Booth, Alfred, & Co Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Booth, Alfred
- Booth, Charles
- Booth & Co
- Booth Steamship Co Ltd
- Booth's Surpass Leather Co
- Manos Harbour Co Ltd
- Unit Construction Co Ltd
- Pavlova Leather Co Ltd
- Melrose Tannery
- Turney Bros Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Brazil
- Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, North West, England
- New York NY, United States
Sectors:
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Leather & other skins processing & products manufacture
Leather & other skins processing
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Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc
Leather, fur & other skins distribution
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Transport services
Shipping services - long distance, inc ship ownership & management
Notes:
Traced origins to 1860 when Alfred, 1834-1914, and Charles, 1840-1916, Booth established themselves as commission agents. Alfred established at New York a leather importing business known as Walden & Booth. 1863 the latter was known as Booth & Co when a Liverpool office was also opened to export skins to USA. c1865 the Booth family established a shipping business at Liverpool to operated steam ships in the Brazil trade, known as Alfred Booth & Co. 1881 reorganised shipping interests as Booth Steamship Co Ltd (for which see separate entry). 1882 started leather products manufacture in England. The leather business came to own the leading USA leather processors, Booth's Surpass Leather Co. Interests in South America included Manaos Harbour Co Ltd. Diversified after 1918 into glue and gelatine production and into processing a much wider range of skins. 1919 acquired Unit Construction Co Ltd, builders using a pioneering standard concrete block. Post 1918 acquired several UK skin processing business including Pavlova Leather Co Ltd of Abingdon (1921), Melrose Tannery at Beverley (1948) and sometime Turney Bros Ltd of Nottingham. 1950s and 60s established joint ventures in Nigeria, New Zealand and Kenya. 1979 acquired by Garner Group to form Garner Booth
Publications:
- A Liverpool Merchant House; being the history of Alfred Booth & Co, 1863-1958 by John, Arthur H
- A Man of Push and Go. The life of George Macaulay Booth by Crow, Duncan
- Alfred Booth. Some memories, letters and other family records by Whitting, Harriet A
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Booth, Alfred
- Booth, Charles
- Booth & Co
- Booth Steamship Co Ltd
- Booth's Surpass Leather Co
- Manos Harbour Co Ltd
- Unit Construction Co Ltd
- Pavlova Leather Co Ltd
- Melrose Tannery
- Turney Bros Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Brazil
- Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, North West, England
- New York NY, United States
Sectors:
- Leather & other skins processing & products manufacture Leather & other skins processing
- Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc Leather, fur & other skins distribution
- Transport services Shipping services - long distance, inc ship ownership & management
Notes:
Traced origins to 1860 when Alfred, 1834-1914, and Charles, 1840-1916, Booth established themselves as commission agents. Alfred established at New York a leather importing business known as Walden & Booth. 1863 the latter was known as Booth & Co when a Liverpool office was also opened to export skins to USA. c1865 the Booth family established a shipping business at Liverpool to operated steam ships in the Brazil trade, known as Alfred Booth & Co. 1881 reorganised shipping interests as Booth Steamship Co Ltd (for which see separate entry). 1882 started leather products manufacture in England. The leather business came to own the leading USA leather processors, Booth's Surpass Leather Co. Interests in South America included Manaos Harbour Co Ltd. Diversified after 1918 into glue and gelatine production and into processing a much wider range of skins. 1919 acquired Unit Construction Co Ltd, builders using a pioneering standard concrete block. Post 1918 acquired several UK skin processing business including Pavlova Leather Co Ltd of Abingdon (1921), Melrose Tannery at Beverley (1948) and sometime Turney Bros Ltd of Nottingham. 1950s and 60s established joint ventures in Nigeria, New Zealand and Kenya. 1979 acquired by Garner Group to form Garner BoothPublications:
- A Liverpool Merchant House; being the history of Alfred Booth & Co, 1863-1958 by John, Arthur H
- A Man of Push and Go. The life of George Macaulay Booth by Crow, Duncan
- Alfred Booth. Some memories, letters and other family records by Whitting, Harriet A