photograph album

Album of black and white photographs of shoe manufacture; comprising staff portraits and shop floor production of shoes in the factory taken by industrial photographer Walter Nurnberg (1907-1991). The title page contains a handwritten dedication in red ink: 'Geoffrey Holmes Esq., J.P To wish you a very cheery Christmas and a happy New Year from the Chairman, Directors and Staff of Paul. E. Derricks 1949' along with painted crests of four Holmes shoe brands: Seeba, Huskees, Holmes and Kumfees. Loose leaf binder with a red cord fastening containing grey paper pages, cardboard covers with a red paper back cover with the front cover and spine bearing a colour reproduction of a map of Norfolk by C. Smith 1804/1808.