Large sepia photograph, showing candle production at Port Melbourne (assumed). J Kitchen & Sons Pty Ltd is the company name from 1915 to 1962. Photo was taken approximately 1918industry, manufacturing, workers, built environment - industrial, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, symex holdings ltd, pental products pty ltd

This packet of candles was stored in a pantry in a house in Nunawading for many years and given to Barbara Gardiner in April 1996Blue grey cardboard box contaning five candles - brand name 'Electrine Candles', a product of J. Kitchen and Sons Pty Ltdindustry - manufacturing, j kitchen & sons pty ltd

Faded green agreement between messrs J Kitchen & Sons Pty Ltd and messrs H G White Pty Ltd to erect and complete an Edible Oils Department. Schedule of conditions of building contract.No 48276industry - manufacturing, built environment - industrial, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, h g white pty ltd, ingles street, alders & lacey - architects and consulting engineers, w h gibbs, p webber, greenwood, p oakley, c e serpell, c r hausen, louis thompson

Pale green agreement between J Kitchen & sons Pty Ltd and Swanson Bros Pty Ltd of 663 Chapel St South Yarra to erect a single storey office building, Schedule of conditions of building contractNo. 56218industry - manufacturing, built environment - industrial, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, swanson brothers pty ltd, ingles street, harry a norris, p hall, d c swanson, l robinson, russell c stewart, r prentice

Pale green agreement between messrs J KItchen & Sons Pty Ltd & messrs H G White Pty Ltd to erect a new Emersol Plant Building at Ingles St, Port Melbourne. Schedule of conditions of building contract.No. 25944industry, manufacturing, built environment - industrial, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, h g white pty ltd, emersol, f oakley, c e serpell, c r hansen, louis thompson, charles henderson, alder & lacey, ingles street

Buff covered agreement between "Persil Australia Pty Ltd with J Kitchen and Sons Pty Ltd" in 1928. Arthur Robinson & Co, solicitors Collins Street, 377 Litle Collins St melbourne . Agreement typed with date and signatures handwritten in ink. Stitched together with pale green cord.industry, manufacturing, persil australia pty ltd, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, frederick kitchen, j h gifford

Large Black and white photograph in narrow gold coloured metal frame of the J Kitchen & Sons Pty Ltd new administration building in Ingles St Port Melbourne built in 1925, art deco design. Two cars parked near the entrance on left of photo, car on right is a 1948 Fordindustry, manufacturing, built environment - industrial, transport - motor vehicles, j kitchen & sons pty ltd

Large Black and white photograph in narrow gold coloured metal frame of the J Kitchen & Sons Pty Ltd new administration building in Ingles St Port Melbourne built in 1925, art deco design. Photo taken in 1929 of the new gate in Quinn St (street closed and repositioned as continuation of Munro St). Five loaded trucks exiting the gate and in the street, four have Velvet signs on them (copy).industry - manufacturing, built environment - industrial, transport - motor vehicles, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, velvet soap

Minutes of the interstate conference held at Head Office, Port Melbourne, October 29 to November 4, 1929. papers presented by F W Kitchen, J S Cousin, H C Nancervis, A J Kitchen, J D Gilbert, C J Mindham, H A Wilkins, J W Attiwill, W G Sear, R BWilkinson, R W Thomas, F K Noyes, E R Burke, A E Beaumont, H A Wilkins, R E Miller, . Bound brown with leather like spine with conference title and crest on the cover. Topics covered include 'Production', 'Advertising', 'Sales Poicy', 'Management'.industry - manufacturing, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, f w kitchen

Ten page typed lease of a Ford V8 car, at the price of £6 per month, by Charles Jardine Watson of J Kitchen & Sons Pty Ltd Ballarat, from J Kitchen & Sons, Port Melbournebusiness and traders - soaps/candles, industry - manufacturing, transport - motor vehicles, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, ford v8

.01 - Pale Green Velvet Tooth Paste box .02 - Navy and red Velvet Shaving Cream box Both made by J Kitchen & Sons Pty Ltd, circa 1930s or 1940sindustry - manufacturing, business and traders - soaps/candles, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, velvet soap

.01 - box - Electrine Carriage Candles - short, blue-grey cardboard with red and navy labels, damaged. .02 - 3 candles from the box above made by J Kitchen & Sons Pty Ltdindustry - manufacturing, domestic life, business and traders - soaps/candles, j kitchen & sons pty ltd

