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Clunes Museum
Card, G. DELGADO LTD
CRISTMAS GREETINGS CARDGREETING CARD - GREETINGS AND GOOD WISHESHAPPINESS IS A WAYSIDE SLOWER, GROWING ON THE HIGHWAY OF USEFULNESS. - WITH KIND THOUGHTS AND ALL GOOD WISHES FOR CHRISTMAS AND THE NEW YEAR. FROM I. E.Elocal history, document, cards, trembath, perry -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Domestic object - Crock Pot, 1960s
Used by donor's familyElectric cooker - slow - cylinder shape - orange with brown and yellow stripes. Glass lid - knob on lid. Controls - Off/High/Low. 'Crock - Cooker'. Two handles for lifting and three legs to support cooker off bench.Made in Japan. General Electric Model No. SC10domestic items, cooking -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - PETER ELLIS COLLECTION: GRAVEL HILL PRIMARY SCHOOL
Colour photograph. Children in costume. Hessian sack. Jeans. Boots. Kiandra. Center of the outback with dragons so go slow. Sweeney's general store and universal emporium. Painted scenery. Church. Gravel Hill Primary School. 1988 Production 'The Wallaby Track''.photo, group, children in costume -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - BASIL WATSON COLLECTION: POSTCARD, SOPWITH 1913
Postcard: black and white card. Biplane, flying over airfield. On bottom 'Sopwith 80 hp speed scout biplane, 1913. War office tests: slow speed 36.9 mph, fast speed 92 mph, climb 1050 ft. per minute.aviation, civilian, sopwith 1913, basil watson, speed scout biplane, war office. -
Maldon Vintage Machinery Museum Inc
DC Generator - Steam Powered
Siemens DC generator driven by a Thompsons two cylinder steam engine. The engine has vertical cylinders and there is a flywheel between the generator and engine. Generator painted grey, engine painted red. The system is connected to low pressure steam and can be run very slowly. Brass plate on generator "Siemens Brothers / Dynamo Works Ltd. / London Stafford / Direct Current Generator", followed by specifications. Thompsons Engineering in relief on steam engine side plates. "60" on base of engine.machinery; generator; steam engine; metalwork -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPHS, MILITARY
The photos relate to the collection of Francis William (Dinky) DEAN BEM, VX93960 2nd AIF, 3742 1 RAR 1943 - 75. Refer Cat No 124.2 for his service history.All photos are B & W. (.1) Large group of soldiers slow marching, arms at reverse through a city wearing Battle Dress. (.2) The same large group from a different position. (.3) group of soldiers in greens marching through a city, weapons slung.photography, military -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Model Wave Tank, Breakwater, Model Parapet Wall, n.d
Port of Portland Authority Archivesport of portland archives, model breakwater, model wave tank, model parapet wall -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ''IT SLOWLY FADES AWAY'': INFORMATION OF MICHELSEN FAMILY /THUNDERS BREWERY/LUCAN STREET BREWERY
Two page document: ''It slowly fades away - information re Michelsen family /Thunders Brewery/Lucan Street Brewery (two copies - one with pencilled-in additions/corrections. Information re the property at 46 Lucan Street and description of structure and gardens etc. Author? Date mentioned is 1973.person, individual, michelsen family, thunders brewery, lucan street brewery, bendigo cognac distillery -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Clock, 1867-1870
Chauncey Jerome (1793–1868) was an American clock maker in the early to mid 19th century. He made a fortune selling his clocks, and his business grew quickly. Jerome was born in Canaan USA in 1793 son of a blacksmith and nail-maker. He began his career in Plymouth, making dials for long-case clocks where he learned all he could about clocks, particularly clock cases, and then went to New Jersey to make seven-foot cases for clocks mechanisms. In 1816 he went to work for Eli Terry making "Patent Shelf Clocks," learning how to make previously handmade cases using machinery. Deciding to go into business for himself, Jerome began to make cases, trading them to Terry for wooden movements. In 1822 Jerome moved his business to Bristol New Haven, opening a small shop with his brother Noble and began to produce a 30-hour and eight-day wooden clocks. By 1837 Jerome's company was selling more clocks than any of his competitors. A