Lever Brothers miniatures

Posted by Rex Pitts • September 03, 2020 at 05:14pm

Country of Origin: UK Keywords: miniature games geography

Two Lever Brothers miniature card games promoting Vim and Sunshine Soap, 1930s.

The Sunlight Geographic Game

Sunlight household soap was introduced by the British company Lever Brothers in 1884. The Sunlight Geographic Game cards (published c.1930s) make up a map of England and Wales. See the Box►

The index numbers on the cards are used for scoring. See the Rules►

Above: The Sunlight Geographic Game, 1930s. Card size = 35mm x 52mm.

The Game of Vim Pairs

Vim Scouring Powder first appeared on the market in 1904 and was a Lever Brothers product at the time but the brand is currently owned by European multi-national Henkel Group. Vim was produced at Port Sunlight near Liverpool which is shown on the Geographical Game map (above). See the Rules► See the Box►

Above: Lever Brothers miniature card game promoting Vim, 1930s. 30 cards plus the coloured Dirty Work Card. The black and white Dirty Work card is the back design. Card size = 35mm x 52mm.