Electric Motor driven automotive horns were commonly used from circa 1915 to circa 1935 on cars, trucks and some tractors They make a distinctive deep and loud 'Ahooga' growl sound. Commonly used on American made automobiles, but also on a few European makes.Car horn: 'North East Electric Co' Electric Motor Driven , 12 Volt made by North East Electric Company of Rochester, New Jersey, U.S.A. 1920's When horn button, usually on top of steering wheel, is pressed, the current activates the motor, which turns on a toothed ratchet, producing a 'Ahooga' sound, which is greatly magnified through the trumpet at the front.Brass badge, acid etched: "North East Electric Co./ Rochester, New Jersey/Pat Pen/Model X/Volt 12/Serial No"; with 'North east Electric' logo on leftcar horn, vintage car horn, klaxon horn, motor driven horn

This lantern would have been attached to a horse-drawn coach for lighting purposes and local coaches and other large-size horse-drawn vehicles would have had similar lights. It is a heavy object and may also have been used on early model automobiles or other motorised vehicles.This item has no known local provenance and is retained for display and research purposes.This is cylindrical metal lantern painted black. It has a glass covering on the rounded face and glass inserts on the back and the side. It has a metal-covered candle that is inserted into the lantern through an opening at the base. There are hinged clips to open the main glass and the back glass.vintage coach lighting, candle-lit lanterns

Annual report of the Association for the Advancement of the Blind outlined activities and events over the year, including the continuance of the concert parties, a trial massage course was held with two students graduating, the loss of Mrs Grimwade who was a Patron of the Association, and thanks to the Automobile Club residents took a road trip to Mordialloc for some afternoon tea.1 volume of printed material with some illustrationsassociation for the advancement of the blind, annual reports

This lamp would have been attached to a coach, or even an early automobile, for lighting purposes. It could also have been used for outdoor purposes in a household or business setting. Lamps such as this were used in the 19th century and early 20th century and preceded or accompanied the use of oil lamps and were later superseded by electric and gas lighting.This item is of historical interest and is retained for display purposes.This is a rectangular-shaped lamp made of metal. It is painted black and has clear glass with bevelled edges on two sides and a small round red-coloured glass on another side. The lighting mechanism inside the glass appears to have held a candle. The body of the lamp is mounted on a solid round metal pipe. There is a metal handle at the top for attaching the lamp to a wall or stand.vintage lighting, coach lamps

One of 4 photographs, reprinted on a single sheet of photographic paper, showing Jim Parkin's Butchers Shop & vehicles. Each image has an identifying inscription on the back. This one shows a vehicle parked in front of two shops.Written on image, above the shop on the left is "Butcher Shop". Written on back of image "Syd Parkin in [illeg. 'Chevrolet Car' ?] 1925. Main St House on the right when butchers shop was built"parkin family, syd parkin, butcher shop, shops, automobiles, cars, chevrolet

Looks back on twenty-five years history of the Federation of Veteran Vintage and Classic Vehicle Clubs. Note: Alexander Staig and David Staig of Surrey Hills feature on pages 5-9.Looks back on twenty-five years history of the Federation of Veteran Vintage and Classic Vehicle Clubs. Note: Alexander Staig and David Staig of Surrey Hills feature on pages 5-9.automobiles, antique and classic cars, (mr) malcolm grant, (mr) alexander staig, (mr) david staig, surrey engine and boiler works, (miss) elsie stevens

This photograph is a copy of the Valentine series postcard originally produced c.1920. The photograph copy was recorded made c. 1930's - 40's, depicting Lake Kerferd, Beechworth. Lake Kerferd was built in 1862 to assist for gold mining activities as it held the waters of the Hurdle Swamp. The retaining wall built to create Lake Kerferd is depicted in the photograph adjacent to a narrow road, the make of the single automobile shown is consistent with the date recorded. The photograph is socially significant due to the connection of Beechworth in the past, present and future. Originally developed for gold mining activities which is a strong research area as the foundation of many towns in Australia's history. Black and white rectangular photograph printed on matte photographic paper.5461 Obverse: Valentine Series No.1862/LAKE KERFERD, BEECHWORTH 5461 Reverse: BMM2961/5461burke museum, lake kerferd, hurdle swamp, gold mining, beechworth, valentine series postcard, automobile, trees, jetty, reflection, car