one-day wood-cased clock, which sold for six dollars had helped put the company on the map. A year later his company was selling that same clock for four dollars. The company also sold one line of clocks at a wholesale price of 75 cents and by 1841 the company was showing an annual profit of a whopping $35,000, primarily from the sale of its brass movements. In 1842 Jerome moved his clock-case manufacturing operation to St. John Street in New Haven. Three years later, following a fire that destroyed the Bristol plant, Jerome relocated the entire operation to Elm City factory. Enlarging the plant, the company soon became the largest industrial employer in the city, producing 150,000 clocks annually. In 1850 Jerome formed the Jerome Manufacturing Co. as a joint-stock company with Benedict & Burnham, brass manufacturers of Waterbury. In 1853 the company then became known as the New Haven Clock Co, producing 444,000 clocks and timepieces annually, then the largest clock maker in the world. Jerome's future should have been secure but in 1855 he bought out a failed Bridgeport clock company controlled by P.T. Barnum, which wiped him out financially, leaving the Jerome Manufacturing Co. bankrupt. Jerome never recovered from the loss. By his admission, he was a better inventor than a businessman. When Jerome went bankrupt in 1856 the New Haven Clock Company purchased the company. One of the primary benefits of Jerome purchasing New Haven in the first place was the good reputation of the Jerome brand and the network of companies that remained interested in selling its clocks. In England, Jerome & Co. Ltd. sold Jerome clocks for the New Haven company until 1904, when New Haven purchased the English firm outright. After his involvement with the New Haven Company in 1856, Jerome traveled from town to town, taking jobs where he could, often working for clock companies that had learned the business of clock making using Jerome's inventions. On returning to New Haven near the end of his life, he died, penniless, in 1868 at the age of 74. The company struggled on after Jerome's bankruptcy until after World War II, when the company endeavored to continue through disruptions caused by a takeover along with poor sales, finally having to fold its operations in 1960 a little more than 100 years after it had been founded. The item is significant as it is associated with Chauncey Jerome who had made a historic contribution to the clock making industry during the 19th century when he began to substitute brass mechanisms for wooden mechanisms in his clocks. This was said to be the greatest and most far-reaching contribution to the clock industry. Because of his discovery of stamping out clockwork gears rather than using castings, Jerome was producing the lowest-priced clocks in the world. That can only add to his significance as the major clock manufacture of the 19th century. Jerome may have made and lost, a fortune selling his clocks but was perhaps the most influential and creative person associated with the American clock business during the mid-19th century. Also, he had served his community as a legislator in 1834, a Presidential elector in 1852 and mayor of New Haven, Connecticut from 1854 to 1855.Clock, marine, in octagonal rosewood veneer case. Roman numerals to dial, has a seconds dial. 2 key-winding holes slow-to-Fast adjustment pin through dial. Small lever in lower edge of case activates a chime. "8 day, 8 inch, Lever Striking escarpment " Paper label on the back of the clock "Jerome & Co, New Haven, Conn" "Manufacturers of every variety of Office and Home Clocks and Time Pieces".flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, clock, jerome & co, new haven, clock maker, chauncey jerome -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph, n.d
Port of Portland Authority Archivesport of portland archives -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Volley Ball
A black and white photograph of Diggers at the 1st Australian Task Force Base at Nui Dat, Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam enjoy a spirited game of net ball under the rubber trees. As the years wore on, at the Task Force Base, the Diggers slowly and methodically developed a comfortable base areaphotograph, 1st atf base, nui dat, phuoc tuy province, digger, gibbons collection catalogue, digger -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Memorandum, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Notice to Inspectors - Southern System", 27/5/1952
