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Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Photo - Bill Hermon with his first daughter, Joy, in the 1940s
B&W photo of Bill Hermon holding a baby of about three months of age. Bill is wearing a sleeveless pullover over a shirt with rolled-up sleeves. They appear to be on the Hermon farm at Menzies Creek. In the field behind them is a metal hand roller. Beyond a small row of shrubs is a child's tricycle. 1940s. -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - British aircraft carrier HMS Glory, Station Pier, Port Melbourne, Roy Liebig, Jan 1946
On Wednesday 23 Jan 1946 British aircraft carriers HMS Indefatigable, HMS Implacable and HMS Glory escorted by destroyers HMS Tuscan and HMS Armada arrived in Melbourne. Indefatigable berthed at outer west Station Pier, Glory at inner east and Implacable at outer east. The Tuscan and Armada proceeded up the river Yarra and berthed at South Wharf.A series of photographs taken by Roy Liebig in the 1940s Hard copy and digital. British aircraft carrier HMS Glory at the inner east berth of Station Pier in Jan 1946. The photo shows aircraft (with folded wings) on the deck of the carrier, many visitors on the pier and the superstructure of HMS Implacable berthed behind at outer east.maritime, war - world war ii, roy liebig, karen bowden, piers and wharves - station pier, hms glory, hms implacable -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
China, Cup & Saucer, 1930s to early 1940s
These items were made in the 1930s or 1940s for sale as souvenirs of Empire Day in Victoria. As they were made by Royal Doulton of England they were high-quality souvenirs. Empire Day was established in 1905 to commemorate the reign of Queen Victoria and to promote and celebrate the importance of the British Empire in Britain and in the associated British Empire countries. It was celebrated on 24th May, the date of Queen Victoria’s birthday. In Victoria the day was celebrated with a school holiday and half-day business holiday, street and shop decorations, bonfires, concerts, processions etc. In 1958 Empire Day became known as Commonwealth Day. These items have no known local provenance but they were typical of the souvenirs that sold in the first half of the 20th century in Warnambool and all other parts of Australia around the time of Empire Day, May 24th . It will be useful for display. This cup and this saucer are made of white china with coloured images of Britannia, the rising sun, British flags, scrolls and the names of British Empire countries on each item. The cup rim and the saucer edge originally had gold trim but the gold has almost disappeared. The cup and the saucer have the name of the distributor and the maker on the base. ‘Empire Day, May 24th , Africa, Australasia, Canada, India’ empire day, history of warrnambool, empire day cup and saucer -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Packaging, Photo Wallet McKinney, 1940s or 1950s
This folder came from the photographic studio of Alex Wilkins. For over 35 years in the 20th century he was one of the best-known commercial photographers in Warrnambool. In 1938 he purchased the building known as Jordan Studios (94 Liebig Street) and worked there until the 1960s. In the 1940s he became interested in producing movie films documenting local news and scenes. The name ‘McKinney’ on this folder indicates that the contents belonged to someone in the Warrnambool area as William McKinney had a general store in Lava Street in the 1870s and 80s and there are still McKinney residents in Warrnambool today. This folder is of some interest as it comes from the studio of Alex Wilkins, one of Warrnambool’s most important photographers in the 20th century. This is buff-coloured paper folded in three places to make a folder with sleeves at each end to insert photographs or photograph negatives. The folder is stitched with cotton at the top and the bottom and some of the stitching is coming undone. The inside sleeves have black printed advertising material on them and the front cover has a red and black image of two little girls. The back cover has a red and black advertisement for Kodak Verichrome film.Back Cover: ‘McKinney’ Front Cover: ‘Alex Wilkins, Photographer, 94 Liebig St., Warrnanmbool’ (stamp) alex wilkins, mckinney family, warrnambool -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Booklet - Business Calendar with additional information, Duirs and Warrell, Duirs & Warrell Grocers, Wine and Spirit Merchants, Late 1940s
Business calendar and additional informationThis a booklet of six pages which included a calendar (now missing) and other printed material. The front cover has a sketch of a woman and a dog which appears to have been pasted on at a later date. The pages are stapled.non-fictionBusiness calendar and additional information warrnambool, wine and spirit merchants, duirs and worrell -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Label, H.L.Lynch, 1940s
