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Photograph - GILBERT RULE COLLECTION: PHOTO OF G. RULE
Gilbert Rule Collection: photo of G. Rule dressed in Masonic garb: dinner suit type jacket with wide turned back cuffs. Large chain around neck, resting his left hand on an open book. Photo has tissue paper overhang over photo. Written on rear of photo in pencil "Gilbert Rule - Gladys Rule cousin of Dorothy Rule - Bryan Wardle".Kalman, 57 - 59 Pall Mall, Bendigoperson, individual, gilbert rule -
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Photograph - GILBERT RULE COLLECTION: PHOTO OF G. RULE, l
Gilbert Rule Collection: photo of G. Rule dressed in Masonic garb: dinner suit type jacket with wide turned back cuffs. Large chain around neck, resting his hands on an open book. Photo has tissue paper overhang over photo. Written on rear of photo in pencil "Gilbert Rule - Gladys Rule cousin of Dorothy Rule - Bryan Wardle".Kalman, 57 - 59 Pall Mall Bendigo.person, individual, gilbert rule -
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Photograph - GENTLEMAN
Black and white photo. Gentleman sitting in rocking chair, is wearing horned rimmed glasses, plaid jacket, patterned tie, plain dress pants and black lace up shoes holding a document. There is a crochet head rest cover over the back of the chair, the chair is covered in corduroy and the main frame is stained wood. 2 birds have been crocheted into the design. The man is sitting in front of a book case. Markings/Inscriptions: on rear 4266person, individual, male -
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Functional object - MINERS' SPIDER CANDLE HOLDER
Metal miners' 'spider', circular candle holder on side, half loop on side for resting 'spider'. Circular handle on end. Spike on one end. One continuous piece of metal forged to shape.gold mining, mining equipment, spider lamp -
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Leisure object - DOLL COLLECTION: KAMMER AND REINHARDT PORCELAIN DOLL, 1910-1914
Kammer and Reinhardt porcelain and cloth baby doll mould number 116A circa 1912. She has a porcelain head, forearms and lower legs and feet. The rest of her body is a stuffed material calico. Her legs are jointed at the knees. She is dressed in a long sleeved, extended christening like robe of cream broderie anglaise. The robe has decorative pintucking and lace on the bodice, sleeves, cuffs and skirt with a contrasting broderie anglaise hem. Part of a lace insert has become unstitched at the front. Underneath is a full petticoat of white cotton with pintucking and lace with a white broderie anglaise hem. Another full length petticoat of cream linen trimmed with lace is also underneath. She has a cream knitted singlet and knickers with cream knitted bootees. She has short blonde matted hair and wears a lace trimmed broderie anglaise bonnet with satin ribbons to match her robe.Initials K and R either side of a Star of David and the words Simon and Halbig below with the mould no 116/Atoys, dolls, porcelain -
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Photograph - FOSTER AND WILSON COLLECTION: PHOTOGRAPHS, 1900-1920
Black and white photograph mounted on cream card with embossed border. Subject is a young lady dressed in a white dress with a black graduation robe with three stripes on the sleeves. On her head is mortarboard with tassel hanging on the left. She is standing with one hand resting on a table and in the other she is holding a book with the word Longfellow on the cover. She has a brooch in the shape of a bar with a cameo suspended from it at her neck.photograph, portrait, female -
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Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: LAZY DAYS
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 1999. Lazy days: swimmers get some rest and relaxation while cooling off at the old Bendigo Baths.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
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Postcard - ACC LOCK COLLECTION: GRAVE OF GERMAN AIRMAN BARON VON RICHTHOFEN AT BERTANGLES, POSTCARD, 1914-1918
Postcard, WW1, B&W image of the grave of German airman, Baron von Richthofen, shot down in the Somme area. He was buried at Bertangles by members of the Australian Flying Corps. The grave is mounded with earth with flowers on top. At the head of the grave is one propeller stuck in the ground. Richthofen's body was moved a couple of times before his final resting place in Germany.postcard, postcard, ww1, baron von richthofen, grave, somme, bertangles -
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Document - MALONE COLLECTION: GREETING CARDS, 1915
Small cream card with mauve edges. It has Remembrance printed on the front. The R is fancy gold and the rest of the letters are purple. Card & insert held together with a mauve ribbon.person, greeting cards, malone collection, malone collection, greeting cards -
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Document - MALONE COLLECTION: GREETING CARDS
Small, white single card with 'May you have a happy New Year' printed in dark red in the bottom right corner. The rest of the card has a bunch of red/pink flowers, green leaves and fern.person, greeting cards, malone collection, malone collection, greeting cards -
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Document - MALONE COLLECTION: GREETING CARDS