Large brown cardboard with seven (7) B&W aerial photographs pasted on it. Taken in 1951. Photo 1 - South East direction with Boundary Street in foreground, Kitchens buildings and Football Ground (cricket being played) Photo 2 - South West direction towards the Bay showing Station and Princes Piers, with ships in the distance. Photo 3 - almost directly above Kitchens Photo 4 - directly above kitchens Photo 5 - looking West including the Yarra River Photo 6 - looking North with Kitchen's storage and football ground in foreground Photo 7 - looking north east with football ground in foregrpound left and Yarra River top right.industry - manufacturing, built environment - industrial, piers and wharves - princes pier, piers and wharves - station pier, sport - australian rules football, sport - cricket, sport - recreational grounds, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, port melbourne football and cricket ground, north port oval

J Kitchen & Sons Pty Ltd, Port Melbourne, binder (Black cover) of the Standard Procedures for production of all products under headings such as Tallow bleaching; Laundry Soap; Lux milling and packing; Candle production; Solvol manufacturing; and packing.industry - manufacturing, business and traders - soaps/candles, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, lux, solvol soap

PMHPS - John Kitchen series of six coloured postcards .03 - black and white aerial view of J Kitchen & Sons siteindustry - manufacturing, business and traders - soaps/candles, built environment - industrial, j kitchen & sons pty ltd

10 black and white photos taken after new amenities block was occupied 19th August 1957. Include canteen, library,cycle racks, locker room, watchman's office, health centre, management dining room, conference room.Laurie Richard JW 1528industry - manufacturing, workers, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, unichema australia pty ltd

Black and white photo of workers outside the rear of John Kitchen & Sons. Robert Croy (born 1900) is in front row, second from leftindustry - manufacturing, robert croy, j kitchen & sons pty ltd

.01 Brown imitation leather photograph album recording building at J KItchen & Sons from 13.01.1953 to 06.09.1954 (approx 100 pages) in black and white photos. Photos are labelled on the back and on the page opposite, sometimes with a building plan as well. .02 - Handwritten index of photos completed by PMHPS member Phil King 14.05.2013industry, manufacturing, built environment - industrial, j kitchen & sons pty ltd

J Kitchen & Sons Pty Ltd, price lists, Victoria .01 - December 1939 .02 - January 1940 Categories listed - e.g laundry soaps, toilet soaps, candles. Brands included Velvet, Ajax, Phenyle. G Richards handwritten on front of both. Found inside scrapbook Cat No 3290"JKS established 1856" crest on frontindustry, manufacturing, advertising, j kitchen & sons pty ltd

Letter on "J K Kitchen & Sons Pty Ltd" headed paper with 8 foolscap pages of press kit information. Each of 8 pages covers a different aspect of Kitchen's history and operations. The press kit provides a brief history of the firm.industry - manufacturing, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, w g petley, j h simpson, john ambrose kitchen, velvet soap, phillip kitchen, theophilus (theo) kitchen

Candles produced by J Kitchen & Sons Pty Ltd, Unichema and Unilever at the Port Melbourne site, circa 1900 to 1991 .01 - Box of eleven Electrine lamp candles 5" (13 cm) .02- Box of six Electrine candles 9.5" (24 cm) .03 - Box (blue) with one Unichema 20cm - circa 1980s .04 - Four 9" plain white candles - circa early 1900s .05 - six decorative candles (16 cm) - circa 1970s or 1980s .06 - Owl candle (8 x 11 cm) - circa 1980 .07 - empty display box of Electrine bedroom candles (real label) .08 - empty display box of Electrine carriage candles (real label)industry - manufacturing, business and traders - soaps/candles, domestic life, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, unilever australia (holdings) ltd, unichema australia pty ltd, electrine candles

Green cylindrical container of Kitchen's Coo-ee cleanser (12 oz), circa 1940sindustry - manufacturing, business and traders - soaps/candles, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, coo-ee cleanser

Black leather bound folder with "Port Melbourne factory- June 1950" in white print on front cover. Folder contains a 1939 photograph of J Kitchen & Sons factory, drawing of proposed development, current valuation and many documents and plans for the development from 1950 to 1954.industry - manufacturing, built environment - industrial, j kitchen & sons pty ltd

Rectangular yellow, red blue and black box with tuck in lid and a diagram of a girl washing clothes.Merino for washing woollens without shrinking. J Kitchen & Sons Pty Ltd