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 : Port Sunlight - where work and pleasure go hand in hand


Port Sunlight - where work and pleasure go hand in hand

Double page spread from The Illustrated London News showing scenes at Port Sunlight, the model village built by William Lever (Lord Leverhulme) to house workers at his soap factory. The village provided spacious accommodation and every conceivable amenity for its inhabitants, as represented in the photographs here showing the Boys Brigade, the bowling club, office scenes, schools and the church

Picture No
14099583
Media ID
45693123
Size
5500px x 3895px (3.9MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Double page spread from The Illustrated London News, 25 June 1910
Date
1910

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