Notice to Inspectors - Southern System Excessive Speed of Trams and Failure to Observe "Slow Down Discs" & Compulsory Stops in Routes to Depot on Last Round at Night Memo from JNC Harry, Dist Traffic Supt SS to inspectors about complaints of excessive speed of drivers and failure to observe compulsory stops."Mr Walker" written in penciltrams, tramways, instructions, safety, drivers -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, The Courier Ballarat, "Tram crew finds turtle crossing the tracks", 15/01/2015 12:00:00 AM
Newspaper clipping from The Courier, 15/1/2015, titled "Tram crew finds turtle crossing the tracks". Has a photo of tram 38, northbound near depot junction with the turtle, actually a tortoise, in the foreground. It was a slow news day in Ballarat! Quotes Peter Waugh, and has the story around a Myki card.btm, wendouree parade, turtle, tortoise, animals -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Equipment - Ship's Telegraph section, Chadburn & Sons, 1875-1898
This is the Bridge Section of a ship’s telegraph and is a Duplex Gong model, made by Chadburn & Son of Liverpool. This duplex gong model would sound two signals whenever the navigational commands were given by the ship’s pilot to change the speed or direction. The ship’s telegraph was installed on Flagstaff Hill’s exhibit of the 1909 Hobart, Tasmania, ferry “SS Rowitta” installed in 1975 and enjoyed for more than 40 years. Communication between the ship’s pilot and the engine room in the late 19th century to the mid-20th-century was made with a system called an Engine Order Telegraph (E.O.T.) or ship’s telegraph. The equipment has two parts, the Bridge Section and the Engine Room Section. The Bridge Section is usually mounted onto a pedestal, and the Engine Room Section is attached to a vertical surface. The standard marine commands are printed or stamped around the face of the dial and indicated by a pointer or arrow that is usually moved by a rotating brass section or handle. The ship’s pilot stationed on the Bridge of a vessel sends his Orders for speed and direction to the Engine Room with the E.O.T. He moves the lever or levers, depending on the number of engines the ship has, to change the indicator on the Bridge Section’s dial to point in the new direction and speed of travel. This change causes the Orders to be duplicated on the Engine Room Section’s dial and a bell or bells to signal the change at the same time. The engineer then adjusts the ship’s engines and steering equipment to follow the pilot’s Order. CHADBURN & SON, Liverpool- Chadburn Brothers, William and C.H., were joint inventors and well-established makers of optical and scientific instruments and marine gauges. The firm was granted the Prince Albert Royal Warrant in the late 19th century. In 1870 William Chadburn applied for a patent for his navigational communication device for use on ships. By 1875 Chadburn & Son was producing the brass Engine Order Telegraph in its plant at 71 Lord Street, Liverpool. In 1911 the ship RMS Titanic was launched, fitted with Chadburn & Sons E.O.T. The Chadburn Ship Telegraph Company Limited was registered in 1898 to take over Chadburn & Sons. In 1903 a large factory at Bootle, near Liverpool, and their products were being sold overseas. In 1920 electric-powered telegraphs were developed. In 1944 the name changed to Chadburn’s (Liverpool) Limited. In 1968 the company became Chadburn Bloctube Ltd. In 2000 the company, now Bloctube Marine Limited, was still manufacturing ship telegraphs. SS ROWITTA: - The 1909 steam ferry, SS Rowitta, was installed as an exhibit at Flagstaff Hill in 1975 and was enjoyed by many visitors for 40 years. Rowitta was a timber steam ferry built in Hobart in 1909 using planks of Huon and Karri wood. It was a favourite of sightseeing passengers along Tasmania’s Tamar and Derwent rivers for 30 years. Rowitta was also known as Tarkarri and Sorrento and had worked as a coastal trading vessel between Devonport and Melbourne, and Melbourne Queenscliff and Sorrento. In 1974 Rowitta was purchased by Flagstaff Hilt to convert into a representation of the Speculant, a historic and locally significant sailing ship listed on the Victorian Heritage Database. (The Speculant was built in Scotland in 1895 and traded timber