Cream coloured fine cotton baby's petticoat. Cut in one piece with two side seams. No seam on shoulder. Slightly scooped neckline. Other shoulder fastened with one button. Hand crocheted trim on neckline, arm holes around hemline. Hand made.costume, children's, baby's petticoat

Cream coloured cotton baby's jacket. Cut in one piece. No seams. Round neck. Front opening. Continuous hand crocheted trim around all edges. 14cm X 1cm ribbon ties attached on either side of front opening.costume, children's, baby's jacket

Cream coloured fine cotton baby's pants. Straight legs. Hand made. Waist does not have tie or elastic. Cut in one piece. One side seam.costume, children's, baby's pants

Clothing. Infant's white cotton gown with long sleeves. Round neckline with casing for cotton tape ties to back. Stand up lace trim (2cm) around neckline. Back opening (20cm). Lace at wrists and end of waist ties (.8cm). Gathered from neckline back and front. Front is gathered into broderie lace band (24cm X 3cm) at waist. Two fabric ties attached at sides of eaist band (64cm). French seams. Machine stitched. Old box 230.costume, children's, infant's gown

Clothing. Infant's white cotton gown with long sleeves. Round neck with casing for cotton tape ties. 2cm lace trim around neck. Back opening (18cm). Gathered at back from neckline. Front has pintucks from neckline to broiderie lace band at waist (15cm X 2.8cm). Gathered below band. Cotton fabric ties (66cm) attached to either side of waist band.Centre front of bodice has vertical lace insert (10cm X 2.8cm) from neck to waist. Ties and sleeves trimmed with 1cm lace. French seams. Machine stitched. Old box 230.costume, children's, infant's gown

Clothing. Infant's cotton gown with long sleeves. Round neck with casing for cotton tape ties. Neckline trimmed with 2cm lace. Back opening (16cm). Gathered at back from neckline. Front has pintucks from neckline to broiderie lace band at waist (18cm X 3cm). Gathered below band. Cotton fabric ties (68cm) attached to either side of waist band. End of ties and sleeves trimmed with 1cm lace. French seams. Machine stitched. Old box 230.costume, children's, infant's gown

Clothing. Infant's white cotton gown with long sleeves. Round neck with casing for cotton tape ties. Stand up 1cm lace trim. Back opening (20cm). Lace trim (.8cm) at wrists and ends of waist ties. Gathered from neck at back and front. Front is gathered into broiderie lace band (17cm X 3 cm) at waist. Two fabric ties attached at sides of waist band (68cm) to tie at back. French seams. Machine stitched. Old box 230.costume, children's, infant's gown

Clothing. Cream coloured cotton infant's vest. Cut in one piece. Back opening. No seams. Square neckline at front. Shoulders joined with piece of 1.5cm lace. Neckline trimmed with 3cm piece of lace. Arm holes and shoulders trimmed with 1cm lace. !cm gussett under each arm hole. Crossover at back opening has no fastenings. Selvedge edge around bottom of vest. Machine stitching. Old box 230.costume, children's, infant's vest

Clothing. Girl's pink silk and lace dress with short kimono cut sleeves. Square neckline edged with coffee coloured lace. Sleeve hems edged with coffee coloured lace. 12 cm diameter circular lace inserts below neckline front and back and over each shoulder. Horizontal decorative lace pieces 4 cm X 26 cm on each hip with skirt gathered underneath the lace. Rosettes of pink and blue ribbon at each edge of the lace with three satin ribbons attached and falling to the hemline. Hem is edged with 4 cm coffee coloured lace. Unlined.costume, children's, girl's pink silk and lace dress

Girl's green silk organza dress with round neckline. Opening on left shoulder seam fastened with two press-studs. Decorative bow of pink satin ribbon attached between press-studs and falling from left shoulder seam. Short sleeves edged with two frills (2 cm) of gathered silk organza fabric. Dropped waistline with vertical rows of shirred stitching above the waistline front and back. Skirt with three layers of gathered fabric. Waistline finished with narrow casing.costume, children's, girl's green dress

Filet crochet, bib front, waistband extends to tie at the wearer's back. Gathered skirt, edged at the hemline with a 3.5 cms crocheted frill. Bib has a floral design, and shell shaped edging around three sides. Neck strap and waistband/tie are treble crochet. Skirt has the floral design repeated and a border of block and open crochet. The lower frill is edged with a floral shell shaped design. neckband is shaped and curved.costume, children's, child's crochet apron

Fine cream silk. Round neckline, centre front opening (no fasteners ).All edges are featuring a cut out profile, almost giving a scalloped edge.These are outlined with shaped running - stitch embroidery, forming peaked shapes. Eyelet embroidery around the neckline, suggest there was once a ribbon tie around the neckline. Two interlocking squares on either side fronts are outlined with silk embroidery - one square floral, one square eyelets. Extended sleeves.costume, children's, jacket or bodice

One pair of child's mittens -yellow wool. Stocking stitch with ribbed border at wrist. Hand knitted. Plaited cord attached to one mitten. 6 ms piece of cord attached to other mitten. Cord originally joined mittens together.costume accessories, children's, yellow woollen mittens.

