A portrait photograph of a pioneer of Ararat. Possibly a member of the McArthur family (timber merchants) or McDonald family.Black and white photograph of an elderly man with a white beard and hair. He is wearing a suit jacket with a vest underneath. The photo has been printed onto white cardboard.Johnson & Co Ballarat and Ararat

Inscribed on reverse 'Leaping Leena' for weekend use. Note sign for A.R. Warren Fuel MerchantSepia photographeltham, train, eltham railway station, eltham-hurstbridge railway line, red rattler, single carriage train, a.r warren

Letter paper printed in dark blue on cream paper. Printed letterhead, W. J. G. Bloomfield, Machinery & Hardware Merchant, City Family Buildings, 51 High Street, Bendigo. The left edge of the page lists the merchandise available and Local Agent for Ingersoll-Rand (Aust.) Pty. Ltd.business, printers, cambridge press, cambridge press collection, w j g bloomfield, city family buildings, ingersoll-rand (aust.) pty ltd

Document. Six photostat copies of invoices from Matchett's Wine and Spirit Merchants and Family Grocers. 3 on each of 2 foolscap pages. Invoices to Mrs Parry of 107 Wills St. Four invoices in decimal currency at 11 Bath Lane and two in pounds,shillings and pence at Mitchell St.Matchett'sorganization, business, grocer, matchett's, invoices, mrs parry, wine and spirits merchants

The item came from the collection of a merchant sailor who presumably visited the Portsmouth open day in 1953.The booklet reveals much about the traditions of the Royal Navy and the ships on display. It presents a picture from time. A 36-page magazine designed for the Royal Nay's open days on April 4, 5 and 6, 1953, at Portsmouth.Portsmouth Programme. Easter 1953.booklet, royal navy, ships, portsmouth, allan quinn

Business card for a local timber merchant, Rex Paine Timber and Hardware, at 8 Watsonia Road Watsonia.Business card, white card with brown text.rex paine timber and hardware, watsonia road watsonia

Charles worked in the Merchant service. After enforced retirement due to injury he was active in Civil Defence.The Defence Medal is a campaign medal instituted by the United Kingdom in May 1945, to be awarded to citizens of the British Commonwealth for both non-operational military and certain types of civilian war service during the Second World War. It was Awarded for 3 years, 360, 180 or 90 days, depending on area and nature of serviceThe medal is cupro-nickel, with the uncrowned effigy of King George VI on the obverse. The reverse has a conventional oak tree centrally, with a crown above, with two lions counter rampart as supporters between the dates 1939 and 1945. The base of the medal reverse has the words ‘THE DEFENCE MEDAL’. The ribbon is orange with green outer stripes, each green stripe having a black pin-stripe running down the centre. The green represents the Islands of the United Kingdom, the orange represents enemy attacks, and the black represents the black outs. The medal is housed in a small cardboard box. There is a loose leaf of paper with the medal which conveys salutations.Front of the box: (in black) stamp O.H.M.S. / circular stamp with English crown : OFFICIAL PAID Typewritten in blue ink: Mr. C. Page/50 High Street/Woolton/LIVERPOOL Back of the box: printed in black ink: If undelivered, return to/Defence Medal/Central Index/Home Office/Whitehall/S.W.Icharles page, medal, defence medal

Possession of POW in Camp13. Merchant sister ship to "Uhenfels" on which the South African Group were captured.Hat band from the PD Ubena of the Deutsche Ost-Afrika Linetatura, uniform, p d ubena, uhenfels, south african group

Greenfields was a produce merchant located on the western side of Doveton Street North. It is unknown how the sign was damaged. greenfields, doveton street north, ballarat, commercial, building

George Smith and his employees stand outside the Armstrong Street North Seed & Fruit Merchant shop. george smith, building, commerical, garden, ballarat

Rebuilt Edwards Shop 2004 rebuilt on same site by Mr Edwards son. General Merchant - Lubeckstawell

McMullin Bros Family Grocers and Produce Merchant Main Street from P.C. News Supplement 1888stawell businesses

Percy Wilson's woodyard was on Point Nepean Road, Cheltenham. Wilson was the local wood man and fuel merchant. Black and white image of a wood yard with a corrugated iron fence. Advertising is painted on to the fence, indicating they also sell briquettes. There is a sign on top of the fence including the business name, phone number and that it sells wood, coal, coke, and briquettes.cheltenham, wood, coal, briquettes, commerce, domestic