The photograph is taken at Five Ways intersection at Kalorama in the late 1920s. The cars appear to be parked on Old Coach Road with the FiveWays Cafe and the back of the Methodist Church in the background. The photograph is from the album of Ivy Child. Ivy May Child (1910 – 1989) was the daughter of Arthur Edward (Ted) Child (1878 – 1964) and Ethel May Madden (1888 – 1970). Ted Child was the son of Matthew Francis Child (1839 – 1933) and Martha Jeeves (1857 – 1926). He was the grandson of one of the early pioneers Francis Child. Ivy grew up on the family property on Childs Road and took many photographs. Most of these are glued into her photo album. The album covered the years from c1927 – 1932. Ivy married Henry William Burgess (1906 – 1968) in 1944. The photographs remain in their original state in the album with individual copies made. Sepia photograph showing seven or more old cars parked at FiveWays in Kalorama. A man and woman are in the foreground leaning on the back of a car.Written below photograph in album: CARS AT FIVE WAYSfive ways, fiveways, kalorama, cars, automobiles, methodist church, old coach road, ivy child, ivy may child

Boyd reviews Mitchell Gordon's Sick Cities. He opens with a scathing description of American urbanism: the skyscraper and the automobile in a fight to the death, and a culture unwilling to engage with a discussion of urbanism. Boyd presents Gordon's book as a non-technical and non-partisan contribution to the new field of American urbanism, focussed on the functional problems (sprawl, traffic, squatting, air pollution) rather than visual ugliness. He commends Gordon's book as 'good, meaty [and] helpful' to city administrators and city lovers everywhere.Book Review (Mitchell Gordon)Typewritten, quarto, 3 pagesScribbled out sections on pages 1, 2 and 3; addition of notes in pages 2 and 3.mitchell gordon, sick cities, urban planning, thomas jefferson, john f. kennedy, the american way, racial segregation, suburban sprawl, air pollution, urbanism, traffic, robin boyd, manuscript

The two storey house is 'Ardcloney. Dr. William Faulkner, formerly from Queensland, had it built for his residence in 1911. The property also included a garage, which accommodated his automobile and accommodation for his chauffeur. Owners in more recent times were Keith Campbell, who previously owned 'Willowbank' in the old Broadmeadows township and Bill Landeroo a former Victorian State MP. The buildings and surrounds have been redeveloped and the property is now the Sunbury Day Care Hospital.'Ardcloney' is one of Sunbury's significant historical properties in the town.A non-digital black and white photograph of a two- storey Californian style mansion in a garden setting. The ground floor is constructed of bricks and the upper storey of timber. The roof is tiled. The image is a copy of an original photograph. ardcloney, dr. william faulkner, sunbury, sunbury day care hospital

The Engineer's Department of the former City of Kew had an extensive collection of photograph of sites in Kew requiring documentation to inform public works. It also kept images of engineering practice in other parts of Melbourne, and overseas, that could be used as models for local activity. Many of these photographs (and plans) were donated to our collection in the 1980s. A number of the photographs are annotated, either on the image itself or on the reverse.This photograph, and others sourced from the City Engineer's Department of the former City of Kew, qualifies as an important record of local streets, public works, street beautification, and engineering techniques of the period. Original black and white photographic positive of automobiles and buildings in Denmark Street, Kew, immediately before the road enters Kew Junction. On the left is McKeon Motors and a retailer of Insulwool, while in the distance is the pharmacy on the corner of High Street and Princess Street (later demolished during the widening of Kew Junction). Notable are the bluestone guttering and what appears to be vacant land on the apex of the triangle of land bounded by High Street South, Denmark Street and Barkers Road. This site was the original location of O'Shaughnessy's 'Kew Hotel', and after the destruction by fire of the latter, the location of a service station. [It is now the site of the Cresco Reserve].Annotation verso: "Indicating the existence of a vehicular entrance at Denmark St abuttal of No.188 High St prior to reconstruction of channeling &c 1972."denmark street -- kew (vic.), kew junction, luestone gutters, mckeon motors, insulwool

