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Ballarat Tramway Museum
Book, Leon Marshall-Wood, "The Brighton Electric Line", 1966
Book - 40 pages including card covers - the history of the Brighton Electric Line by Leon Marshall-Wood, published 1966, 3rd edition revised and enlarged. Gives a brief history of the electric tramway operated by the Victorian Railways between St. Kilda Station and the Brighton Beach railway station, that commenced operation in 1905. Also a short history of the Sandringham - Black Rock - Beaumaris - Cheltenham tram electric and horse tram lines. Includes maps, rolling stock and ticket notes. Published by Traction Publications. Has details of the AETA on the back cover and listing of some publications. See Reg Item 1146 for 1956 edition.Has the stamp of the "Technical Book and Magazine Co" on front cover.trams, tramways, vr, melbourne, brighton, st kilda, sandringham, black rock, horse trams -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, c1900
Black and white photograph of an illustration of the Beaumaris Horse Tram. The photo shows the tram being pulled by 3 horses with several passengers on the top level. The Beaumaris Tramway Company commenced operations in 1887 between Sandringham and Cheltenham railway stations, and managed to survive until 1914. The tramway was operated by Charles Henry James in an attempt to sell land developed by him at Black Rock, Sandringham and Mentone. Stamped on the back "...The Argus...negative No P2225" See also Reg Item 5014 for another photograph of a horse tram. 2nd copy from Keith Kings added 6/8/2020 - see images i2 and i3.trams, tramways, argus, beaumaris horse tram, horse trams -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Watches, pocket watch, c1900
A pocket watch is a watch that is made to be carried in a pocket, as opposed to a wristwatch, which is strapped to the wrist.. They were the most common type of watch from their development in the 16th century until wristwatches became popular after World War I The first stem-wind and stem-set pocket watches were sold during the Great Exhibition in London in 1851 and the first owners of these new kinds of watches were Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Stem-wind, stem-set movements are the most common type of watch-movement found in both vintage and modern pocket watches.In 1857 the American Watch Company in Waltham, Massachusetts introduced the Waltham Model 57, the first to use interchangeable parts which cut the cost of manufacture and repair. Most Model 57 pocket watches were in a coin silver. Watch manufacture was becoming streamlined; the Japy family of Schaffhausen, Switzerland, led the way in this, and soon afterwards the newborn American watch industry developed much new machinery, so that by 1865 the American Watch Company (afterwards known as Waltham) could turn out more than 50,000 reliable watches each year.This silver plated pocket watch with an open glass face has black roman numerals on a white dial , gold hour hands and a blue second hand. The winding stem is at 12 o’clock and has a metal ring for attachment to a chain. Back: of case ; a shield inside 2 circleswatches, brighton, cheltenham, moorabbin, bentleigh, early settlers, pioneers -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Personal Effects, man's razor blade in box, 20thC
Safety razors had been developed in the mid-19th century, but still used a forged blade that dulled and rusted. In the 1870s, the Kampfe Brothers ( Germany) introduced a type of safety razor. Gillette improved these earlier safety-razor designs, and introduced the high-profit-margin stamped razor blade steel blade. Gillette's innovation was the thin, inexpensive, disposable blade of stamped steel. King Camp Gillette observed in 1902 that as existing, relatively expensive, razor blades dulled quickly and needed continuous sharpening, a razor whose blade could be thrown away when it dulled would meet a real need and likely be profitable. In 1918, when the U.S. entered World War I, the Gillette company provided all American soldiers with a field razor set, paid for by the government, and as they were allowed to take them at discharge they continued their use of this product thus ensuring future sales. An unused, wrapped, man's razor blade in a box. 7 O'clock brand '7 O'CLOCK / REGD. TRADE MARK / BLADES / DOUBLE EDGED shaving equipment. razorblades, safety razors, cheltenham, moorabbin, bentleigh, pioneers, early settlers -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Containers, Tobacco, ‘State Express x2 tins, 20th C