Chelsea Clock Company History: The Chelsea Clock Company is an American clock manufacturing company that started before 1880 with Joseph Henry Eastman who founded the Harvard Clock Company and produced 800 clocks of marine, carriage, shelf and banjo types. He went on to change the company name to the Boston Clock Company in 1884. After several name changes in 1897, the Chelsea Clock Company was finally founded. Clocks produced by Chelsea Clock Company have been found in the White House, on US Naval Ships, and in homes and offices around the world. After the company first began life as the Harvard Clock Company, it was named the Boston Clock Company, the Eastman Clock Company before finally becoming the Chelsea Clock Company in July of 1897. The company had developed many patents and innervations over these years and between 1939 and 1946 during World War II they were awarded contracts by the U.S Maritime Commission and produced vast numbers of clocks for both merchant and naval ships. U.S Maritime Commission History: The United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM) was an independent executive agency of the U.S. federal government that was created by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, and replaced the United States Shipping Board which had existed since World War I. It was intended to formulate a merchant shipbuilding program to design and build five hundred modern merchant cargo ships to replace the World War I vintage vessels that comprised the bulk of the United States Merchant Marine, and to administer a subsidy system authorized by the Act to offset the cost differential between building in the U.S. and operating ships under the American flag. It also formed the United States Maritime Service for the training of seagoing ship's officers to man the new fleet. The purpose of the Maritime Commission was to formulate a merchant shipbuilding program to design and then have built over a ten-year period 900 modern fast merchant cargo ships which would replace the World War I-vintage vessels Those ships were intended to be then leased to U.S. shipping companies for their use in the foreign seagoing trades the aim was to offer better and more economical freight services. The ships were also intended to serve as a reserve naval auxiliary force in the event of armed conflict which was a duty the U.S. merchant fleet had often filled throughout the years since the Revolutionary War. From 1939 through the end of World War II, the Maritime Commission funded and administered the largest and most successful merchant shipbuilding effort in world history, producing ships for both navy and merchant marine. By the end of the war, U.S. shipyards working under Maritime Commission contracts had built a total of 5,777 ocean-going merchant and naval ships. In early 1942 both the training and licensing was transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard for administration, then later to the Maritime Service final responsibility was conveyed to the newly created War Shipping Administration which was created to oversee the operation of merchant ships being built by the Emergency Program to meet the needs of the U.S. Armed Services. With the end of World War II, both the Emergency and Long Range shipbuilding programs were terminated as there were far too many merchant vessels now for the Nation's peacetime needs. In 1946, the Merchant Ship Sales Act was passed to sell off a large portion of the ships built during the war to commercial buyers, both domestic and foreign. The U.S Maritime Commission was officially disbanded on May 24th 1950. These clocks were to be found on all ships made in American for the war effort between 1939 and 1946. They are a significant reminder of the sacrifice by those who served in the merchant marine and the navy’s during the Second World War. The item is a part of our social history that reminds us of these dark times. The loses of family members, along with the trauma that many sailors had endured and had to live with for the rest of their lives once they were released from service and allowed to go home.American Clock is an 8-day marine clock made by the Chelsea clock Co for the “US Maritime Commission” . There is a second smaller dial for the seconds and 24-hour markings. Also a fast-slow adjuster to the top of the dial. The clock is an 8 day marine clock with US Maritime Commission inscribed on face in black lettering. flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, clock, us maritime commission, chelsea clock company, horology, maratime clock

A brown fabric hard cover book. Title is engraved with gilt letters on front cover and on spine. and gilt circular decoration on cover written on it 'Institution of Naval Architects. Founded-AD - 1860'. Volume XLIX, 334 p. and a number of folding plates. Illustrations in b/w. It includes a table of contents. Frontis picture of 'Sir Edward J. Reed, K.C.B., F.R.S. Honorary vice president who died in 1906'. This book Features, "Merchant Shipping and World Commerce in Relation to Sea-Power, Experiments on Mercantile Ship Models in Waves, Three Steps in Naval Construction, The Tendency of Warship Design as Affected by the War, Stability of Large Ships, Proportions and Block Coefficients of Merchant Steamers", ect. naval architecture, institution of naval architects, r w dana, s j p thearle, sir edward j reed