between the United Kingdom and Russia. Warrnambool’s P J McGennan & Co. then bought the vessel to trade pine timber from New Zealand to Victorian ports and cargo to Melbourne. It was the largest ship registered with Warrnambool as her home port, playing a key role in the early 1900s in the Port of Warrnambool. In 1911, on her way to Melbourne, it was wrecked near Cape Otway. None of the nine crew lost their lives.) The promised funds for converting Rowitta into the Speculant were no longer available, so it was restored back to its original configuration. The vessel represented the importance of coastal traders to transport, trade and communication in Australia times before rail and motor vehicles. Sadly, in 2015 the time had come to demolish the Rowitta due to her excessive deterioration and the high cost of ongoing repairs. The vessel had given over 100 years of service and pleasure to those who knew her. This Bridge section of a ship’s Engine Order Telegraph, used with an Engine Room section, represents late-19th century change and progress in communication and navigation at sea. This type of equipment was still in use in the mid-20th century. The object is significant for its association with its maker, Chadburn & Son, of Liverpool, a well-known marine instrument maker whose work was recognised by English Royalty, and whose products were selected to supply similar equipment for use on the RMS Titanic. This ship’s telegraph is connected to the history of the Rowitta, which was a large exhibit on display at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village from the museum’s early beginnings until the vessel’s end of life 40 years later. The display was used as an aid to maritime education. The Rowitta represents the importance of coastal traders to transport, trade and communication along the coast of Victoria, between states, and in Australia before rail and motor vehicles. The vessel was an example of a ferry built in the early 20th century that served many different roles over its lifetime of over 100 years. Bridge section of a Ship’s Telegraph or Engine Order Telegraph (E.O.T.). The round double-sided, painted glass dial is contained within a brass case behind glass. It is fitted onto an outward tapering brass pedestal with a round base. The brass indicator arrows between the handles point simultaneously to both sides of the dial when moved. An oval brass maker’s plate is attached to the top of the case. The dial’s faces have inscriptions that indicate speed and direction, and the front face and plate include the maker’s details. A serial number is stamped on the collar where the dial is fitted to the pedestal. The ship’s telegraph is a Duplex Gong model, made by Chadburn & Son of Liverpool. Dial, maker’s details: “PATENT “DUPLEX GONG” TELEGRAPH / CHADBURN & SON / TELEGRAPH WORKS / PATENTEES & MANUFACTURERS / 11 WATERLOO ROAD / LIVERPOOL” LONDON / 105 FENCHURCH STREET” “NEWCASTLE / 85 QUAY + SIDE” “GLASGOW / 69 ANDERSON QUAY” “PATENT” Dial instructions: “FULL / HALF/ SLOW / FINISHED WITH ENGINES / STOP STAND BY / SLOW / HALF / FULL / ASTERN / AHEAD” Maker’s plate: “CHADBURN / & SON / PATENT / LIVERPOOL” Serial number: “22073”flagstaff hill, warrnambool, maritime village, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, great ocean road, engine order telegraph, e.o.t., navigational instrument, communication device, ship’s telegraph, engine room section, bridge section, rms titanic, chadburn & son, chadburn brothers, william chadburn, chadburn ship telegraph company, chadburns, duplex gong, liverpool, ss rowitta, navigation, marine technology, pilot’s orders, steam power, hobart, tasmania, devonport, tasmanian-built, ferry, steam ferry, steamer, 1909, early 20th century vessel, passenger vessel, tamar trading company, launceston, george town, sorrento, tarkarri, speculant, peter mcgennan, p j mcgennan & co. port phillip ferries pty ltd, melbourne, coastal trader, timber steamer, huon, karri, freighter, supply ship, charter ferry, floating restaurant, prawn boat, lakes entrance -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Model Breakwater, Model Parapet Wall, n.d
Port of Portland Authority Archivesport of portland archives, model breakwater -
Clunes Museum
Leisure object - GRAMOPHONE RECORDS
