Photograph album of the work and products of the James Cycle Co. Ltd.

Includes portrait photographs of company founder Harry James, and engineer and later managing director Frank Kimberley (who was with the company over 50 years); photographs of bicycles and mailnly 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, c. 1946.

Details

Extent:
250
300
Identifier:
MS/0709
Access:
Open Access