Early 1950s items and costs (in pounds shillings and pence) pre-decimal charges for itemised gifts. Beehive buildings. This was originally the Sandhust Mining Exchange and as such was the oldest purpose built exchange in Australia and was one of only two in regional Australia. It was initially established in the 1850's to service the miners of the area. It's first double story incarnation as the Bendigo Stock Exchange, contained up to 2000 stockbrokers and 5000 shareholders. In 1871 the building burnt to the ground and the new and current building was completed in 1872. The modern building was designed by Charles Webb, who was also responsible for the Royal Arcade in Melbourne. and features a pitched glass roof similar to the Royal Arcade, Melbourne.Christmas Gifts at the Beehive - a shopping flyer for the Beehive department store, circa early 1950s. the flyer covers Christmas gifts across the various departments of the Beehive Store in Pall mall and Hargreaves Street Bendigo. Two-page folded flyer, black printed on cream paper. Printed by Cambridge Press, Bendigo. Early 1950s items and costs (in pounds shillings and pence) pre-decimal charges for itemised gifts.the beehive, christmas gifts

Handcrafted by a friend of the Donor, who also smocked baby bottles and little girl's dresses for Georges Department Store, Collins Street, Melbourne.Georges Department Store was a very exclusive and expensive store in Melbourne from the 1880s, and closing in 1995.Book Mark. Embroidered, 16cm x 5cm cream linen Hardanger.handcrafts, embroidery

Digital image of MMTB Bus No. 210, in Bourke St, around Christmas 1940. In the background is the London Stores, department store, on the SE corner of Bourke and Elizabeth St where a sign says Christmas Sale, possibly on a Friday night during late night shopping. See Reg Item 366 or 374 for bus details.trams, tramways, mmtb, buses, bourke st

This coat hanger has been used in the Warrnambool department store of Cramond and Dickson. John Glass Cramond and James Dickson established a shop in Warrnambool in 1855 in Timor Street and moved to Liebig Street a few years later. New premises were erected in 1878 and the department store selling mens and ladies wear on the corner of Liebig and Timor Streets was a landmark building in Warrnambool until the business closed in 1973. Cramond and Dickson had their own tailors and milliners. This coat hanger is of interest as a memento of the store of Cramond and Dickson, a business that operated in Warrnambool for over 100 years. This is a wooden coat hanger in a curved shape with a part of the wood at one end missing. The centre of the hanger has a hole pierced through with a metal hook inserted for hanging on to a rod. The hook is somewhat rusted. The maker’s name is printed on the hanger in black lettering. ‘Tailors & Outfitters Cramond & Dickson Warrnambool Made in Germany’ cramond and dickson, history of warrnambool

Handcrafted by a friend of the donor. The friend also made baby clothes and little girls dresses for Georges Department Store, Melbourne from the 1880s until closing in 1995.Cream Linen Book Mark 19cm x 5cm. Embroidered in colours green and brown with the words 'Little Things Mean a Lot'Little Things Mean a Lothandcrafts, embroidery

Card with a with an envelope and contained within a plastic envelope: Photo of a PMTT electric tram in Glenferrie Road, at the railway level crossing. Shows "The Don" department store and the level crossing catch point disc signal on the left hand side. Photo c1913. Has details of the photograph, source and the Hawthorn Historical Society on the rear of the card. One of a series of five cards.trams, tramways, hawthorn, glenferrie rd, level crossings, pmtt

This cabin trunk was sold by Foy & Gibson, one of Australia's earliest department store chains. Foy & Gibson manufactured and sold clothing, manchester, leather goods, soft furnishings, hardware and food.A rectangular tin travelling trunk which was painted brown. It has rounded corners and a hinged lid which is dented. The front latch is missing. Inside the trunk it is painted red.Inside lid : ENTERPRISE Foy & Gibson COLLINGWOOD MELBOURNEluggage travel storage cabin-trunk

Gives four reasons why the introduction of creative design was a "dismal failure", ranging from conservative department store buyers to an unsupportive government. (It is not clear if this is Boyd's view or that of Alcorso, the managing director of a textile company.)Typewritten (c copy), quarto, 1 pagemodern design, textiles, robin boyd, manuscript

Reproduction slide of a coloured postcard showing Smith St Collingwood, looking north with the Foy and Gibson clothing manufacturers - department store in the view along with two cable trams, one with the destination of Spencer St.Yields information about Smith St Collingwood streetscape and the Foy and Gibson St store.Kodachrome cardboard duplicate slide - Colour - reproduction postcard - Smith St Collingwood c1900 "CB18" in penciltrams, tramways, cable cars, cable trams, smith st, collingwood, foy and gibson

