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Puffing Billy Railway
Sign - Advertising - Pure Velvet Soap - Enamel Sign, pre 1950s
... Sign - Advertising - Pure Velvet Soap - Enamel Sign ...pure velvet soap... 'PURE VELVET SOAP' in white lettering within a vivid dark blue...Pure velvet soap....-and-the-dandenong-ranges Sign - Advertising - Pure Velvet Soap - Enamel Sign ...Velvet Soap was a widely used laundry bar soap launched in 1906, produced by J. Kitchen & Sons, owned by John Ambrose Kitchen (1835 - 1922). Kitchen was born in Britain and emigrated to Victoria in 1854. After a less than successful period at the Caledonian and Blackwood diggings, Kitchen returned to Melbourne and joined his father and brothers in establishing a tallow candle making works. Through merger and expansion the company became the pre-eminent manufacturer of soap and candles in the eastern colonies in the mid to late 19th century. Kitchen also speculated in a number of enterprises but suffered financial setbacks as a result of the 1890s bank crashes. Despite this, the company continued to grow in the early twentieth century with the introduction of products such as Velvet Soap and Solvol. The company merged with the British company Lever Bros in 1914 who eventually took full control of the company in 1924, becoming Lever and Kitchen. Advertising for Velvet Soap in Australia was extensive and pervasive. All manner of surfaces were used to advertise the product such as building walls, roofs, and most commonly, enamelled sheet metal signs which were fastened to any available surface internally and externally. The most common form of sign that Velvet Soap used was the words 'PURE VELVET SOAP' in white lettering within a vivid dark blue, elongated Maltese cross. On the enamelled metal signs the Maltese cross sat on a red background with a yellow border. While this was the dominant form for Velvet Soap signs, there were variations from the standard. The Velvet Soap sign is of historical significance as a representative of painted signs that were once a common form of advertising during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. - : http://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/14447#sthash.Vb6KAUWl.dpufHistoric - Advertising Sign - Velvet SoapTin sign with white, yellow, red and blue enamel. Pure velvet soap.puffing billy, enamel sign, pure velvet soap -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Velvet Soap sign, c. 1980
... "Pure Velvet Soap quads"... or packaging "Pure Velvet Soap quads" business and traders - soaps ...Modern silver coloured framed photograph of Velvet Soap sign or packaging"Pure Velvet Soap quads"business and traders - soaps/candles, industry - manufacturing, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, velvet soap -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Aerial view of J Kitchen & Sons site, Port Melbourne, 21 Mar 1939
... in foreground (Electric candles, pure Velvet Soap,and full company name... candles, pure Velvet Soap,and full company name on buildings ...Large black and white aerial photo in narrow gold-coloured metal frame of J Kitchen & Sons Pty Ltd factory with Woodruff St in foreground (Electric candles, pure Velvet Soap,and full company name on buildings) "Aerial view looking East. This view shows the two main blocks . 21/3/39" - printed below photo (copy of original)industry - manufacturing, built environment - industrial, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, pental products pty ltd, symex holdings ltd -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Aerial view of J Kitchen & Sons site, Port Melbourne, C D Pratt Airview, 21 Mar 1939
... & Sons Pty Ltd'; 'Pure Velvet Soap'; 'Electrine Candles'. Sign... middle buildings 'J Kitchen & Sons Pty Ltd'; 'Pure Velvet Soap ...COPYRIGHT C D PRATT Black and white photograph of J Kitchen & Sons Pty Ltd. On back "Aerial view looking North East, 21st March 1939". Signs on three middle buildings 'J Kitchen & Sons Pty Ltd'; 'Pure Velvet Soap'; 'Electrine Candles'. Sign 'Australian Box Mills' on building to left "E L Pinkus' on building to Nort east and behind it 'Petersen & La...'"This photo is copyright" and information on owner - C D Pratt 86 McCracken St, Essendonindustry - manufacturing, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, australian box mills, e l pinkus, petersen -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Domestic object - Soap, Manufactured by Lever & Kitchen and Unilever, Lever & Kitchen Pty Ltd, 1860s - 1980s
Four cakes of soap made by Lever and Kitchen, and Unilever from the 1970s onwards. .01 - Lux, in pink wrapper (125g) .02 - Buttermilk, yellow .03 - Velvet, yellow: "So Pure, so Mild" on one side .04 - yellowindustry - manufacturing, business and traders - soaps/candles, domestic life, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, unilever australia (holdings) ltd, lux, velvet soap