State Express 555, simply known as 555, is a brand of cigarette originally manufactured in the United Kingdom by the Ardath Tobacco Company. The overseas rights to the brand, excluding the United Kingdom, were acquired by British American Tobacco (B.A.T.) in 1925. It was sold widely throughout the world. Sir Albert Levy (1864 – 1937), born in England became a successful tobacco trader, cigarette manufacturer and exporter. On 31 July 1895 Sir Albert Levy registered the trademark ARDATH in the Republic of Ireland.. He visited the United States and while in New York State, he was a passenger on the Empire State Express train. . The word trademark was first registered in Ireland on 10 March 1896. In the United Kingdom, Ardath's brands endured, to the point where they were granted a Royal Warrant by King George VI in 1946 and again later by H.M Queen Elizabeth II. In 1961, British American Tobacco bought out Imperial Tobacco's share of Ardath, thus gaining full control of Ardath's trademarks2x Tins with hinged lids to contain State Express Ready Rubbed Virginia Tobacco . Outside: STATE EXPRESS / READY RUBBED / Absolutely Unique in its quality / VIRGINIA TOBACCO / ARDATH FINE CUT Inside lid : EVERY TIN OF GENUINE / STATE EXPRESS / READY RUBBED / ARDATH FINE CUT / has the name of ARDATH / printed on the paper liningtobacco, cigarettes, moorabbin, bentleigh, cheltenham, early settlers, ardath tobacco company ltd, levy sir albert, state express cigarettes, lucky strike, cigarettes, british american tobacco company ltd, imperial tobacco company ltd, -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Containers, tin, Tobacco ‘Murrays Erinmore, c1940
Murray, Sons and Company Ltd was a tobacco manufacturing company based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The company traded under its own name but under various ownerships, from its foundation in 1810[1] until closure in 2005. Murray, Sons and Company Ltd began trading in Belfast in 1810, and became a limited company in 1884. By 1921, it shared most of the Belfast manufacture of tobacco, cigarettes and snuff with Gallaher Limited, who had moved to Belfast in 1867. Dunlop McCosh Cunningham, born 1901, took over the running of the works in the mid-1920s from his uncle. The firm produced Erinmore and Yachtsman Navy Cut brands. In 1953, Murray, Sons and Company Ltd was acquired from Dunlop McCosh Cunningham by London-based Carreras Tobacco, which merged with Rothman's of Pall Mall to become Carreras Rothmans Limited. Carreras Rothmans became known as Rothmans International in 1972. In June 1999, Rothmans International was acquired by British American Tobacco. In 2004, British American Tobacco announced the closure of Murray, Sons and Company Ltd in 2005. Throughout its trading life, Murray Sons and Company Ltd manufactured various brands of tobacco products including pipe tobacco Craven, Dunhill, Erinmore, Yachtsman Navy Cut cigarettes.A tin with a lift off lid for Tobacco flake ‘Murray’s Erinmore’MURRAY’S / ERINMORE / FLAKE / trade mark cheltenham, moorabbin, bentleigh, early settlers, cigarettes, tobacco, dunhill tobacco, erinmore cigarettes, rothmans international ltd., british american tobacco ltd., murray sons and company ltd., -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Manufactured objects, Cigarette papers ‘Zig Zag' x 2, 20thC
Rolling papers are small sheets, rolls, or leaves of paper which are sold for rolling cigarettes either by hand or with a rolling machine. When rolling a cigarette, one fills the rolling paper with tobacco. Rolling papers are most commonly made with wood pulp, hemp, flax, or rice straw as a base material. Zig-Zag papers, made in France, were the first interleaved brand (hence the name). Gold medal at 1900 Universal Exposition in Paris. 1860 Samuel Ramsden, a Yorkshire man, founded first paper mill in Victoria on the banks of the Yarra River, Fairfield, Melbourne. This was the Australian Paper and Pulp Company which for most of its history was called The Australian Paper Manufacturers Ltd. until it changed its name in 1986 to Amcor. In 1919 the company opened its mill on the corner of Upper Heidelberg Road and The Chandler Highway in Fairfield and remains there today. 2 packets of precut cigarette papers 'Zig Zag ' Paper Aust. Pty. Ltd. 60 leavesZIG ZAG PAPER AUST. PTY LTD 60 LEAVESciggarettes, cigarette papers, tobacco, moorabbin, cheltenham, early settlers, australian paper manufacturers, fairfield melbourne, zig zag cigarette papers ltd. amcor ltd, -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Personal Effects, china shaving mug floral, c1950