Wally Ives was a fruiterer who had a shop in Union Road. He was an active participant in the Empire Day parades of the 1930s. The donor Jean Boucher was the daughter of Wally Ives. She was an early active member of the History Nook at the Surrey Hills Neighbourhood Centre and member of the Surrey Hills Historical Society. The Oakland Motor Car Company was based in Pontiac, Michigan and was a division of General Motors. Although it was purchased by General Motors in 1909, the company continued to produce modestly priced automobiles until 1931 when the brand was dropped in favour of the division's Pontiac make. B&W photo of a decorated vehicle (Oakland car) parked in a street without kerbs or guttering. There is a Victorian-style house in the background.38. in black pen in top LH corner.(mr) wally ives, transport, croydon road, empire day, festivals and celebrations, oakland car, cars

Souvenir publication promoting Bolton Brothers and Bendigo. Includes full page information about Local Sights Worth Seeing, Accommodation and Country Trips from Bendigo as well as large photographs of the local industries and attractions, noting that it is pre automobile days as there are mostly horse and carts in the photographs. The Bolton family founded a printing business in Bendigo in 1885. Benjamin Bolton was a prominent businessman and on this death in 1901 William Bolton (Mayor 1936 -37) and his brothers took over the business. Bolton's remains a well known office and printing suppliers in Bendigo today.Fifty six page album style publication produced by local printers Bolton Brothers as both promotion for their business and to encourage tourism. Two colour printed front and back cover on brown card. Inside contains high quality black and white, full and half page photographs of local businesses, prominent buildings and attractions including Bartlett Brothers Photographers, Favaloro's Caterers and Cafe and Myers. Bendigo / for / Sunshine / Business / & Pleasure / Under the Seal of the Bendigo City Council / Published by Bolton Bros. Pty. Ltd., Centreway, Bendigo.city of greater bendigo commerce, city of greater bendigo tourism, city of bendigo mayor, mayor bolton, making a nation exhibition, bolton brothers printers

Shaving soap scuttles are distinguished from shaving mugs by having a separate area for hot water. The hot water is for dipping a shaving brush into to make a lather with the soap which is then applied to the skin before using the razor. Vintage scuttles are often elaborately decorated. Between 1880 and 1920 is the original time period for the occupational shaving mug. Most men owned a shaving mug, either at home or at a barber shop. Mugs purchased for home use typically were purchased through local stores, had more variety in style but usually went without a name. Barber shops sold mugs with the owners’ names on them partly because they thought that shaving rash came from sharing the same soap. In reality, the rash was not a result of soap but of unsterilized razors. Transfer ; The Duryea Motor Wagon was among the first standardized automobiles and among the first powered by gasoline. Fifteen examples were built by the Duryea Motor Wagon Company of Chicopee, Massachusetts, between 1893 and 1896. Their enterprise followed the first commercially available automobile which was patented by Karl Benz on January 29, 1886, and put into production in 1888. The Duryea Motor Wagon remained in production until 1917. The Duryea brothers entered their horseless carriage in many shows and races. A china shaving mug / scuttle with a car transfer. The mug has a wide spout to hold / insert the shaving brush , a perforated tray opening at the top to hold the soap and a bulbous base for the hot water. car transfershaving equipment, safety razors, cheltenham, early settlers, moorabbin, shaving soap sticks, shaving brushes, shaving scuttles, shaving rash, infectious diseases, barber shops,

This is a book of 732 pages. It has a yellow cloth cover with black printing and pages edged in red. The contents contain an index and pages of black and white sketches and text.non-fictionCatalogue from American company of malleable hardware itemscarriage and wagon hardware, eberhard manufacturing company