The item was purchased from Robinson & Moffatt department store at Post Office Place Melbourne between 1884 when the store opened. Between 1911 and 1934 Robinson & Moffatt appeared to have sold out along with other businesses to became part of the Myer Emporium. Robinson & Moffatt were an early upmarket department store for the wealthy with a branch in Perth that was opened in 1899. During their time in business Robinson & Moffatt appear to have imported goods from England and Europe. The hatbox appears to be a British pattern made for a beaver type top hat around late 19th or early 20th century. A personal item made for Robinson and Moffatt department store, imported from England and sold to a wealthy colonial gentleman sometime between the late 19th and early 20th century. The item was purchased from one of the earliest department stores in Melbourne, that later was incorporated into what has become an iconic Australian department store operating out of one of Melbourne's iconic building locations,the Myer emporium.Gents leather oval hat Box, with concave lid reinforcing strap and leather handle. Has metal locking device and key hole. Handle held to top with 2 studs. Velvet inside lid. Catch inside box."Made for Robertson & Moffatt Melbourne"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, hat box, gentleman's hat, gent's hat box, hatbox

The Mutual Store, which sold this item, was Melbourne's first department store, which opened in 1872 on the corner of Flinders Street and Degraves Street. It closed in 1965, and housed the Council of Adult Education until about 2006. It is now apartments.Off-white vase with worn gilding around rim"Made in England for the Mutual Store Ltd Melbourne" Maker's name & logo illegible.vases

This book was owned by the late Dr Elizabeth Kerr and was donated to the Museum by the executor of her estate, Margaret Cameron. This free pattern was given away by K-Mart, the department store, in 1984 when large knitted jumpers were particularly fashionable.The / Wool Collection / FREE / PATTERN / FROM K-MART / Quality always makes its mark. / PURE NEW WOOLknitting handicrafts - history, k-mart, knitting, handicrafts - history

This wagga style blanket was made by May Shortte using blanket samples from Solomons department store, Geelong (now Market Square Shopping Centre). May Shortte is the grandmother of Emily McNeight. Part of a collection of three blankets donated by Emily McNeight.Blue, orange, green, yellow, purple and grey wagga style blanket made with off cuts of blankets.wool, blankets, wagga, solomons, geelong, may shortte, samples

This docket book has been used to enter sales from the Cramond and Dickson department store in Warrnambool and to provide the customer with a copy of the invoice. It dates from about the 1960s. John Cramond and James Dickson, two pioneer settlers in Warrnambool, established the Carmond and Dickson store in Warrnambool in 1855, initially selling groceries, drapery and ironmongery but later, at the corner of Liebig and Timor Streets, this department store sold mainly clothing and drapery. In the 1860s a Cramond and Dickson store was opened in London. The Cramond and Dickson store, a most important business in Warrnambool, operated until 1973. The docket book was printed by Lamson Paragon, a British firm that was established in Australia in 1897 and specialized in printing sales docket books with a carbon paper insert.This docket book is of interest as a memento of the Cramond and Dickson Store, one of the most significant businesses ever to have operated in WarrnamboolThis is a docket book containing 46 pages of white printed sheets bound with green tape and enclosed in a green patterned paper cover on the front and a piece of cardboard on the back. The pages have ruled black lines, red and black print and an image in red of a building. Some of the pages have been used and removed. At the front of the pages are two sheets of carbon paper and tissue paper for copying purposes.Cramond & Dickson General Drapers and Importers Warrnambool 3280 Lamson Paragoncramond & dickson warrnambool, john cramond warrnambool, james dickson warrnambool, warrnambool businesses, lamson paragon printing firm

Anthony Hordern sen. (1788–1869) came from Staffordshire, as a free immigrant in 1823, and the business was originally established as a drapery store in Pitt Street by his wife Ann. The family moved to Melbourne and remained there but a son Anthony junior purchased land in George Street Sydney in 1842 and set up business with his brother Lebbeus. They broke their partnership in1855 and Anthony took his sons Anthony and Samuel into partnership as they became old enough. Anthony Hordern & Sons was the largest department store in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. with 52 acres (21 hectares) of retail space, and was once the largest department store in the world . It also operated one of the largest mail order businesses in Australia. One of their advertising slogans was that they sold "anything from a needle to an anchor". A strip of blue cardboard with 95 small, white 2 hole buttons . The cardboard folds into 3 for easy storage with each section holding 36 buttons. 7 buttons are missing - used. The buttons are sewn onto the card with a running thread that is covered by backing paper.on backing of card a picture of an 'Anchor and Rope , Needle and Thread' / FROM A NEEDLE / TO AN ANCHOR / TRADE MARK / MADE IN ENGLAND. inside ' MADE IN 14 LINES ENGLAND 'horden anthony senior, horden and son pty ltd, sydney, new south wales, moorabbin, department stores, market gardeners, pioneers, dressmaking, craftwork, sewing needles, clothing, buttons