FIVE GRAMOPHONE RECORDS IN PAPER SLEEVES. 1. EDISON RECORD - "NO NIGHT THERE" & "LOVE LIFTED ME" 2. DECCA - "ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA" & "MA BELLE MARGUERITE" 3. COLUMBIA - "TWO BLACK CROWS" 4. CAPITOL - "THREE ORPHAN KITTENS" 5. REGAL ZONOPHONE - "HOME ON THE RANGE" & "YODEL-O-DE-AY" local history, musical instruments, accessories, musical instrument accessories -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Dave Macartney, 23/12/1967 12:00:00 AM
Black and white photograph of SEC No. 37 running "SPECIAL" into the City from the depot,. Photo taken just after leaving Haddon St. loop, loop in background. Tram is blurred due to slow shutter speed, rest of photograph is in focus. Tram has SEC ad on one side. Taken 23/12/1967.trams, tramways, secv, ballarat, wendouree parade, haddon st. , tram 37 -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Newspaper, Scrapbook Clipping, Library Collection, Ringwood, Victoria
Newspaper Clipping from the ""Post", 8-9-1993". P5. "Mulluim Primary rising The arson attack on Mulum Primary School has rallied parents, teachers and students around the school, according to principal Rob Bloye."We're slowly getting the school together and we already have four portables and furniture. -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Geological specimen - Granite
Gabo Island sits off the coast of East Gippsland in Victoria, with cliffs of granite in a relatively unique red/pink colour. Early attempts to build a lighthouse on the island were abandoned due to poor foundations, but when a ship ran aground on the nearby Tullaberga Island in 1853 and led to the death of 37 people, efforts were reignited. Construction of a new lighthouse was completed by 1858, using Gabo Island granite. The lighthouse is Australia's second tallest in Australia and continues to play an important role in guiding boats around the coast as they journey between Melbourne and Sydney. The distinct pink colour from the granite means the lighthouse continues to be a defining feature of the island. Gabo Island granite was also used to construct the Treasury Building at 117 Macquarie Street in Sydney, now the Intercontinental Hotel.Granite in the pink colour of this specimen is relatively rare. The connection to the lighthouse on Gabo Island also gives the specimen historic significance and social significance regarding the maritime history of Victoria. This specimen is part of a larger collection of geological and mineral specimens collected from around Australia (and some parts of the world) and donated to the Burke Museum between 1868-1880. A large percentage of these specimens were collected in Victoria as part of the Geological Survey of Victoria that begun in 1852 (in response to the Gold Rush) to study and map the geology of Victoria. Collecting geological specimens was an important part of mapping and understanding the scientific makeup of the earth. Many of these specimens were sent to research and collecting organisations across Australia, including the Burke Museum, to educate and encourage further study.A solid palm-sized mineral, coloured by flecks of pink, red, and grey. Granite is formed by the slow crystallisation of magma below the earth's surface. It is typically composed of a mix of quartz, feldspar, and other minerals, though syenitic granite like this sample has a smaller amount of quartz than typical granite. This different mineral composition leads to the more distinct pink and red colouring.First sticker: [torn]logical survey / R........ S........ / Loc Gabo Island / 1/4 Sheet / Second Sticker: 15 Third Sticker: Syenitic Graniteburke museum, beechworth, indigo shire, beechworth museum, geological, geological specimen, mineralogy, gabo island, gabo island lighthouse, lighthouse, granite, coast, coastal, granite specimen, victoria, coastal cliffs -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Leisure object - Pipe, South African smoking, Circa 1900