Off white card with 'Sweet Memory wings these words to You, May Fortune smile and Friends be true'. Printed in red, black, dark & light blue. The capital S has black vines around it and the rest of the words has red vines around it. At the bottom is printed in black: 'With Sincere Christmas Greetings'.person, greeting cards, malone collection, malone collection, greeting cards -
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Document - MALONE COLLECTION: GREETING CARDS, 10/10/14
Document. Greeting Cards. Large cream single card with gold and red printing. In the top left corner is printed: Motto for 1914. Near the top to the right is printed: Ask, and Ye shall receive. John 16. 24. In the centre is printed 'God shall supply all your needs. Phil. 4. 19. The capital G is a large god print with a blue and black centre. The G is decorated with scrollwork and small blue flowers. A spray of flowers decorates the rest of the printing. Also some odd flowers. The card has a white cord at the top for hanging and has a pattern cut edge.person, greeting cards, malone collection, malone collection, greeting cards -
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Document - MALONE COLLECTION: GREETING CARDS
Document. Greeting Cards. Large folded pale yellow card a border ofbrown branches and small brown birds of various shades. At the top on the right is a brown/yellow house with a snowman and a black cat outside in the snow. On the left with a red capital S and the rest printed in black is printed 'Silent night'. At the bottom are three verses and the music for Silent Night by Joseph Mohr and Franz Gruber. At the fold at the top are three holes with a gold cord with tassels on each end for hanging the card.Holly Hobbie by Sandsperson, greeting cards, malone collection, malone collection, greeting cards, joseph mohr, franz gruber -
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Document - MALONE COLLECTION: GREETING CARDS
Document. Greeting Cards. Cream coloured card indented about 8 mm from the edges. In the centre is a grey scroll with purple pansies at the top left & right. Also one on the bottom left. Red lines near the pansies. With the Seasons Greetings printed on the scroll W is printed in red with gold edges. The rest of the letters are green except Greetings which is printed in dark red. Card & insert held together with brown cord. Part of card missing.British Manufactursperson, greeting cards, malone collection, malone collection, greeting cards -
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Document - MALONE COLLECTION: GREETING CARDS
Document, Greeting Cards. Single whitish card wirh ripple cut edge. In the top left corner is a coloured scene with a house on the edge of a lake. Below this is a branch of pink flowers. In the top right corner is printed in gold: Motto for the Year. Below is printed 'Learn to do ?ell.' Isiah 1.17. Capital L is red at the top and yellow lower down. All the rest of the letters are brown with a pale grey shadow. Along the bottom, starting from the left is: London: The Sunday School Union, Ludgate Hill. Over to the right is: Printed in Germany. Surface of card is lightly stippled. Written on the back: with love from Lieut Harewood.person, greeting cards, malone collection, malone collection, greeting cards, lieut harewood -
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Document - MALONE COLLECTION: GREETING CARDS
Document. Greeting Cards. Beige coloured card with Best Wishes at the top. The B & W are red, getting darker as the colour goes to the bottom. Rest of the letters are black, All are edged ing gold. On the lower left is a country scene with a house, sketched in black. On the right is Christmas Greetings and all Good Wishes for a Happy New Year from (printed in black) Mr & Mrs Martin (written in black ink.)Raphael Tuck & Sonsperson, greeting cards, malone collection, malone collection, greeting cards, mr & mrs martin -
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Document - MALONE COLLECTION: GREETING CARDS
Document. Malone Collection. Small white card with a black & silver drawn border top and sides. In the centre is a coloured picture of the waves hitting the rocks and birds flying overhead. Around the picture is a black border and an irregular silver border with black spots. Underneath is written: With all Good Wishes (The W, G & W are in silver capital letters, the rest are black.) The card and insert are held together with a pale blue piece of cord.B. B. London and New Yorkperson, greeting cards, malone collection, malone collection, greeting cards -
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Painting - WES HARRY COLLECTION: 'I HAVE GOT IT ', 1854
Print of an oil painting by Eugene von Guerard called 'I have got it ', painted in 1854. It depicts a mining camp in the bush, there are several tents in the background and two men using windlasses, in front of these there is a digger posing with a gold dish with gold visible at the base of the dish. Behind him there is a wooden tub and bucket, with a spade resting in the tub. This painting is from a collection at the State Library of Victoria.Eugene von Guerardpainting, oil, mining, oil painting, i have got it, eugene von guerard -
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Photograph - HARRY BIGGS COLLECTION: W.B GITTENS SLAUGHTER HOUSE, C. 1900
