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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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