The 38 page illustrated catalogue from Schumacher Mill Furnishing Works contains b & W photographs of their mixing, packing and sifting machinery. Each photograph is accompanied by a description & detailed statistics. The firm was founded in 1896 in Port Melbourne by German immigrant, Otto Charles SCHUMACHER and occupied the site on the corner of Graham Street & Esplanade East. On his father's death the business was taken over by his son, Ferdinand SCHUMACHER , who died just 8 months later. The firm continued trading until 1950 and the factory was demolished in 1985 to make way for social housing.Blue bound book with a coloured cover that has photographs of many of the items produced by Schumacher Mill machinery.otto c schumacher, schumacher mill furnishing works, industry - manufacturing, ferdinand schumacher

Bar of soap - dark orange - embossed "Guardian Family Health Soap"industry - manufacturing, business and traders - soaps/candles, domestic life, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, unilever australia (holdings) ltd, unichema australia pty ltd, guardian family health soap

Photographs taken by ex-employee of Kitchen's, Lionel Hayfield (refer catalogue numbers 3411 and 3412) just before the building sold to "The Block" - a Channel 9 TV program. See also cat nos 3846, 3847 and 3848Back Stairs series of colour photographs taken outside the J Kitchen & Sons Administration Building, Ingles St, Port Melbourne. Details where possible are on the back of the photographs. industry - manufacturing, built environment - commercial, built environment - industrial, demolitions, j kitchen & sons pty ltd

The Victa company was founded by Mervyn Victor RICHARDSON in Australia in 1952 initially to manufacture lawnmowers. This badge was on the back gate of a former shop in Princes Street, Port Melbourne. The owner, Victor, salvaged the badge, painted it green to match his house and used it as the 'nameplate' for his residence.Photograph of green painted, boomerang shaped metal object with raised letters 'VICTA' & the number 18 in situ.victa, mervyn victor richardson, industry - manufacturing, built environment - domestic

Photograph 1994 of milling machine manufactured in Port Melbourne by O.C. Schumacher and now in the Bark Mill Museum, Swansea, Tasmania, a former flour millDetails in blue ink on back: 'Bark Mill Museum Swansea East coast Tasmania 1994'business and traders, industry - manufacturing, o c schumacher

Produced by Robert Frost of Alfred Street for use in Bay Street informational stalls by Port Melbourne 'Residents' Picket Group' against the SCDC Bayside development, 1988Large black display board with captions of environmental information connected by string to points on an aerial photo of Port Melbourne/Fishermen's Bend; indicates sources of contamination in Port Melbourne and on the bend.public action campaigns, environmental issues, town planning - proposals shelved - bayside, fishermans bend, industry - manufacturing, robert frost, residents picket group, british petroleum group, elders ixl, glazebrook paints, csiro, state electricity commission

Material found in the collection when sorting out the Compactus Room May 1997B&W photographic copy of sketch - The Melbourne Glass Bottle Co., the Beach, Emerald Hill (Illustrated Australian News 12 June 1876) Formerly Felton GrimwadeOn read: IAN 12 June 1876industry - manufacturing, melbourne glass bottle company, felton grimwade