- Object name(s):
- Photograph
- Brief description:
- A framed and mounted sepia photograph of James William Kenning, the first librarian of Rugby Public Library, 1890-1918. It was purchased by The Library Committee. He is a white haired gentleman with a beard which has been trimmed to a point at the bottom. He was responsible for starting the Co-Operative Society in Rugby in 1862, operating initially from the Eagle Hotel then opened a shop in North Street. It has a flat brown wooden frame with a gold insert and a brown card mount. There is a metal plaque under the photograph, screwed on to the frame, which is engraved with the subject's name and details.
- Collection:
- Rugby Art Gallery and Museum
- Associated concept:
- Photograph - Portrait - Male
- Object name:
- Photograph
- Object number:
- 2009.21
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1918
- Date - latest:
- 1918
- Date - period:
- 20th Century
- Date - period:
- 1910s
- Responsible department/section:
- Old Rugby Library & Museum,Photograph Collection
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/48e0bc3f-0f3b-3599-8b7c-6b8f6e28f2e4
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/48e0bc3f-0f3b-3599-8b7c-6b8f6e28f2e4, Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, CC BY-NC
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