Photograph showing a horse and long open sided cart with a covered roof, There are numerous carcasses (sheep?) hanging from the roof. There are seven men standing beside the cart. To the left of the cart there is a wooden building with a small brick chimney on the right hand end. To the right is a larger wooden structure with a large square brick chimney behind. There are also two other carts visible with their shafts resting on the ground. At the base of the photo is written Plate 147, W. B. Gittens Slaughter House and Stockyards.Robinsonbuildings, commercial, slaughter hopuse, w, b, gittens slaughter house and stock yards, robinson -
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Photograph - HARRY BIGGS COLLECTION: JACK ALLEN, JOE DAVIS
Photocopied photo of a male laying in a hospital bed and a second male in a suit and tie, sitting beside the bed. Another hospital bed is visible in the background. Over the patient in the bed are the following printed words: Jack Allen and Joe Davis the Goldfields Consolidated Hero .... (rest is unreadable). Taken at the Bendigo Hospitalperson, group, hospital patient, jack allen, joe davis, goldfields consolidated -
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Photograph - HARRY BIGGS COLLECTION:GROUP OF MEN
Photocopy of a photo of eleven men. Five of them are seated and the rest are standing behind them. All of the men have facial hair. It appears to have been taken in a studio, there area is decorated with plants and greenery in pots.person, group, unknown -
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Photograph - COHN BROTHERS COLLECTION: BUILDING
Small sepia tone photograph of a mostly white building. The name of it is along the top but only the word 'commercial' is visible, the rest is obscured from view by the leaves of the tree in front of the building. There are semicircular windows above the two doors. The rest of the windows are square with rectangular windows above them, there is a third door on the smaller part of the building. On the left is a weatherboard building with only half of the front visible, the ends of two words are visible; one ending in 'NE' and 'RKS'. There is a sign for Vesta battery? On the right of this building.buildings, commercial, cohn brothers, cohn brothers -
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Artwork,other - NORMAN PENROSE COLLECTION: CAST IRON FOUNTAIN
Artwork. Norman Penrose collection: pen and ink drawing of cast iron fountain, Pall Mall, Bendigo. Also 1/2 plan, scale 1-1/2 inches = 1 foot. Part of brown matt remaining. Signed N. Penrose. Bendigo. Measured Drawing for A (rest is missing).N. Penrosedrawing, ink, norman penrose collection, artwork, cast iron fountain, pall mall, bendigo -
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Slide - BENDIGO VIEWS, Apr 1960
Slide. Bendigo Views. A roadway through the trees in the gardens. A pine tree on the left and the rest of the trees are deciduous ones which are losing their leaves.slide, bendigo, bendigo views, bendigo views -
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Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: NORTH VIRGINIA GMC N L - ACCOUNT BOOK
Document. Staple bound, tan with black spine, ruled account book. 'Inventory of Storeman' written on front. 11 pages of lilsts of mine inventory. The rest is unused.McColl, Rankin & Stanistreetorganization, business, north virginia gmc n l, mccoll, rankin & stanistreet, north virginia gmc n l, gold mining, inventory of storeroom -
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Slide - BENDIGO- TRAIN IN TOWN, Feb 1970
Slide. Bendigo- Train in Town. The VRI Building behind the resting place for the Engine R766.slide, bendigo, bendigo- train in town., bendigo- train in town. -
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Slide - BENDIGO- TRAIN IN TOWN, Feb 1970
Slide. Bendigo- Train in Town. Nearing the rest point.slide, bendigo, bendigo- train in town., bendigo- train in town. -
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Slide - BENDIGO TRAIN IN TOWN, Feb 1970
Slide. Bendigo Train in Town. Engine on way to resting place.slide, bendigo, bendigo train in town., bendigo train in town. -
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Document - NORMAN OLIVER COLLECTION: SPEECH NOTES FOR GRADUATION OF NURSES
The Norman Oliver collection. Norman Oliver was three times Mayor of Bendigo - 1950-51, 1964-65, 1970-71. Eighteen typed and handwritten pages, with a title pages 'Graduation of Nurses - speech' written in blue pen. The following thirteen pages are typed, the rest in blue pen. The typed speech appears unfinished. Speech in a sequence of notes dated 1964. The speech deals in detail with the history of the nursing profession.bendigo, council, speech notes, norman joseph oliver , councillor norman oliver. mayor of bendigo. nursing. -
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Photograph - PORTRAIT - 2 WOMEN
Photograph - black and white in a heavy glass frame. The photo is a postcard, looks like mother sitting on a cane (unusual) shape chair, daughter sitting on a stool with elbow rests. Both women tied their hair up in a bun, high neck frilled blouse. Frame is heavy, glass and maybe 'mother of pearl' on the 4 corners of frame.Kalina, 578 69, Pall Mall, Bendigo.person, family, mother and daughter, portrait 2 women. kalina bendigo.