Shaving cream is a cream applied to the face, or wherever else hair grows, to facilitate shaving. The use of cream achieves three effects: lubricates the cutting process; swells keratin; and desensitizes skin. Shaving creams commonly consist of an emulsion of oils, soaps or surfactants, and water. Until the early 20th century, bars or sticks of hard shaving soap were used. Later, tubes containing compounds of oils and soft soap were sold. Newer creams introduced in the 1940s neither produced lather nor required brushes, often referred to as brushless creams. Creams that are in tubes or tubs are commonly used with a shaving brush to produce a rich lather (most often used in wet shaving). A china mug with a floral decoration. Top has a perforated base across 2/3 of the diameter to hold shaving soap/ stick and a curved ledge to hold shaving razor. Base has a wide pouring spout where a shaving brush was placed into the water stored in the mug.maynard dennis, moorabbin, cheltenham, shaving equipment, shaving mugs, razors, safety razors -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Lights, Coach, c1900
A coach light fuelled by petroleumPETROLEUM / SILVER KINGlights, coach lights, early settlers, pioneers, moorabbin, bentleigh, cheltenham -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Craftwork, leatherwork marking tool, c1900
This leather marking tool is rolled along leather to mark the spacing of stitches for smooth, even results. Early settlers and pioneers had to be self reliant and made and repaired their own equipment eg Saddles, reins, as well as wallets, pouches and bags. A leather working marking tool with a steel wheel and shaft and a carved wooden handle. craftwork, pioneers, early settlers, moorabbin, bentleigh, cheltenham, leather, tools, saddles, wallets, personal effects, horses, drays, -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Footwear - Clothing, lady's shoe heel grip, 20thC
Heel grips are used inside shoes to prevent the feet slipping and rubbing against the leather and so preventing blisters. They also protected the stockings from wear thus giving them longer life - an important factor when nylons were expensive or difficult to obtain eg wartime, depression.Heel grips help obtain a firmer shoe fit, prevents slipping, chaffing and blisters, restores the worn lining of favourite shoes and give extra life to hosiery. In 1912, Wittners Shoes Pty Ltd started as a family business with one Melbourne retail store and has grown to over 75 Australia wide, dedicated to designing high quality fashion footwear. A 'Superb' velvet heel grip insert for a lady's shoesTHE "SUPERB" / VELVET / HEEL / GRIP / ASSURES COMFORT / AND EXTRA WEAR / FOR YOUR HOSIERYshoes, footwear, moorabbin, bentleigh, cheltenham, hosiery, stockings -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Tools, stainless steel pen-knife, 20thC
A penknife, or pen knife, is a small folding knife. It was originally used to describe a knife used for cutting or sharpening a quill to make a dip pen nib. Originally, penknives were used for thinning and pointing quills to prepare them for use as writing instruments and, later, for repairing or re-pointing the quills. They did not necessarily have folding blades, but resembled a scalpel or wood knife by having a short, fixed blade at the end of a long handle. Today a penknife can have single or multiple blades, and with additional tools incorporated into the design. The most famous example of a multi-function penknife is the Swiss Army knife A folding pen-knife with 2 stainless steel bladeson long blade end; STAINLESS / MADE IN / SHEFFIELDpen-knife, scouts, cheltenham, moorabbin, bentleigh, tools, early settlers -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Kitchen Equipment, candlestick, c1900
A metal candlestick shaped like a leaf with and coiled metal finger hold lights, candles, early settlers, pioneers, moorabbin, bentleigh, cheltenham -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Clothing - Clothing, lady's nighdress c 1960, c1960