This item was donated to the Moorabbin Historical Society in the 1980's by Mr John Herron of Bentleigh. It was brought back from the Boer War by Private W.F. Daff of South Brighton [Later Moorabbin] Private Daff served in the Second Contingent sent to the Boer War 1899 - 1902 South Africa.This item is of Historical Significance because it is linked to the Boer War [1899- 1902] and is of native South African origin.Mr John Herron is a descendant of James Jones an early settler in Moorabbin Shire and the Daff family were early settlers in South Brighton ( Moorabbin).A large natual wood pipe in three pieces with carved bone mouth piece.The bottom piece is on an angle so it stands upright. A hole is bored through the middle of the pipe at different sizes so the smoke is drawn up through the pipe slowly by the smoker.The carvings around the join for the top section of the pipe are very fine and delicate and extend up an over the join to camouflage it.boer war, daff w.f., pipe, native, moorabbin, brighton, south africa, bentleigh, herron john -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Postcard
Sent to Mrs Garnet O'Neill from her brother Bill Beaty, Light Horseman, sent c1915Black and white postcard with verse.|'Sweet Thoughts'|While slowly sinks the sun from view,|Gilding the west with rosy light,|Come fond memories, dear, of you,|To brighten my deepest thoughts to-night.|Richer than golden clouds above,|Pictures of ne'er forgotten hours,|Visions of our unchanging love,|Thoughts of each promise dear, of ours.|WillmerDear Gar........From Billdocuments, postcards -
Greensborough Historical Society
Article - Article, Journal, Phillip E. Brotchie, Women in Australia - a case of historical inequity, by Phillip E. Brotchie, 1991
Brief account of the slow progress of Australian women towards equality with men to 1960s.2 p. from Ancestor, Winter and Spring 1991, p. 12-13women in australia, gender equality, ancestor (magazine) -
Yarrawonga and Mulwala Pioneer Museum
Information pamphlet, The Alfa-Laval Homestead Milker
Used in preference to slower hand milking practice after electricity was connected to the farmPaper pamphlet describing parts of the vacuum pump milker. Recommended for herds of ten cows or lessSee photosmilking machine, dairying -
Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Bomb Tail firing cap, Around late 1938 to 1945
A cone shape at the base section with a cylinder section on the top half made of brass and is screwed onto the rear section of and Arial Bomb. There are 2 leavers either side of the cylinder section which open out after the bomb has been dropped from a plane ,this helps slow the bombs decent and with a brass propeller at the very top of the devise helps to activate the firing pin and arming the bombThere are a number of Japaness markings on the cone section with some numbersww2 japaness bomb arming mechanisum -
Dutch Australian Heritage Centre Victoria
Small kerosene cooker (petroleumstelletje), 1940s
Brought to Australia by Dutch migrants in the 1950s. Used for slow cooking of dishes such as soups and stews.Cream enamel with green upper rim. Three-legged. Consists of two circular compartments, the lower one of which is the kerosene tank. Adjustable wick in holder attached to a handle with which the wick can be raised and lowered. Spare wick in tank. Upper compartment has small brass porthole with glass centre through which to monitor flame. Inside bottom of upper compartment there is a longitudinal slit within an oval raised section. Perforations around slit for ventilation. Steel trivet on top has five pointed star pattern. household item -
Vision Australia
Functional object - Object, Ditta Fenzo Martinelli, INFILA needle threader
This device allows easy threading of needles with ease. Place the needle in the most suitable casing (either white or black edged) then wrap the thread along the base of the groove. Push the corresponding white knob across slowly and pull the thread that appears on the other side slowly until the shorter end appears, and the needle is threaded.Blue plastic rectangle with two insert tubes and two white push tabs, a leaflet of multilingual instructions and a needle'INFILA' in gold writing on the front 'INFILA A60 Automatico Automatic needle threader' in blue on the backassistive devices, ditta fenzo martinelli -
Seaworks Maritime Museum
Novita Resuscitation canister
missing componentsmetal canister with valve, black body and white top, OXYGEN stencilled on both sides, silver valve attachment, fastened to the boxPMA 0433/2. Sticker; Keep cylinder cool/CIG/B.P. Grade/OXYGEN COMPRESSED/DO NOT ALLOW OIL OR GREASE ON VALVE/OPEN VALVE SLOWLY CLOSE AFTER USE. Sticker; USE NO OIL OR GREASE/THEY CAUSE EXPLOSIONS/OXYGENport melbourne authority (pma) -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Document - Manuscript, Robin Boyd, Skyline and Houses, c. 1963
