Snow Hill; Sports; Staff

Folder 1. Snow Hill - Exterior Images include Snow Hill Buildings, Holborn, London, the first headquarters of Burroughs Wellcome & Co. , 1883-1941, elevation and detail of entrance; stereoscopic cards x 2 of building copied from a drawing; pen and ink and bodycolour painting of Snow Hill, undated; Snow Hill Buildings after bomb of 1941; one photograph of a building on the site of the old Snow Hill Building taken c. 1960.

Folder 2. Snow Hill - Interiors. Interiors of Snow Hill Buildings, Holborn include monochrome photographs and artists drawing of the show room and offices, c. 1886; later images of the north east corner and south west corner of the offices; chemical laboratories and general offices.

Folder 3. Snow Hill - Social Events/ Gifts to staff/ Letters images include a photograph of 'The Wellcome Pension Fund, Foundation Deed, dated 10th June 1920', a mantel clock from H. S. Wellcome to T J Price in recognition of 21 years service as an employee, April 1903; copy of acknowledgment by Mr Gladstone of a Medicine Chest fitted with 'Tabloids' of Compressed Drugs , presented to him by 250 employees of the BW & Co. London; copy of letter form George Bernard Shaw to Wellcome dated 2/8/1947 re liquid Sketofax in capsules; prints made from photographs of Zeppelin raid; trophy cup unidentified; pocket watch to Robert Clay Sudlow from Henry S Wellcome, 21 years service, 1900. Social events include group shot of employees with HS Wellcome and 2 other group shots , people unidentified.

Folder 4 & 5. Staff Images include early office staff c. 1885/6, identified; works outing to Cobham, Kent, c 1900; visit to Knole Park, 1906; group taken at beanfeast, Gads Hill, Higham, 1886; Annual excursion, Theydon Bois 1887; Presentation Group, 21 years service , 1906 identified employees; Burroughs Wellcome staff 1913; copy of the illuminated testimonial for Frederick Belding Power, c. 1914; some unidentified portrait shots; Mr Sudlow's funeral, Norwood cemetery with detailed images of wreaths.

Folder 6. Sport Images include inter site sport - football, mid 1980's, 'Italy v rest of world' and 'England v France', football in Amsterdam; group shot of cricket players- identified; Dr Banci (General Manager, Wellcome Italia) in centre holding 2 trophies re. Italians wining inter site football match.

c.1880-c.1990

6 Items Photographs

Subject

Copyright assigned to the Wellcome Trust

Copy of image of group taken at "beanfeast, Gads Hill, Higham, 1886" (works outing) on Wellcome Images at M0007863. Henry Wellcome and R C Sudlow are amongst the group pictured.