GEORGE PETHARD COLLECTION INCLUDING REFERENCES TO TARAXALE BREWING COMPANY PTY LTD / large advertising magazine - front page title 'Promote Victoria Mission ., photos include 'Councillor George Albert Pethard J.P. , Top business leader of Bendigo , Vic., with multitude of interests , including dried fruits , Tarax brewing industry , automobiles and nuts .Three times Mayor of Bendigo and prominent in numerous public movements of all kinds . Rotarian. 'Promote Victoria Mission- Eleven Victorian Business men promoted the State of Victoria 'The Promote Victoria Mission has one aim - to direct the attention of American businesses to the great opportunities which exist for investment in Victoria ……-book, magazine, advertising, george pethard / 'promote victoria mission / 'councillor george albert pethard j.p. / tarax brewing industry

Warrnambool Tourist Maps collected over the years by Warrnambool Historical Society membersPreservation of local maps for historical purposesEnclosed in A4 size plastic envelopes in an A4 size archival box and numbered and catalogued according to the date of acquisition.This collection has 16 pamphlets containing maps of Warrnambool and district and some accompanying printed materialwarrnambool tourism, city of warrnambool, shipwreck coast tourismwarrnambool tourism, city of warrnambool, shipwreck coast tourism

The Lyon Bros Eltham Motor Garage opened in 1923 at 283-287 Main Road Eltham, opposite Arthur Street. Messrs Lyon Bros., Eltham, advertise that they have opened a motor garage near the post office, where a car or petrol may be procured day or night, and repairs effected. (The Advertiser, 2 March 1923) The garage was an official RACV Road Service Station and offered vehicles for hire in addition to conducting repairs. Community memories after posting this photo on Facebook include: "I can remember my dad putting 2 shilling pieces into a bowser to get petrol after hours." Lyon later built new premises which were subsequently demolished.This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book, "Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as the 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital image 4 x 5 inch B&W Negsepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, eltham, automobiles, businesses, george w. bell collection, lyon, lyon bros garage, main road, motor garage, motor vehicles, petrol bowser

Letter - PMTT letterhead - from H. Dix Engineer and Manager of the PMTT to the Secretary - R. H. Shackell, of the Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust, dated 6/8/1918 enclosing a copy of a letter from the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV) regarding a shelter shed on the corner of St Kilda Road and High St being relocated to the South Side of High St. RACV letter - dated 5/7/1918, location dangerous for pedestrians (Passengers changing from electric to cable trams) and motorists and suggesting the same location as for Commercial and St Kilda Roads. Handwritten memo on a piece of typed paper looking for donations to the Melbourne Hospital, regarding issues to be considered if relocated.trams, tramways, pmtt, letters, racv, high st, st kilda rd, shelters

This photograph is held in the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute Audio Visual Collection. Please contact BMI for all print and usage inquiries. Arthur Leckie was born in Sebastopol on 16 August 1876. In 1878 the family moved into their newly built home, Blythewood Grange, in Sebastopol. Arthur attended Grenville College and commenced Ballarat College in 1893. He was Apprentice as an Ironmonger at 'The Present Day Ironmonger' in Bridge Street. He next worked for William Dawson, Ironmonger, in Sturt Street, next to old The Courier Office. After the death of his father in 1893 the family moved out of ‘Blythewood Grange into Ballarat. Arthur and his brothers Robert and Harold built their own automobile in the sheds behind their house, commencing in 1899 and having it ‘on the road’ in 1901.ballarat, 1901, car, leckie

This photograph is held in the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute Audio Visual Collection. Please contact BMI for all print and usage inquiries. Arthur Leckie was born in Sebastopol on 16 August 1876. In 1878 the family moved into their newly built home, Blythewood Grange, in Sebastopol. Arthur attended Grenville College and commenced Ballarat College in 1893. He was Apprentice as an Ironmonger at 'The Present Day Ironmonger' in Bridge Street. He next worked for William Dawson, Ironmonger, in Sturt Street, next to old The Courier Office. After the death of his father in 1893 the family moved out of ‘Blythewood Grange into Ballarat. Arthur and his brothers Robert and Harold built their own automobile in the sheds behind their house, commencing in 1899 and having it ‘on the road’ in 1901.ballarat, arthur leckie, car, 1899

