Photograph album

[Photo album of the work and products of the James Cycle Co. Ltd. 1940s. 150 b & w photos on 81 leaves. Includes portrait photos of company founder Harry James, and engineer and later managing director Frank Kimberley (who was with the company over 50 years); photos of bicycles and (chiefly) motorcycles (the earliest being 1900) including advertising illustrations and manual assembly; interior views of works and workshop practices; wartime activity, including manufacture of aeroplane parts and shell and bomb casings (and female operatives); record photos of motorcycles exported to the US and their marketing by distributors S.H. Lynch & Co., New Orleans, ca. 1946]

Collection

Science Museum

Inventory Number

3182322

Title

Photograph album

Object Type

PhysicalObject

Measurements

- : 250 x 300 mm