details
O/BL/ob/0131897-1945Waite & Saville Order Books: customer, date, machine details
O/BL/ob/0141929-1937Dawson Payne & Elliott Order Books with descriptions of machines, price, machine number, delivery date, purchaser and destination.
O/BL/ob/015Dawson Payne and Elliott Order Book 1937-49
O/BL/ob/016Dawson Payne and Elliott Order Book 1949-60
O/BL/ob/017Dawson Payne and Elliott Order Book 1960-69
O/BL/ob/0181941-1948Order Books - Orders and correspondence from Dawson Payne & Lockett to Waite & Saville
O/BL/ob/0191945-1948Order Books - Orders and correspondence from Dawson Payne & Lockett to Waite & Saville
O/BL/ob/0201932-1934Waite & Saville Sales Day Book: customer, date, machine details & repairs
O/BL/ob/0211960-1961Dawson Payne & Elliott Order Book for parts with descriptions and fitters' time charges
O/BL/ob/0221960-1961Dawson Payne & Elliott Order Book for parts with descriptions and fitters' time charges
O/BL/pa/001-0061899-1920Patents for improvements to printing machines by Fred, Cyril and Walter Payne and Elkanah Stott for Payne & Sons
O/BL/pa/007Patent No 1026 document granted to David Payne in 1865 while working for William Dawson.  Wax seal in tin case and leather box container embossed WM Tasker Patent Agent Crossley St Halifax.
O/BL/pa/008-0101924Patents for improvements to printing machines - Dawson Payne & Elliott
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