Printing Plates of TRAVCO Hotels and Co-operative News

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Scope and Content

Four printing plates relating to TRAVCO Hotels, Co-operative News and CSF. The printing plates consist of metal plates attached to wooden blocks.

Administrative / Biographical History

The Co-operative Wholesale Society operated nine hotels that were part of the TRAVCO Group. They acquired these either directly or through merger with other societies.

The Co-operative News is a weekly newspaper for co-operators that started in 1871 and still exists today.

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Acquisition Information

Depositted to the National Co-operative Archive by Karen Froggatt, Co-operative Group, March 2008. The Co-operative Group received the items from a former employee of River and District Co-operative Society.

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Archivist's Note

Description compiled by Adam Shaw, Archivist, March 2012.