This label comes from the wine and spirits store of Harry Lynch and dates from about the 1940s. A wine and spirits store was established in Fairy Street, Warrnambool (116-118 today) by Giffen Russell in 1878. The business was still known as Giffen Russell and Co in the 1930s when Harry Lynch took over and was later known as Lynch’s store. Harry Lynch died in 1953. After Kelvin Matthew Lynch became the proprietor the K.M. Lynch Food and Liquor store operated under that name until its closure in the second decade of the 21st century. This label is of minor significance and is retained as a memento of Lynch’s Wine and Spirit Store which operated in Fairy Street Warrnambool for over 80 years.A piece of white paper with red and black printing pasted on to a piece of card.Old Judge Pure Australian Wine Rich Port bottled by H.L. Lynchh.l.lynch,, wine & spirits store, history of warrnambool -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Candy Corner - St Kilda - opposite Luna Park - Esplanade, Early 1940s
Photograph shows the cafe and adjacent buildings on the area that was enclosed by Esplanade tram Loop or Luna Park loop. Known as "Candy Corner" on MMTB drawings and locally. The reference page 9 gives the background to the site and its use. The café was designed by Carlo Catani, who is also remembered as the landscape designer for other parts of St Kilda including Catani Gardens. It is now used by a McDonalds store. In front of the building is a board advertising or promoting World War 2 war-saving schemes for St Kilda streets. This dates the photos to early 1940s.Yields information about Candy Corner buildings Black and white photograph on paper.trams, tramways, luna park loop, candy corner, st kilda, esplanade, loops, carlo catani, world war 2, street savings scheme -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Hat making equipment, Heritage Week at 728 Main Road, Eltham, 1990, 1990
Colour photograph of hat making equipment,for Heritage Week display at the Local History Centre (former Courthouse), 728 Main Rod Eltham. (Home of Eltham District Historical Society) The equipment was used at the Hat Factory in Eltham which started in the 1940s. The equipment shown includes a mould for making felt hats, stud press, looping machine for berets and hand sewing machine for straw hats. Sign accompanying the display is hand written and reads: "Eltham has not generally been known for manufacturing industry. One factory which started in the 1940s was "the hat factory" in Sherbourne Rd. The equipment displayed here includes moulds for making felt hats, stud press, looping machines for berets, hand sewing machine for straw hats."heritage week, eltham, courthouse, hat factory, hat mould, activities -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital image, Nance Reardon, Greensborough SEC workers 1940-50s, 1940o
A group photograph of Greensborough SEC workers in the 1940s or 1950s.Digital copy of black and white photograph.simons family, state electricity commission -
Hamilton Pastoral Museum
Candlabrum, Untitled et al, 1861 approx
Used for lighting in the church with candles then converted to electricity 1940s Candlabrum 3 candle holder origionaly for candles now converted to electric globes___ # A -
Unions Ballarat
Work on paper - Technology and the Labour Process: Australasian Case Studies (D.J. Spiers Collection)
Technology and other changes to work processes since the 1940s. Context: industrial relations, technology and management of workforce change.Book.Front cover: editor's name and titleballarat trades and labour council, btlc, industrial relations - management of change, technology, unions -
Trafalgar Holden Museum
Functional object - Replica Twin buckle wrist protector
Replica of wrist band/protector that was made by Holden in the 1940sReplica of product manufactured by HoldenReplica leather double strap wrist protector with two bucklesleather, twin band, wrist, protector -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: ON THE MOVE
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2000. On the move: Bendigo's Wayne Hillman supplied this photograph of Bucknell and Jeffrey House Removals on the job in the 1940s. The old cottage seen here was being moved from Garsed street and Wayne's father can be seen in the white pants, third from the left. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, Phillip Island in picture and story, 1977 reprint
The author Joshua Wickett Gliddon farmed on Phillip Island in the 1940s.The first published history of Phillip Island in 1958.1977 reprint, 400 p., illus.Issued by the Committee of Trust, "Warley", Cowes Bush Nursing Hospital, Phillip Island.phillip island, joshua wickett gliddon, phillip island - history, phillip island in picture and story -
Halls Gap & Grampians Historical Society
Photograph - Coloured, C 1940
