Information Regarding the Roycroft Movement

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ROYCROFT

Established by Elbert Hubbard in 1895, the Roycroft was a community of craftworkers, metalsmiths, etc. which formed part of the Arts and Crafts movement in the United States. The movement was based in the village of East Aurora, New York.


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Roycroft trade mark


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The Roycrofters - East Aurora, N.Y. - 1918

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Roycroft - East Aurora, N.Y. - 1910

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An image of Elbert Hubbard, founder of the Roycroft community, who was lost on the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915:

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An image of Elbert Hubbard II, who, following the death of his father, succeeded as the head the Roycroft community:

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Burlington Watch Co. - Chicago - 1914

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The Roycrofters - East Aurora, N.Y. - 1912

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The Roycrofters - East Aurora, N.Y. - 1910

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The Roycrofters - East Aurora, N.Y. - 1906

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The Roycrofters - East Aurora, N.Y. - 1914

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Roycroft - East Aurora, N.Y. - c.1925

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An advertisement for a lecture by Elbert Hubbard given at the jewelers, G.M. Howe, 110, East Douglas Avenue, Wichita, Kansas, on the 18th December 1903:

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Howe's - Wichita - 1903

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The Roycroft Shops - East Aurora, N.Y. - 1928

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