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Thomas Cook & Son, originally simply Thomas Cook, was a British travel company that existed from 1841 to 2001. It arranged transport, tours and holidays worldwide. It was owned by the British governme
One of the dahabeahs of Thomas Cook & Son, (Egypt) Ltd. Berlin: Cosmos art publishing Co., 1893. Brooklyn Museum Archives
Panels from the Thomas Cook Building in Leicester, displaying excursions offered by Thomas Cook
Thos. Cook & Son ad 1922
Cook's Nile and Palestine Tours - 1901-1903 reprint of an 1870s poster
Thomas Cook
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Thomas Cook was the founder of the travel agency Thomas Cook & Son. He was born into a poor family in Derbyshire and left school at the age of ten to start work as a gardener's boy. He served an appre
Thomas Cook & Son
…1841 to 2001. It arranged transport, tours and holidays worldwide. It was owned by the British government from 1948 to 1972. The company was founded by Thomas Cook in 1841 to carry temperance supporters by railway between the cities of Leicester, Nottingham, Derby and Birmingham. In 1851, Cook arranged transport…
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Statue near Leicester railway station
Cook's grave in Welford Road Cemetery, Leicester