One of a collection of 56 knitting pattern books donated by Mrs Hilma Carruthers. These books had been used by Mrs Carruthers, her mother and her two daughters. Book produced by Patons and Baldwins and containing knitting patterns for women's garments. It was sold by Buckley and Nunn Ltd, a Melbourne department store.Patons KNITTING BOOK NO. 341 / "LORRAINE" - See page 12 / P&B / WOOLS / 1'4d. BUCKLEY & NUNN LIMITEDhandicrafts - history knitting, patons and baldwins (australia) ltd buckley and nunn limited, handicrafts - history, knitting

One of a collection of 56 knitting pattern books donated by Mrs Hilma Carruthers. These books had been used by Mrs Carruthers, her mother and her two daughters. This book was produced by Patons and Baldwins and contains knitting patterns for men's garments. It was sold by Buckley and Nunn Limited, the Melbourne department store.No. / 455 / Patons / KNITTING BOOK / No. / 455 / P&B / WOOLS / PATONS / BLUEBELL or CAIRN . TOTEM . PATONYLE . BEEHIVE 3-PLY / BEEHIVE 4-PLY . HIGHLAND SPORTS . HEYDAY SPORTS / 1'9 BUCKLEY & NUNN LIMITEDhandicrafts - history knitting, patons and baldwins (australia) ltd buckley and nunn limited, handicrafts - history, knitting

This is a book of 170 pages. The cover has a coloured sketch of a soldier on a grey background , two bomb sketches and some black printing. The spine is almost completely missing. The pages contain printed text, maps, sketches, black and white photographs and coloured illustrations. The book is bound with heavy duty staples. There are five loose newspaper cuttings.non-fictionAustralians in World War 1 world war 1, anzacs, australian humour

John Younger came to Warrnambool from Yackandandah in 1888 originally with a partner John Jeffrey and opened a store selling general merchandise. In 1914 a new company known as Younger PTY LTD. was formed. The business grew into a large department store in Liebig Street. In 1958 the business was sold to Charles Moore and continued trading as Youngers. The store closed in 1980This label is an important memento of one of the key businesses in Liebig Street, Warrnambool in the 20th century. Younger stores are credited with making Liebig Street the main street in this city.White paper label with red and green printing adhered to a piece of grey cardboard. There is another label on the same card.Youngers THE HEART OF WARRNAMBOOL YOUNGER PTY. LTD.,LIEBIG STREET,WARRNAMBOOL M date 'PHONE 8021 youngers warrnambool

One of a collection of 56 knitting pattern books donated by Mrs Hilma Carruthers. These books had been used by Mrs Carruthers, her mother and her two daughters. This book was produced by Patons and Baldwins and contains knitting patterns and some embroidery patterns at a level suitable for young girls. It was sold by Buckley and Nunn Ltd, a Melbourne department store.Knitting for / THE JUNIOR MISS / by / Patons / 1'6d. BUCKLEY & NUNN LIMITEDhandicrafts - history knitting, patons and baldwins (australia) ltd buckley and nunn limited, handicrafts - history, knitting

The photograph shows Scrubber tram No. 10 in Swanston St with the Foys department store in the background. The tram was later renumbered to 10W. Has W2 class tram No. 500 behind. This tram began its life in Sydney in 1908, converted in 1952 to a scrubber, and sold to MMTB in 1959. The tram is now at the Bylands TMSV site. Photo by Jim Seletto Feb. 62.Yields information about MMTB Scrubber tram 10 or 10WBlack and white photograph, with photographer's notes on the rear."No 10 outside Foys City, Feb 62, DX Print" in red ink, Stamp of Jim Seletto and in pencil "JSE5"trams, scrubber tram, tram 10, tram 10w

The photograph shows the Royal Mail wagon outside Herbert's General Store in the main street of Orbost. Lancelot Herbert came to Orbost in 1886, taking up a partnership with local store-owner George Temple. After Mr Temple’s death in 1891, Lancelot took over the store and progressively developed Herberts Snowy River Stores which grew into a department store of several shops along Nicholson StThis is a pictorial record of transport in 19th century Orbost. It is associated with the Herbert family.A black / white photograph of a travelling salesman and his samples on the Orbost Coach outside Herbert's grocery store. Two other men are standing nearby. The photograph is on a cream buff card.on front - "Traveller's Samples on Orbost Coach"herbert's-store transport

