Lever Collection (page 3)

General Strike - Varsity undergraduate volunteers
The General Strike - Varsity undergraduate volunteers manning the signal box at LMS Bletchley. 1926

Cover design, Roland Cashel by Charles Lever
Part-work cover design, Roland Cashel by Charles Lever, illustrated by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne), No. IX, price one shilling. 1849

William Hesketh Lever, founder of Lever Brothers, Port Sunlight (now part of Unilever). late 19th century

Advert for Carters, rotary or lever wheelchair 1906
Hand tricycle wheelchair, with rotary or lever. Date: 1906

Cycle lever chain works in France 1896
English inventor William Spears Simpson invented the cycle lever chain that we still use today. It was such a success that they were unable to keep up with demand

William Spears Simpson, English inventor of the cycle lever chain, similar to the one cyclist use today, formed by linked triangles with two levels

Early Model Automobile Date: 1950

HOUSEHOLD / LAUNDRY / MANGLE
Mangles and washing machines Date: 1884

WATER PUMP / MIDDELBURG
A Dutch girl has to work a massive lever to fill her little pitcher from the fine old pump in the Abbey quadrangle at Middelburg, Netherlands. Date: 1884

A signalman at work at Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
A signalman at work in the 180 lever railway signal box at Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England Date: 1991

Port Sunlight - Cheshire, Merseyside - Mens Social Club and Bowling Green. Date: circa 1910s

Street mobile French Grape Press at Gien, Loiret, France
Street mobile French Grape Press at Gien a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France. Date: 1910s

Advert for Waterbury pocket watches 1890
Waterbury pocket watches for men, with nickel siver cases. 1890

Albion Printing Press
An Albion press by Hopkinson and Cope of Finsbury, London. A very well-made and popular press, still in use amongst artists and printers today. Date: 1851

Suffragette Arson Rivington Pike. The ruins of the bungalow built by William Hesketh Lever, the industrialist and soap magnate, at Rivington Pike, near Bolton

Cinema advertisement for Monkey Brand Soap early possibly 1930s

Advert for Evans vacuum cap for growth of hair 1906
Practical invention for Evans vacuum cap, develops a natural and permanent growth of the hair, supplying the apparatus on a sixty day trial, wholly at the expense of the company. 1906

The Collegium, Port Sunlight, Wirral, Merseyside, England Date: 1900s

Advertisements from The Illustrated London News, 1896
A page of advertisements from The Illustrated London News, 18th January 1896. Products promoted include Halfords curry powder

Port Sunlight - aerial map
Superb aerial view of Port Sunlight, the factory and home of Sunlight and Lifebuoy soaps, together with the model village built on the Wirral by William Lever for the benefit of his workers

William Hesketh Lever, Lord Leverhulme
William Hesketh Lever (1851-1925), later Lord Leverhulme, soap manufacturer and philanthropist. Founder of Port Sunlight, the model community built on the Wirral to accommodate his employees

Sunlight Soap advertisement
Advertisement for Sunlight Soap manufactured by Lever Brothers at their famous Port Sunlight factory, featuring a small boy in a wooden tub bath holding up his bar triumphantly

Advert for J. C. Vickery luminous & grill-guard watches 1918
Active service wrist watches. Sterling silver high-grade lever wrist watch, with luminous hands and figures. Sterling silver very reliable luminous wrist watch with very detachable grill guard. 1918

WW2 - London Auxiliary Ambulance Service Driver on the farm
WW2 - British Home front, October 1941 - Mrs John Steel, daughter of Sir Bernard Spilsbury, British Pathologist, lends her hand to the war effort

Sunlight soap advertisement, WW1
The CLEANEST fighter in the World - the British Tommy. Great War advertisement for Sunlight Soap manufactured by Lever Brothers

Brown Sugar by Lady Arthur Lever, with arrangement by Charles B Cochran. First produced at the Grand in Southampton on 28th June 1920 and then moved to The Duke of Yorks Theatre on 7th July 1920

James Trainer, Welsh-born footballer
James Trainer (1863-1915), Welsh-born footballer (goalkeeper) who played for Wrexham, Great Lever, Bolton Wanderers and Preston North End, as well as the Welsh national team. 1890s

Advert for John Bennett calendar watches 1902
Reverse pocket watch with the time on one side and separate clock for seconds and on the back the date with day, month, and year. 1902

The Safety of Londons Underground and Tube Railways
Automatic devices for preventing accidents: the safety of Londons Underground and Tube Railways. How the element of danger from human error or illness is eliminated by mechanical means

Advert for Bensons pocket watches with roman numerals 1888
Special strength watches and chronographs. 1888

London and North Western Railway - Signal Boxes, Old & New
London and North Western Railway - Signal Boxes, Old and New methods. Date: 1908

Fantastic Adventures - The involuntary immortals
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, December 1949, featuring the story The involuntary immortals by Rog Phillips. A scientist is standing in a laboratory in front of a tube filled with a golden liquid

Ladies cocktail wristlet watches 1902
Decorative ladies cocktail wristlet watches fitted with high grade jewelled gems, lever movement and adjustable silk band, fully guarented, products for Harrods catalogue jewellery department. 1929

Mens lever movement wristwatches 1929
Gold mens lever wristwatches with circular and rectangle faces, products for Harrods catalogue jewellery department. Date: 1929

Mrs A. B Marshalls patent ice breaker 1899
Ice breaker that can break large chunks of ice into pieces about the size of a chestnut or very small pieces. Date: 1899

Mrs A. B Marshalls ice breaker 1890s
Ice breaker with handheld lever, from Mrs A. B Marshall s, useful for hotels, confectioners, refreshments and cabins, butlers and pantries. Date: 1890s

General Strrike 1926: The Lever Brakes
The Lever Breakes the Trades Union Congress tries, unsuccessfully, to use the General Strike to topple the Government. May 1926

Ashton Lever Museum
ASHTON LEVERs MUSEUM Based on a collection of natural history objects and curios acquired by Sir Ashton Lever. Date: July 1806

Mrs A. B Marshalls patent ice breaker 1890s
Ice breaker with handheld lever, from Mrs A. B Marshall s, specially adapted to the wants of hotels, restaurants, confectioners and creameries. Date: 1890s

Cartoon, Political Mathematicians, Shaking the Broad bottomd Hemispheres, by James Gillray. To that last Hope of the Country, the New Opposition

The Auditorium, Port Sunlight, Wirral, Merseyside, England Date: 1900s

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