This pennant was donated to the Mission by June Muirhead (nee Richardson) who visited the Mission on two occasions: on the 13 November 2014 and then in 2016. She lived from age 3 to 8, with her parents, Cuthbert (Bert) Richardson and Jane (Jenny) Richardson, and her sister, Edna, in the Cottage at 717 Flinders Street. Her father, was the caretaker of the Flinders Street building between 1943-1949. . In 1943 her father was hired to work at the Mission as a caretaker. The family moved from Wonthaggi. When she lived in the Mission, she would sometimes sneak into the club to look at books and pictures. Some seafarers would give her badges, tokens. One of them gave her this felt pennant. In 1949, the family moved back to Wonthaggi and June started year 5 over there.A number of souvenir gifts and small boxes were apparently available through the Mission To Seamen in the 1940s. This acquisition adds to the small collection of items from the period which could be used to form the core of an informative exhibition. Similar flags were made in other countries depicting an animal (kiwi bird in New Zealand, springbox in South Africa) and other Australian towns.A triangular felted, dark blue pennant with printed cursive inscription and motifs including: the Mission to Seamen Flying Angel flag, an outline of Australia; a Koala wearing a captain's hat; an insignia emblem for the Merchant Navy. A looped cotton binding along left edge of the triangle to thread the flag on a stick or cord support. The printed inscription reads: Greetings from Australia.pennant, flags, koala, flying angel club, merchant navy, d. june muirhead, marketing, caretaker, cottage, bert richardson, june muirhead nee richardson, edna richardson, ww2

Buff coloured account rendered issued by The Northern Seed Supply Co., seed service station, to Mrs Guiney, Sternberg St, dated 1st July 1937, for 10/-. Letterhead on account has ornate lettering and scrolls. "Seed plant and tree merchants, art florists, importers.'' J.V. Schenck, Manager.bendigo, business, northern seed supply company

Wall calendar from 1940. Picture of a young woman skiing titled Snow Queen signed R.C. Kaufmann. With compliments from W. Jeffrey phone 220 (2 lines). The quality stores - General grocer, wine and spirit merchant. Hargreaves Street Bendigo. For your use peruse list of groceries.business, retail, w jeffrey

Yields information about the use of the appearance of tram 35 and Lydiard St North between Mair St and the railway station during the late 1950's.Black and white photograph of Ballarat tram 35, northbound in Lydiard St North with the J J Coller & Co building, Herbert E Smith Merchant in the background. Advert for Greys cigarettes in the view. The buildings on the corner of Mair St are in the view as well. Photo by Charles Craig possibly late 1950's. trams, tramways, lydiard st north, mair st, tram 35

Small blue softcover book, Hamilton's Celebrated Dictionary comprising an explanation of 3,500 Italian, French, German, English, and other musical terms, phrases and abbreviations. It has an Appendix at the back as well as lists of books for merchants and shoppers of musical items.173p. plus 11 pages of suggested musical items for sale.non-fictionA small musical dictionary of 3,500 Italian, French, German, English and other musical terms, phrases and abbreviations, also a copious list of musical characters such as are found in the works of various composers. It has an appendix consisting of a reprint of John Tinctor's First Musical Dictionary known. dictionary - musical terms, music

Shows Warrens Fuel Merchant yard and Eltham Feed Store. Site of current Le Pine Funeral Home In February 1968 an unknown person took a series of photos from the Eltham Hotel at Pitt Street heading north along Main Road through the shopping centre to just north of Elsa Court covering the length of the section of Main Road which was duplicated shortly thereafter. Shows the condition and environment of the streesscape of Main Road, Eltham immediately prior to the duplication between Pitt Street and Elsa Court through the shopping centre. Also shows a number of shops and businesses that operated at that time.Black and white photographduplication, eltham, main road, briquettes, fuel merchant, le pine funeral home, york street, a.r warren, eltham feed store

Ole Helsten was a Finnish merchant seaman, who was interned at Loveday SA and Graytown camps Victoria during WW2.Black and white photograph of a man looking at a folder which is open at a sketch of a man.ole helsten, finnish merchant seaman, loveday camp, graytown camp

J. Punchard Timber Merchant and Yard. Furniture Warehouse Main Street from P.C. News Supplement 1888stawell businesses

Henry Berry was a noted Australian importer and tea merchant in Melbourne. He lived at 'Otira' in Eglinton Street, Kew.The container has local significance due to Kew being the residence of the retailer.5lb tin of Glen Valley Tea produced by Henry Berry' & Co A/Asia Ltd. The green and gold tin includes a fulsome description of the quality of the tea.tea tins, containers, henry berry, tea importers