With the visit of the American Fleet to Melbourne in early September 1908, volunteers from the the Automobile Club of Victoria took 100 officers on an excursion to the Black Spur past Yarra Glen on the 4th September 1908. (The area we know today as the Yarra Valley). The convoy travelled through Eltham, Research and Kangaroo Ground, where a group of women gathered to wave to them. This was one of the first motor vehicles to pass through Research. The visit of the American Fleet was a big deal at the time. A Program of activites was compiled. City buidlings were illuminated, a State reception was given and a concert was held. The Federal Parliament sat in Melbourne at that time. This photo was made using a home-made camera constructed by the photographer Tom Prior (brother of Mrs E.R. Reynolds). Reproduced on p86 of 'Pioneers & Painters'This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital image 4 x 5 inch B&W Negsepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, research (vic.), u.s.a. fleet, automobile club of victoria, drive, excursion, visitors, welcome, usa fleet, us fleet, waving, tom prior, pioneers and painters, reynolds prior collection, u.s fleet

Vacuum Road Map of South Australia with Interstate Routes with the Compliments of the Vacuum Oil Company Pty. Ltd. Coloured map of S.A. with car, trucks, aeroplane and petrol bowsers on the map. Map only shows the Southern half of S.A. On the back is Adelaide-Melbourne Routes, Traffic Hints, Eucla to Perth, Tours Around Adelaide, Acknowledgement to the Royal Automobile Association of South Australia, Inc., Darwin-Adelaide Routes, Outlets of Adelaide, Vacuum Products, What to See in Adelaide, Super Plume Ethyl, Making Sure of a Trouble-Free Trip, and the front cover. Also folded in the map is a small map from Hancock's Garage, Kingston with routes from Melbourne to Adelaide and distances. On the back is an advertisement for Hancock's Garage and a map of Kingston. Map folded and kept in a light green cover.map, bill ashman collection - correspondence, vacuum road map of south australia, vacuum oil company pty ltd, commissioner of crown lands for south australia, royal automobile association of south australia, inc.

Man in top hat standing beside the car is most probably the Reverend John P. Carney (born 1880 Ballaghaderreen, Country Mayo, Ireland - ordained at All Hallows College, Dublin, Ireland) who spent all his years as a priest in the Melbourne Archdiocese, arriving in Melbourne in 1902. He was appointed Assistant priest at St Francis Melbourne then at Castlemaine and Gordon. He left Gordon to the pastor of the new mission at Diamond Creek where he spent about five years before moving to Footscray and later Yarraville. The automobile has been identified as a Unic Taxi built in the United Kingdom about 1908 though the actual date of this particular vehicle is unclear. The registration number 7788 was issued prior to 1910 at which point they changed to numerals only of the form nnn-nnn. Reproduced on p93 of 'Pioneers & Painters'.This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection'. It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital image 120 format B&W negative Original sepia coloured postcard (10 x 15 cm) with cracking Black and white photograph duplicate (16.5 x 25 cm) with some corrections to mask cracksInscribed on reverse 'R.C. Parish Priest, Eltham'sepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, parish priest, automobile, john p carney, diamond creek, unic taxi, pioneers and painters, eltham, motor vehicles, rev. john p carney

"Jones purchased a quiet little weekend retreat in the hill', published in 1928. Black and white drawing from a Bird’s eye perspective showing a house with veranda surrounded by shrubbery and a large gum tree. It features numerous people in the garden with a road full of various automobiles at the top of the picture. The image is reminiscent of the artists “Wiregrass” series of a mythical country town which were published in the Weekly “Table Talk” magazine from 1926 to 1937. Percy Leason (1889 - 1959) was a painter and cartoonist renowned for his depictions of Australian society in the 1920s and 1930s. He lived in Eltham from about 1924 to 1938 when he moved to the USA. Published by Thomas Nelson, Carlton date unknown. Published in "Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall" (1971) Chapter 16 Eltham in Modern Times, page 97.This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book, "Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital imagesepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, eltham, percy leason, drawing, illustration