Appears to be older period possibly 1940s because of the age of the carGuest on verandah, car at side of Guest Houseaccommodation, guesthouses, mountain grand -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - SSB building with cars c 1950s, Public Records Office Victoria (PROV), 1886 - 1982
The State Savings Bank building was constructed c1891. Remodeled in 1940sCOPYRIGHT Public records Office Victoria .06 1948 building with cars (incl Holden) parked at front. Also shown are ANZ building to east and Riall Bros on West built environment - commercial, business and traders, transport - motor vehicles, state savings bank of victoria, general motors-holden, gmh -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - SSB building 1975, Public Records Office Victoria (PROV), 1886 - 1982
The State Savings Bank building was constructed c1891. Remodeled in the 1940sCOPYRIGHT Public records Office Victoria .07 1975 building built environment - commercial, business and traders, state savings bank of victoria -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - SSB building 1975, Public Records Office Victoria (PROV), 1886 - 1982
The State Savings Bank building was constructed c1891. Remodeled in the 1940sCOPYRIGHT Public records Office Victoria .08 - 1975 building. View along bay St towards the Bay also shows part of ANZ Bank on left, Riall Bros on right. built environment - commercial, business and traders, transport - motor vehicles, state savings bank of victoria, general motors-holden, gmh -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - SSB building 1978, Public Records Office Victoria (PROV), 1886 - 1982
The State Savings Bank building was constructed c1891. Remodeled in the 1940sCOPYRIGHT Public records Office Victoria .09 - 1978 building with cars built environment - commercial, business and traders, transport - motor vehicles, state savings bank of victoria -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - SSB building 1980 with car outside, Public Records Office Victoria (PROV), 1886 - 1982
The State Savings Bank building was constructed c1891. Remodeled in 1940sCOPYRIGHT Public records Office Victoria .10 - 1980 building with car built environment - commercial, business and traders, transport - motor vehicles, state savings bank of victoria -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Book, 1939
Belonged to Bill McLaren (father of Anthea Swann) in the 1930s - 1940s87 page magazine containing construction instruction for handymen and tradesmen. Title : Carpentry and Concrete: a Home Beautiful Handbook for Tradesmen and AmateursCarpentry and Concretebooks, magazines, trades, carpentry -
Broadmeadows Historical Society & Museum
Domestic object - Rotary Slicer, KBC Bean Slicer, Circa 1940
Kitchen gadget used in the 1930s/1940s to be a labour saving deviceGreen metal domestic slicer with three blades on a wheel turned by handle, can be clamped to benchInitials KBC, Cast irondomestic object, kitchen, bean slicer, ken bowes & co ltd, labour saving -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Ledger – Deed Receipts, 1940s/1950s
This ledger contains information on deeds, wills and properties from many Warrnambool and district residents in the 1940s and 1950s. The ledger comes from the law firm of Mackay and Taylor of Warrnambool. Scottish-born George Mackay established a legal practice in Kepler Street, Warrnambool in 1891 and in 1893 bought the next-door practice of the late James Fletcher and the firm was then known as Fletcher and Mackay. In the 1920s George Mackay took John Taylor into partnership and the business then became Mackay and Taylor (later Mackay Taylor). In 1999 Taits Solicitors and Mackay Taylor merged to form Tait Taylor and today it is known as Taits Legal. This ledger is of some importance as it contains so much information on Warrnambool and district families and their property ownership in the 1940s and 50s and so will be of great use to researchers. This is a ledger with a grey cover with red binding on the spine. The cover has a white label pasted on, with printed and handwritten material. The pages have printed red lines but these have not been used. Instead the pages contain letters, typed sheets and receipts pasted in. Some of the letters and receipts are handwritten and some are typed. Day Book Mackay & Taylor Deed Receipts 1946-19…mackay & taylor, history of warrnambool, ledger – deed receipts -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Document (collection) - Henri Worland Historical Records, 1930s and 1940s
Henri Worland writings collected by the Warrnambool City CouncilPreservation of important historical recordsThe collection is in folders in a containerWritings on Warrnambool history by Henri Worland - radio talks, lectures, letters and notes, hand written and typed.henri worland, warrnambool historyhenri worland, warrnambool history -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Equipment - Life Jacket, 1918-1940s