Hand knitted, long sleeved jacket. A 3.5 cm moss stitch band at the wrists, at the centre front opening, and around the chest, where eyelets provide for a ribbon insert ( no ribbon present). A 7 cm deep stocking stitch back yoke. Front also has a stocking stitch yoke, but at the front, there are two bands of the pattern across the centre of the yoke.(Pattern has a 10 row repeat). A .4 cm wide ribbon is threaded through eyelets in the neckband. Set-in sleeves.costume, children's, baby jacket

Long sleeved, round neck, lacey patterned baby's jacket. Yoke and sleeves are knitted in stocking stitch, while "skirt" is knitted in a lacey pattern, giving a scalloped effect at the hemline. A 1 cm wide nylon ribbon passes through eyelets in the yoke, and fastens with a bow at the front. Three plastic-pearl buttons fasten the yoke, from the neckline. Pattern at top of raglan sleeves 1 cm wide. Matches baby's dress 11400.660.costume, children's, hand knitted long sleeved baby's jacket

Hand knitted, lacey patterned baby's dress, with short, raglan sleeves, and round neck.Skirt has a lacey, fan shaped pattern of six rows (repeated), and gives a scalloped effect at the hemline. Yoke is knitted in stocking stitch, and has a 1 cm nylon ribbon passing through eyelets just above the change to the pattern. Four 1 cm diameter plastic pearl buttons fasten the back yoke.Matches jacket 11400.659.costume, children's, hand knitted baby's dress

Long raglan sleeves, round neck with a scalloped edge at the neckline and cuffs. A 1 cm wide nylon ribbon passes through eyelets at the underarm, and ties with a bow at the front opening. Above this, the yoke has three plastic pearl buttons to fasten. The treble pattern of the crochet gives a shell-like effect, to the sleeves, and lower section of the garment, while the yoke, and cuffs have a treble filet pattern.costume, children's, white crochet baby's jacket

Hand knitted bonnet in a lacy pattern. The circular crown is knitted in garter stitch, and as the circle increases in size, a "spoked" effect where the increase is made, gives a wheel-like effect. The main part of the bonnet has a repeat of a six row pattern. The front band of the bonnet, framing the face, is 2 cm wide, knitted in garter stitch. A 2.25 cm wide nylon ribbon attaches to the corners of this band, and ties under the chin. A narrow band of garter stitch, finishes the neck edge.costume, children's, baby bonnet

A hard backed black and white photograph of a child on a pony. The horse has a white mane and white legs. The child is formally dressed including a bonnet. In the background is a gate, front door entrance and stick fence. Behind the fence are ferns and other plants. The photographer is ? H. Smith, Photo., Kyneton.photograph, person, child and horse, lydia chancellor collection, collection, photography, photograph, photo, child, children, horse, animals, animal, costume, fashion, clothing

Clothing. Infant's ivory coloured nightdress. Front yoke with 1 cm X 14 cm centre lace insert. Lace trim around neckline. Centre back opening(24cm) with tape ties at neck and waist. Lace trimmed 58cm fabric ties attached at waist at centre front. Eyelet lace trim around waist. Ribbon missing. Skirt gathered at waist. Long sleeves with lace trim at wrist. French seams.costume, children's, infants ivory coloured nightdress

Clothing. Infants white linen nightdress. Wide U shaped neckline with casing front and back threaded with cotton tape. Fabric tightly gathered around neckline and into casing around waistline. Back opening (23cm) fastened with cotton tape ties threaded through casings at neckline and waist.Decorative open lace across centre front (16cm X 3.3 cm) has pink fabric insert underneath. Fabric ties (69cm) attached to either side of lace band at waist. Short cap sleeves with fabric frill on edges.costume, children's, infants white linen nightdress

Clothing. Infant's white linen dress with yoke front and back. Round neckline with hem. Skirt tightly gathered onto yoke front and back. Horizontal strip of lace (2.5cm) with open diamond pattern is 7cm above hemline. Hem is edged with 5cm zig zag lace. Dress is sleeveless with arm holes edged with 5cm zig zag lace. Full length back opening fastened with twoX one cm pearl like buttons at upper and lower edges of yoke.costume, children's, infants white linen dress