This lady's nightdress is an example of the material and style fashionable c 1960. Leon Worth Pty Ltd. was a hosiery manufacturer in Melbourne A lady's pink brushed cotton sleeveless nightdress with floral decoration on yoke and lace edging c1960label ; LEON WORTH PTY LTD clothing, hosiery, leon worth pty ltd, nightwear, melbourne, moorabbin bentleigh, cheltenham -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Footwear - Clothing, boy's leather leggings and button hook, c1900
Circa 19th century. A pair of child's mid-brown leather leggings that extended over the child's knee. The leggings are lined with a soft napped fabric. They button-up down the outside of each leg, with leather covered buttons. An elastic strip is attached to the bottom of each legging and this passes under the child's boot and is buckled up to keep the legging in place.Circa 19th century. A pair of child's mid-brown leather leggings. The leggings extended over the child's knee. The leggings are line with a soft napped fabric. They button up down the outside of each leg, with leather covered buttons. An elastic strip is attached to the bottom of each legging and this passes under the child's boot and is buckled up to keep the legging in place. A metal button-hook trade marked Ezy Walking is also displayed.No maker's markearly settlers, market gardeners, bootmakers, moorabbin, bentleigh, cheltenham, clothing -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Toiletries, hair combs, 20thC
Plastic Hair decorations became very popular during 20thC because they were cheap and plentiful.2 plastic-like tortoiseshell, decorative hair combstoiletries, market gardeners, early settlers, moorabbin, bentleigh ormond, cheltenham, hairdressing -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Optical Equipment, Spectacles, Pince - nez with case, 20thC
Pince-nez spectacles are in a style popular in the 19th century, which are supported without earpieces, by pinching the bridge of the nose.A pair of Pince-nez eye glasses in a leather case, with a soft cleaning cloth.cleaning cloth - 'With Compliments / John Browning Pty. Ltd. / 113 Collins Street / MELBOURNE / PHONE MF 3221/ MF 3222optometrists, spectacles. eyeglasses, moorabbin, brighton, early settlers, pioneers, cheltenham -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Optical Equipment, Spectacles, Pince - nez with case, c1900
Pince-nez spectacles are in a style popular in the 19th century, which are supported, without earpieces, by pinching the bridge of the nose.A pair of Pince-nez eye glasses in a hinged silver case. optometrists, spectacles. eyeglasses, moorabbin, brighton, early settlers, pioneers, cheltenham -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Personal Effects, evening bag, c1900
In the 17th century young girls were taught embroidery as a necessary skill for marriage, this also helped them make very beautiful handbags. By the late 18th century, fashions in Europe were moving towards a slender shape and women wanted purses that would not be bulky or untidy in appearance, so reticules were designed. Reticules were made of fine fabrics like silk and velvet, with wrist strap often decorated with pearls, sequins, beads and embroidery. A lady's black velvet, silk lined, evening bag with draw-string and hand made tassels. The bag is decorated with beads in a floral designmoorabbin, brighton, early settlers, pioneers, cheltenham, craft work, dressmaking -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Personal Effects, lady's hat pins various x 14, c1880 - 1950
These hat pins represents women's fashion in the late 19thC and early 20thC. As the material used in the construction is not of a high monetary value it can be assumed it was everyday woman's apparel to keep the hat firmly fastened into the hair. It does indicate that fashion of the time was important and many women used their craftwork skills to create their own hat pins. This item is a reflection of the fashion mode of the late 19thC and early 20thC when long hair needed to be controlled by hair pins It is also an example of society's mores of tidiness 14 lady's steel hat pins in various styles numbered A -i A) 6x pearl tear-drop ; B) 1x pink metal beads;C) gold ball in 'oyster shell'; D) gold ball; E) pink plastic weave; F) silver metal ball; g) black bead; h) white ball; i) pale blue glass set in brassmoorabbin, brighton, early settlers, pioneers, cheltenham, craftwork, clothing -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Craft work, pin-cushion, c1950