Postcard - photo of Chapel St Prahran looking south along Chapel St towards the intersection with Commercial Road with the Jacob Read drapery business or the Charles Moore and Company department store - now the Pran Central complex in the view. Has a number of horse drawn vehicles, some motor cars and a cable tram in the view. Divided back with spaces for Correspondence, address and stamp. Stamp area has "Printed in county of Saxony" and number 3949 in bottom right hand corner. Published by Valentines & Sons Publishing Co. Melbourne and Sydney.trams, tramways, cable trams, commercial rd, malvern rd, chapel st, horse drawn vehicle

This medallion was distributed as a memento of the Coronation of George V1 and Elizabeth. John Glass Cramond and James Dickson established a shop in Warrnambool in 1855 in Timor Street and moved to Liebig Street a few years later. New premises were erected in 1878 and the department store selling mens and ladies wear on the corner of Liebig and Timor Streets was a landmark building in Warrnambool until the business closed in 1973. Cramond and Dickson had their own tailors and milliners.This item has significance with the link to Cramond & Dickson.Small copper medallion with an image of George V1 and Elizabeth on one side with the words King George V1 Queen Elizabeth Coronation 1937.On the other side is Cramond &Dickson Warrnambool 1855- 1937.King George V1 Queen Elizabeth Coronation 1937.On the other side is Cramond &Dickson Warrnambool 1855- 1937.cramond & dickson, warrnambool, coronation medallion, george v1

The photo shows an ESCo tram soon after commencement of trams in 1905, at the corner of Armstrong and Sturt Streets, Ballarat. The tram has a destination sign hung from the driver's dash canopy. On the left is the Snows Department store and a pole with telegraph/telephone wires and insulators. The Thomas Moore Statue is adjacent to the tramcar. The median plantation was known as Shoppees Square. See item 8419 for a postcard and 3795 for a copy photograph. Photo by WTP & Co.Yields information about Sturt St soon after the opening of the Ballarat Electric tramwayPrinted photograph on a sheet of plain paper.tramways, trams, sturt st, esco, armstrong st, wtp

Postcard shows an ESCo tram soon after commencement in 1905, at the corner of Armstrong and Sturt Streets, Ballarat. The tram has a destination sign hung from the drivers dash canopy. On the left is the Snows Department store and a pole with telegraph/telephone wires and insulators. The Thomas Moore Statue is adjacent to the tramcar. The median plantation was known as Shoppees Square. See item 8999 for a printed colour copy from an illustration, and 3795 for a copy photograph. Yields information about Sturt St, 1905.Postcard - coloured, published by WTP, 1905, Divided back type. trams, tramcars, ballararat, sturt st, esco, armstrong st, wtp

Rose Series postcard No. P 564 titled "Swanston Street Melbourne", looking south from Little Bourke St. Has a number of W2 class trams in the view, possibly tram 439 route 15 to St Kilda Beach. Note the Tram Safety Zone with the lamp on the top. In the background are the Ezywalkin, Leviathan, F T Field and Steeles Furniture stores. Foys Department store on the left appears to be having its verandah fitted. Yields information about Swanston St. at the intersection with Little Bourke St.Postcard - printed real photograph with Rose Stereograph Co. name on the rear. Unused.trams, tramways, w2 class, swanston st, tram 439, route 15

Rose Series postcard No. P 4693, titled "Bourke Street Looking West, Melbourne". Photo taken from the north side of Bourke St between Swanston St and Russell St. Has a number of double decker and single deck buses in the view. A W2 class tram is waiting on the south side of Bourke Street in Swanston Street. Photo late 1940s. The former cable tram tracks remain in the street. the Foys Department store is on the right. Yields information about the eastern end of Bourke St in the late 1940s.Postcard - printed real photograph with Rose Stereograph Co. name on the rear.tramways, trams, bourke st, buses, mmtb buses, leyland, td5c class, w2 class, swanston st

This item would have been made as a stand to display shoes in a shop. It may have been made locally in Warrnambool. As this item was donated to the Warrnambool and District Historical Society by a member of the Dickson family some years ago, it is highly likely that the stand was used for display purposes in the Warrnambool department store of Cramond and Dickson. This store, selling mainly men’s and ladies’ wear, was established by John Cramond and James Dickson in Warrnambool in 1853 in Timor Street and it later moved to Liebig Street, closing in 1973. This stand is of interest as an example of the type of stand used for display in shops early to mid 20th century. It is also significant as a possible memento of the Cramond and Dickson shop which was so important in Warrnambool’s history.This is a shoe stand with a wooden stick or pole tapering slightly to the top and ridged in three places. The pole is mounted on a wooden pedestal which is rectangular-shaped and which is indented to form a smaller rectangular base. A small wooden piece in the shape of a flat bottom of a shoe is attached to the pole with a metal bolt and nut. This enables the shoe piece to remain flat or to be tilted at various angles. cramond and dickson store, warrnambool, history of warrnambool, shoe display