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[[image:Im201105-Kiwi.jpg|thumb| Ox Blood Boot Polish tin. ]] | |||
[[Image:Kiwi1931.jpg|thumb|right| 1931. ]] | [[Image:Kiwi1931.jpg|thumb|right| 1931. ]] | ||
[[image:Im193105GHK-Kiwi.jpg|thumb| May 1931. ]] | |||
[[image:Im193304GHK-Kiwi.jpg|thumb| April 1933. ]] | [[image:Im193304GHK-Kiwi.jpg|thumb| April 1933. ]] | ||
[[Image:Im193306GHK-Kiwi.jpg|thumb| June 1933. ]] | [[Image:Im193306GHK-Kiwi.jpg|thumb| June 1933. ]] | ||
[[image:Im193312GHK-Kiwi.jpg|thumb| December 1933. ]] | |||
[[image:Im193312GHK-Kiwi2.jpg|thumb| December 1933. ]] | |||
[[Image:Im193412GHK-Kiwi.jpg|thumb| December 1934.]] | |||
[[Image:Im193504GHK-Kiwi.jpg|thumb| April 1935.]] | |||
[[image:Im19390520PP-Kiwi.jpg|thumb| May 1939.]] | |||
[[image:Im19400727PP-Kiwi.jpg|thumb| July 1940.]] | |||
[[Image:Im19531212PP-Kiw.jpg|thumb| December 1953. ]] | |||
[[Image: Im19540220PP-Kiw.jpg|thumb| February 1954. ]] | |||
[[image:Im19540410PP-Kiwi.jpg|thumb| April 1954.]] | |||
[[image:Im19540619PP-Kiwi.jpg|thumb| June 1954.]] | |||
of Church End, Finchley, London, N3 | of Church End, Finchley, London, N3 | ||
1901 William Ramsay, an Australia-based Scottish-born inventor, and Hamilton McKellan opened a small factory producing cleaning products in Carlton, Victoria. | |||
1906 They perfected a new polish to which William Ramsay gave the name ''Kiwi'' as a homage to his wife, Annie Elizabeth Meek Ramsay, a New Zealander, otherwise known as a Kiwi. | |||
1913 The '''Kiwi Boot Polish Company''' was established in about 1913 to manufacture Kiwi boot polish<ref>Australian Science [http://www.eoas.info/biogs/A001187b.htm#related]</ref>. | |||
WWI. Its success in Australia expanded overseas when it was adopted by both the British and American armies in World War I. | |||
The English and Australian interests in the boot polish were merged, forming the '''Kiwi Polish Company''' | |||
1922 Listed Exhibitor. Manufacturers of "Kiwi" Boot Polish in seven shades: Black, Tan, and Patent Leather; Light Tan, Brown, Dark Tan and Ox Blood. (Stand No. J.125) <ref>[[1922 British Industries Fair]] p45</ref> | |||
1981 Merger of two long-established Australian companies, [[Aspro-Nicholas|Nicholas International]], whose business was mainly in pharmaceuticals and toiletries, and the [[Kiwi Polish Co]] whose business was mainly in household products, including Kiwi shoe polish, to form '''Nicholas Kiwi''', an Australian public company<ref>Competition Commission [http://www.competition-commission.org.uk/rep_pub/reports/1992/fulltext/326c2.pdf]</ref>. | |||
1984 [[Sara Lee|Sara Lee Corporation]] acquired '''Nicholas Kiwi'''. It was the dominant shoe polish in some countries, including the United Kingdom and the United States, where it had about two-thirds of the market<ref>Competition Commission [http://www.competition-commission.org.uk/rep_pub/reports/1992/fulltext/326c2.pdf]</ref>. | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:26, 5 January 2015
of Church End, Finchley, London, N3
1901 William Ramsay, an Australia-based Scottish-born inventor, and Hamilton McKellan opened a small factory producing cleaning products in Carlton, Victoria.
1906 They perfected a new polish to which William Ramsay gave the name Kiwi as a homage to his wife, Annie Elizabeth Meek Ramsay, a New Zealander, otherwise known as a Kiwi.
1913 The Kiwi Boot Polish Company was established in about 1913 to manufacture Kiwi boot polish[1].
WWI. Its success in Australia expanded overseas when it was adopted by both the British and American armies in World War I.
The English and Australian interests in the boot polish were merged, forming the Kiwi Polish Company
1922 Listed Exhibitor. Manufacturers of "Kiwi" Boot Polish in seven shades: Black, Tan, and Patent Leather; Light Tan, Brown, Dark Tan and Ox Blood. (Stand No. J.125) [2]
1981 Merger of two long-established Australian companies, Nicholas International, whose business was mainly in pharmaceuticals and toiletries, and the Kiwi Polish Co whose business was mainly in household products, including Kiwi shoe polish, to form Nicholas Kiwi, an Australian public company[3].
1984 Sara Lee Corporation acquired Nicholas Kiwi. It was the dominant shoe polish in some countries, including the United Kingdom and the United States, where it had about two-thirds of the market[4].
See Also
Sources of Information
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