Foam rubber (also known as cellular, sponge, or expanded rubber) refers to rubber that has been manufactured with a foaming agent to create an air-filled matrix structure. Foam rubber was first produced in 1929 by Dunlop researcher chemist Eric Owen using whipped latex. In 1937 isocyanate based materials were first used for the formation of foam rubbers, after World War II styrene-butadiene rubber replaced many natural types of foam. Foam rubbers have been used commercially for a wide range of applications since around the 1940s. A foam rubber ,cylindrical, pin-cushion decorated with lace ribbon c1950 With steel dressmaking pinsmoorabbin, brighton, early settlers, pioneers, cheltenham, dressmaking, craftwork -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Laundry Equipment, tin dipper, c1930
These tin dippers were used on washing day for carrying water as requiredThis tin dipper is a reminder of wash days when women used coppers, wringers, mangles, large troughs and clothes lines before the introduction of washing machines and clothes dryers.c1930 A tin dipper for water, probably used in the Laundrypioneers, early settlers, market gardeners, moorabbin, brighton, cheltenham, laundry -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Tools, Blow-torch brass, 20thC
A blowtorch is a fuel-burning tool used for applying flame and heat to various applications, usually metalworking. Early blowlamps used liquid fuel, carried in a refillable reservoir attached to the lamp. Modern blowtorches are mostly gas-fuelled. Their fuel reservoir is disposable or refillable by exchange. The term "blowlamp" usually refers to liquid-fuelled torches still used in the UK. Liquid-fuelled torches are pressurized by a piston hand pump, while gas torches are self-pressurized by the fuel evaporation. In 1882, a new vaporizing technique was developed by C. R. Nyberg in Sweden, and the year after, the production of the Nyberg blow lamp started. It was quickly copied or licensed by many other manufacturers. The US blowlamp was independently developed with a distinctive flared base and was fuelled by gasoline, whereas the European versions used kerosene for safety and low cost.The family of Mr Howcroft were early settlers in Moorabbin ShireA brass blow-torch B.A. HJOP Co. STOCKHOLM SWEDENblowtorch, stockholm sweden, welding, moorabbin, cheltenham, bentleigh, early settlers -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Ornaments, 2 clear glass swans, 20thC
These 2 clear glass swan ornaments were very common decorative items mid 20thC2 clear glass swansmoorabin, bentleigh, cheltenham, ormond, ornaments, glassware, homewares. -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Leisure object - Dolls, Celluloid baby early 20thC, 20thC
When celluloid was invented and first came to prominence in the 1870s, dolls were nearly all breakable and fragile--bisque and china dolls were easily shattered and papier mache and wax easily ruined. So doll companies started experimenting with celluloid to mould dolls. By the early 1900s, celluloid dolls were plentiful, since celluloid was easily moulded and generally inexpensive. Celluloid is one of the first synthetic plastics. It is a plastic created from wood products that includes cellulose nitrate and camphor. However Celluloid is flammable and deteriorates easily if exposed to moisture, and can be prone to cracking and yellowing with certain formulations. Celluloid dolls were produced as late as the 1950s, but the vast majority were produced from 1900 through the 1940s. This doll is dressed in baby clothes.A celluloid doll dressed in baby clothes.celluloid, dolls, cotton, moorabbin, ormond, cheltenham, clothing -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Clothing - Clothing, girl's blouse, c1920
This small child's dress with insertion and crochet work was worn in 1920- 30 by a child of an early settlers family of MoorabbinEarly settlers and market gardeners established their families in Moorabbin Shire and this item shows the skill and craftsmanship of the women of these familiesA girl's white cotton blouse, with large collar, hand-crochet work and insertion at waistline clothing, moorabbin, dressmaking, cheltenham, market gardners, craftwork, early settlerse -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Functional object - Laundry Eqipment , 'ACME' clothes wringer, mid 20thC
