Colvilles Ltd Mail Bag

This bag was used to carry mail between the steel giant's Dalzell Works in Motherwell and its headquarters in Glasgow.

Each of the company's locations would put mail into their own bags. A driver would collect the bags and take them to the Glasgow office on Oswald Street. The bags would then be returned.

Museum reference:
1991-114
Made by:
Colvilles Ltd
Place Made:
Motherwell
Associated with:
Colvilles · Dalzell Steel Works, Motherwell, Scotland
Colvilles · Oswald Street, Glasgow, Scotland
Dimensions:
height: 385mm
width: 420mm
depth: 130mm
Materials:
Leather, Metal
Inscriptions:
Metal clasp 1: Colvilles Ltd 196 West George St. Glasgow (Paper label 'Over this' Oswald Street)\; Metal clasp 2: Dalzell Steel Works, Colvilles Ltd. Motherwell

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