In
2010, MoDiP was donated a large archive of images relating to a single
company. Bakelite Xylonite Ltd, also known as British Xylonite Ltd or
BXL, was possibly one of the first British firms to successfully
manufacture a plastics material in commercial quantities. The company
was established in 1875 and after a long history went into liquidation
in the late 2000s. The images we have in the collection are concentrated
around the 1960s through to the 1980s and show us glimpses of the
manufacturing process, products and the company’s employees during this
time. We plan to share an image each week to give a flavour of the
archive. If you want to see more you can view the whole collection on
our website.
This week’s image shows a giant Philishave.
We are still
working on the documentation of the archive, some of the images we know
more about than others. It would be fantastic if we could fill in some
of the gaps in our knowledge, if you know anything about the company or
specific images it would be good to hear from you.
Louise Dennis (Assistant Curator)
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