This eight compartment life jacket date from around 1918 to 1940s, when kapok was used as the main filling for life jackets. Cork was used before that time, and synthetic materials began to be used from the mid-1940s. Life Jackets - Life jackets were part of the equipment carried by the Life Saving Rescue Crew of South Western Victoria, including Warrnambool, from around 1858 until the 1950s. The purpose of a life jacket is to keep the wearer afloat until he or she is rescued from the water. Life jackets were first invented in 1854 by Captain Ward of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution in Britain. The early life jackets were filled with cork, which is very buoyant. However, many times he cork caused the jacket to rise up quickly with a force that caused unconsciousness, sometimes turning the person face down in the water , causing them to drown. After the tragic loss of the ship RMS Titanic in 1912 and the lost lives of those onboard, a woman named Orpheus Newman designed the Salvus life jacket (Salvus means safe), which was filled with kapok instead of cork. Kapok comes from seed pods of the Ceiba Pentandra tree and is waterproof as well as buoyant. These Salvus jackets were used by the Royal Navy until new synthetic materials became available around the time of World War II.This life jacket is significant for its connection with local history, maritime history and marine technology. Lifesaving has been an important part of the services performed from Warrnambool's very early days, supported by State and Local Government, and based on the methods and experience of Great Britain. Hundreds of shipwrecks along the coast are evidence of the rough weather and rugged coastline. Ordinary citizens, the Harbour employees, and the volunteer boat and rescue crew, saved lives in adverse circumstances. Some were recognised as heroes, others went unrecognised. In Lady Bay, Warrnambool, there were around 16 known shipwrecks between 1850 and 1905. Many lives were saved but tragically, eight lives were lost.Life jacket, canvas covered, stitched into eight kapok filled compartments. One canvas strap with brass buckle is attached. Shoulder straps are no longer attached. Rflagstaff hill maritime museum and village, flagstaff hill, maritime museum, maritime village, warrnambool, great ocean road, lady bay, warrnambool harbour, kapok, life jacket, salvus jacket, life saving, rescue, rescue crew, l.s.r.c., life saving equipment, marine technology, lifeboat, shipwreck victim, vintage, captain ward, royal national lifeboat institution, orpheus newman -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, MOORE, George, Avowals, 1936
Labelled 'Himmer Bequest', 'A.H. Spencer Pty. Ltd., New, Secondhand and Rare Booksellers, 86 Bourke St., Melbourne (The Hill of Content) Aust. Tel. Cent. 8856'. Stamped 'Cowes Library'. Variously inscribed to Rudy & Myra Himmer, from Robert (Bob) McCall, 1940s. -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, MOORE, George, Brook Kerith : a Syrian story, 1936
Labelled 'Himmer Bequest', 'A.H. Spencer Pty. Ltd., New, Secondhand and Rare Booksellers, 86 Bourke St., Melbourne (The Hill of Content) Aust. Tel. Cent. 8856'. Stamped 'Cowes Library'. Variously inscribed to Rudy & Myra Himmer, from Robert (Bob) McCall, 1940s. -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Photograph - Photograph of Amess House
Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photographic collection dating from the nineteenth century. This series showcases photographs taken in the 1930s and 1940s and shows people who lived and worked on the Island during the Jenkins period. This photograph shows Amess House as it was in the 1940s.Black and white photograph with a white border of Amess House, with the Norfolk Pine and the cannon visible. There is a large mark/discolouration obscuring the right/bottom third of the photograph. Digitised from a high resolution copy (original Polaroid is in poor and fragile condition)nilchurchill island, photograph, arthur evans, amess house, norfolk pine, cannon -
Circa Vintage Archive
Gold lame' 1920s jacket, Gold and bronze silk lame' evening jacket 1920s, 1920s
Sourced from the private collection of fashion designer Lisa Ho, purchased at Moss Green auctions.A good example of the silk and metallic lame' fabrics available in the 1920s.Evening jacket of rich lame' in burnished autumn tones of gold, bronze and olive. Ruched square collar, long sleeves with turned back ruched cuffs. No openings, is worn open. Fully lined in chinoise style rayon jacquard in a cafe au lait colour - lining dates to the 1940s and probably replaced a delicate silk original lining.None -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Book - Pupil Text Book, New Algebra for Schools by Clement V. Durell, M. A, 1930
This book has been reprinted many times during the 1930s and 1940s.This book may have been used by a student in the Kiewa Valley as it was donated to the KVHS. Parts 1 and 11 With Appendix With Answers. Stained pale green hard covered book with black writing on cover and spine. 'Bell' on spine.algebra, mathematics, education, schools