France: An Early Connection

Sir Titus Salt was awarded the Legion D’honour for his exemplary philanthropic approach to business in founding Saltaire, after he agreed to exhibit in the 1867 Paris Exhibition.   The honour is referenced on the Jubilee edition of Saltaire, a Sketch History, produced as a Jubilee edition in 1906.  The same book was also produced in America in 1895.

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