This ACME portable clothes wringer could be attached to a wash trough or hand washing machine to remove excess water from the washing. It was much less cumbersome that the earlier Mangles used for this purposeMost homes of 20th C in City of Moorabbin would have had one of these ACME wringers . It greatly eased the washday burden of the women. The Exchange Hotel Nepean Highway Cheltenham was a well established meeting place for Moorabbin Shire settlers by 1915A metal clothes wringer with side hand crank and 2 rollers that could be attached by screw clamps to a wash trough or washing machine for removing excess water from washing. The pressure of 2 rollers was controlled by a screw on the top of machine that could be loosened or tightened according to the material being passed through.ACME 14 INCH / on hand crank is list of patents for Great Britain, USA, Aust. NZ, Germany, Belgium, Sweden moorabbin, bentleigh, cheltenham, laundry equipment, washing, washing mangles, washing machines -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Plate, City of Warrnambool, Late 20th century
This plate would have been part of a crockery set used by the Warrnambool City Council at civic functions and receptions. It probably dates from the late 20th century. It was made by Westminster China which was a business established by Stanley Rogers and Sons Limited in Cheltenham, Melbourne in 1954. In 1977 the business was moved to Sandringham, Melbourne and by the 1990s it was mainly producing items for the hospitality sector. Warrnambool became a Municipality in 1865, a Borough in 1863, a Town in 1883 and a City in 1918. The seal and motto, ‘By These We Flourish’ were designed and drafted by John Macdonald, an original member of the Municipal Council in 1856 and the first Head Master of Warrnambool’s National School in 1850. This plate is of interest as one of a set used by the Warrnambool City Council in the late 20th century. This is a white china plate, slightly bowl-shaped, with a gold strip around the rim. The gold is partly fading. The plate has the City of Warrnambool crest in blue and yellow on one outer edge of the plate. ‘City of Warrnambool Victoria’ ‘By These We Flourish’ warrnambool city council, history of warrnambool -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Flag - Federal District League A Grade Premiers Flag, Moorabbin Football Club, 1946
Moorabbin played initially in the Federal Football League also known as Football Federation Australia, making their debut in 1909 and competing until 1950. The club wore a black and white jumper like Collingwood. During this time the club won 12 premierships, including winning all six premierships staged over the nine years between 1940 and 1948 (the competition was in recess from 1942 until 1944). Moorabbin Football Club was also known as Moorabbin Park Football Club in the early years of its formation. In 1946 Moorabbin 18 goals 17 points (125) defeated Cheltenham 9 goals 17 points (71).Moorabbin Football Club was established 1909 and was very successful playing in the Federal Football League, Victorian Football Association. Premiers FlagA Grade - FDL - Premiers - M.F.C. 1946federal football league, moorabbin football club, premiership, moorabbin, australian rules football -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Clothing - Clothing, lady's embossed nylon organza collar, c1950
Organza is a thin, plain weave, sheer fabric traditionally made from silk. Many modern organzas are woven with synthetic filament fibres such as polyester or nylon. Silk organza is woven by a number of mills along the Yangtze River and in the province of Zhejiang in China. A coarser silk organza is woven in the Bangalore area of India. Deluxe silk organzas are woven in France and Italy. Organza is used for bridal wear and eveningwear. In the interiors market it is used for effects in bedrooms and between rooms. Double-width organzas in viscose and acetate are used as sheer curtains. Nylon organza was very popular as the new fashion material in the 1950’sA lady's collar white embossed nylon organza with machine lace edge. C1950clothing, nylon, organza, dressmaking, moorabbin, bentleigh, cheltenham, fashion