Boyd's view of the development of Australian architecture's progression over the years and the slowly forming identity of Australian architecture.Typewritten (c copy), quarto, 5 pagesmodern australia, o-y-o (on your own) flats, robin boyd, manuscript -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Booklet, Scheer, Robert, How the United States got involved in Vietnam, 1965
The path of America's slow, gradual, and then steadily mounting involvement in Vietnam has never been fully explored.A report to the center for the Study of Democratic Institutions.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 -- united states, united states -- foreign relations -- vietnam -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Clock, 1940's
Smiths began with a craftsman named Samuel Smith who in 1851 opened a shop in Newington Causeway, London, where he made and sold watches, clocks and precision instruments. Samuel had a son, Samuel Jnr who was apprenticed in his fathers business. Samuel Jnr eventually opened his own business at 85 Strand and later opened other premises at 9 Strand, Trafalgar Square and 68 Piccadilly. In 1899 he turned his business into a private limited company, S. Smith & Son Ltd. Samuel Jnr son, Sir Allan Gordon-Smith, joined him as Manager at 9 Strand in 1903 and laid the foundation of the vast Smiths organisation of the future, leading the company towards the supply of accessories for the then developing motor industry making car clocks and the first speedometers patented in 1904. In July 1914 a new company was formed under the name S. Smith & Sons (Motor Accessories) Ltd., to take over the motor accessory business of S. Smith and Son Ltd. and this became the main company of the group which eventually grew to become Smiths Industries Ltd. The original company S Smith and Sons Ltd., continued as jewelers and clock and watchmakers until 1930 when the company was taken over by Bravingtons retail jeweller chain. In 1931 Smiths decided to enter the domestic clock market and formed a new company, Smiths English Clocks Ltd., as the Clock and Watch division of S Smith & Sons (Motor Accessories) Ltd. This is the start of "Smiths Clocks" because this is when they began to manufacture domestic clocks in quantity. Moreover, they set out to produce these clocks at a price that the average householder could afford. S Smith & Sons (Motor Accessories) was at this time was the main company in the Smiths group of companies and their business developed both in the motor vehicle field and outside it. Smiths began to make automatic pilots for aircraft and, through the acquisition of a majority interest in Henry Hughes & Sons Ltd., entered the field of marine instruments. During the war from 1939 to 1945, Smiths' production expanded. There was a demand for motor, aircraft and marine instruments for the Services and the production of industrial instruments and it is at this time that our item was made. In 1944 many changes were made to the Smiths' organisation. The name of the principal company was changed from S Smith & Sons (Motor Accessories) to S. Smith & Sons (England) Ltd. and four new subsidiary selling companies were set up. These were Smiths Motor Accessories Ltd., Smiths Aircraft Instruments Ltd., Smiths Industrial Instruments Ltd., and Smiths English clocks Ltd. The manufacture of clocks and watches ceased in 1979 and 1983 saw Smiths withdraw from producing items for the motor industry.An item that is now regarded as a vintage, sought by horology collectors worldwide and is in excellent condition. The item is unique in that it was made specifically for ships by the Smith company a well known British clock manufacture. Its provenance is well established and it was made during the world war II era specifically for merchant and naval vessels of the time. Naval brass ships bulkhead clock. The clock face is of white enamel with black Roman numerals, an outer minutes ring and black steel hands. There is a subsidiary seconds dial with sweeping hand just above the centre and a fast/slow adjustment lever above that. There is no manufactures name on the dial. There are a beveled glass and brass hinged lid to the front of the clock. The clock is housed in a heavy brass case with screw holes around the circumference for mounting. There are no markings on the clock or mechanism flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, s smith and sons, clock, maritime clocks, clock makers, bulkhead clock