Clothing. Child's white linen dress with fold over lace trimmed sailor collar (13cm) and neckline casing. Dress has yoke front and back with a dropped waist trimmed with insert lace (ribbon missing). Above the hem is a horizontal strip of lace (3cm) and two narrow tucks.Item is edged with 5 cm broiderie lace with scalloped edge. Dress has cap sleeves of 5 cm broiderie lace. Full length centre back opening fastened with cotton tape ties at neckline and two pearl like buttons at lower edge of yoke and at dropped waistline.costume, children's, child's white linen dress

Clothing. Child's white linen dress. Wide round hemmed neckline. Dress made up of two pieces of fabric. Dress is straight to below the waist (35cm) and then widens to the hem (51 cm). Sleeveless with arm holes edged with one cm lace. Front of dress is cotton fabric with alternating vertical stripes of embroidered fabric and floral patterned lace. Back opening (16cm) with placket, fastened with two metal press-studs.costume, children's, child's white linen dress

Clothing. Child's ivory coloured sleeveless yoked linen dress. High round neckline with wide fold down lace edged collar (12 cm) dipping to a V shape at centre front and on either side of the back opening. Skirt is gathered into the yoke back and front. Arm holes edged with four cm lace. Full length back opening fastened with two one cm imitation pearl buttons at top and bottom of yoke.costume, children's, child's ivory colored dress

Clothing. Child's ivory coloured silk yoked dress. Round neckline edged with lace. Front yoke is made up of two horizontal strips of lace with a vertical strip on either side at the shoulders. The back yoke of fabric has vertical strips on each side at shoulders. Kimono style short sleeves have a strip of lace along the top. The hem of the sleeve is trimmed with ribbon insert lace and edged with one cm scalloped lace. The skirt is gathered into the lower edge of the yoke, and the seam is trimmed with ribbon insert lace.The sleeve is made up of 7 cm of silk fabric with 20cm of Lace fabric with scalloped edge at hem. Centre back opening (19cm) with three metal press-studs on the yoke.costume, children's, child's ivory coloured silk yoked dress

Clothing. Child's white linen waisted nightdress. Scooped round neckline with casing and lace trim. V shaped broiderie lace insert below neckline with 2 cm fabric trim on each side. open at waist. Skirt tightly gathered into casing at waist. Skirt has inverted V shaped insert at centre front from waist to hem. Overlay on each side with decorative stitching. Item is trimmed with two rows of 1.5cm lace. Double layer cap sleeves of broiderie lace with scalloped edges.Centre back opening (33cm) fastened with cotton tape ties at neckline and waist. Fold over collars at back neckline (12cmX 4cm).costume, children's, child's nightdress

Clothing. Child's cream coloured silk nightdress. Wide scooped neckline with casing and lace trim. Skirt tightly gathered into casing at waist. Centre back opening (27cm) fastened with cotton tape ties at neckline and waist, (V shaped lace insert on bodice front). Skirt has inverted V shape embroidered insert at centre front from waist to hem. Item finished with decorative stitching. Raglan set short sleeves trimmed with pleated fabric.costume, children's, child's cream coloured silk nightdress

Clothing. Infant's white spotted muslin waisted dress. High round neck with lace trim. Front of dress has alternating vertical stripes of pin tucks and lace. Skirt tightly gathered into casing at waist. Lower section of skirt has alternating horizontal stripes of pin tucks and lace. Long shaped sleeves with fabric cap around arm hole. Sleeve gathered into casing at wrist. Item edged with lace, forming a frill. Centre back opening (20cm) fastened with five X .9mm white buttons between neckline and waist.costume, children's, infant's white spotted muslin dress

The first electrical hearing aids were carbon and were made possible by the invention of the carbon microphone and were made between 1900 and 1939. Carbon, which can be made to amplify electrical current, was used to provide some amplification prior to the invention of vacuum tubes. Later models often came with mechanical (carbon) amplifiers to try to boost the amount of amplification. The carbon microphone was originally invented for use in the telephone and had the properties of being able to modulate current. It is this property that made it useful in the early electrical hearing aids. An example of a carbon hearing aid. This has an imitation tortoise shell casing. Round dark red and black imitation tortoise shell carbon hearing aid with clip for attaching to clothing, and a slide for adjusting the sound (?) a cord split between a plug and a speaker (?)."SONOTONE/REG U.S.P.A./292392/MADE IN U.S.A./ELMSFORD, N.Y." on bottom of unit. "SONOTONE" on plug. "PAT RE 21030" on speaker? deaf children australia, hearing aid, sonotone