"John Kitchen, Chemical Industry Pioneer and the development of the family firm" An overview of the life of John Kitchen, chemical industry pioneer, and the development of the family firm of soap and candle manfacturers, written by Colin Kitchen (an additional typed copy also)industry - manufacturing, families, business and traders - soaps/candles, john kitchen, colin kitchen, tony kitchen, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, apollo candle co, lever & kitchen pty ltd

"John Kitchen, Chemical Industry Pioneer - A Soap story" A re-working with photos and new title of .01 An overview of the life of John Kitchen, chemical industry pioneer, and the development of the family firm of soap and candle manfacturers, written by Colin Kitchen (an additional typed copy also) in November 1986industry - manufacturing, families, business and traders - soaps/candles, john kitchen, colin kitchen, tony kitchen, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, apollo candle co, lever & kitchen pty ltd

In 1990 City Librarian Wendy MORRIS commissioned Pat GRAINGER to co-ordinate a State and Council funded oral history project, the final product of which was this book. It was printed in time for the 1992 Port Melbourne Festival."They Can Carry Me Out" - Memories of Port Melbourne Blue, perfect-bound paperback book with white title and black line conversion of photo of fishing boats in the Lagoon. 96 pp, published January 1992fishermans bend, education - primary schools, piers and wharves - station pier, piers and wharves - waterside workers, education - kindergartens, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, transport - aviation and aerodrome, transport - ferries, transport - shipping, garden city, mission to seafarers, transport - railways, transport - horse, built environment - civic, built environment - domestic, built environment - commercial, built environment - industrial, town planning - proposals shelved - bayside, religion, arts and entertainment, livestock, sandridge lagoon, migrants, built environment - public housing, centenary bridge, local government - city of port melbourne, royal visits and occasions, police, sport - australian rules football, societies clubs unions and other organisations, natural environment, business and traders, war - world war ii, deaths and funerals, flood, domestic life, gasworks, health - general health, excelsior hall, public action campaigns, ada mary a'beckett kindergarten, wendy morris, pat grainger, g borer & co, johnny allsorts pawnbroker, mckenzies milkbar, galatos chocolates, j e earl pty ltd, faram brothers hardware, jack porritt, liardet family, porritts boot shop, vintage port worth preserving project, phyllis anderson, norman barry, david beazley, leonard george 'dugga' beazley, florence beazley, george beazley, brenda bedford, lettie bradley nee walsh, margaret bride nee polson, anne callaghan, beris campbell, tony cannatelli, john carroll, john cass, margaret couch nee smith, brian couldrey, delva crawford nee rees, 'buffie' rees, joan curtis, elvir dragovic, james edward earl, linda edman, jessie edwards, lisa edwards, trevor emmett, judy faram, doug faram, george faram, richard faram, thomas faram, allen faram, a g warren, james murdock, margaret mclean, minnie mclean, m b muir, susie fox, william gleeson, sylvia gleeson, arnold goetz, lilian 'lil' goss nee johnson, gladys gott nee mccabe, stan gravias, george henry (harry) gray, len greaney, charles hall, bertha harvey nee carey, r graham carey, mac hatfield, f patricia (pat) hawkins, tippo hayes, tom hills, bradley hinge, lloyd holmes, norah howard nee mallet, voula hronakis, lorna johnson, diane keating nee bradley, alison kelly, june kirby, bob knell, tommy lahiff, nicole lalande, bill lane, kathleen lane nee moore, j s lang, ron laing, beverley lewis, andy libbis, peter libbis, emily lock, may lowe nee irving, wendy lowenstein, micael lucas, ted mccarthy, laura mcgill nee irving, vin mcnamara, elsie median nee mccabe, maree menzel, marie mills, marlene mitchell nee sharp, david moloney, ari pipilikas, ada polson nee bellion, les profitt, ted rohan, elizabeth saunders, vanessa savvaidis, prudence sheil, chutathip silpiphat, voula skourakis, flo stark, ted tobin, thelma todd, barbara villani, erica wilson, harry bocquet, nott street state school, port melbourne library, port melbourne temperance hall, swallow & ariell ltd, business and traders - hotels

In 1990 City Librarian Wendy MORRIS commissioned Pat GRAINGER to co-ordinate a State and Council funded oral history project, the final product of which was a book printed in time for the 1992 Port Melbourne Festival. Having been sold out for two years, it was reprinted with funds from the City of Port Phillip Cultural Development fund just in time to be launched at the 2002 Festival launch held at Beacon Cove on a Yarra Tram, 22 March 2002.2002 reprint of "They Can Carry Me Out" - Memories of Port Melbourne Blue, perfect-bound paperback book with white title and black line conversion of photo of fishing boats in the Lagoon. 96 pp, reprinted March 2002fishermans bend, education - primary schools, piers and wharves - station pier, piers and wharves - waterside workers, education - kindergartens, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, transport - aviation and aerodrome, transport - ferries, transport - shipping, garden city, mission to seafarers, transport - railways, transport - horse, built environment - civic, built environment - domestic, built environment - commercial, built environment - industrial, town planning - proposals shelved - bayside, religion, arts and entertainment, livestock, sandridge lagoon, migrants, built environment - public housing, centenary bridge, local government - city of port melbourne, royal visits and occasions, police, sport - australian rules football, societies clubs unions and other organisations, natural environment, business and traders, war - world war ii, deaths and funerals, flood, domestic life, gasworks, health - general health, excelsior hall, public action campaigns, ada mary a'beckett kindergarten, wendy morris, pat grainger, g borer & co, johnny allsorts pawnbroker, mckenzies milkbar, galatos chocolates, j e earl pty ltd, faram brothers hardware, jack porritt, liardet family, porritts boot shop, vintage port worth preserving project, phyllis anderson, norman barry, david beazley, leonard george 'dugga' beazley, florence beazley, george beazley, brenda bedford, lettie bradley nee walsh, margaret bride nee polson, anne callaghan, beris campbell, tony cannatelli, john carroll, john cass, margaret couch nee smith, brian couldrey, delva crawford nee rees, 'buffie' rees, joan curtis, elvir dragovic, james edward earl, linda edman, jessie edwards, lisa edwards, trevor emmett, judy faram, doug faram, george faram, richard faram, thomas faram, allen faram, a g warren, james murdock, margaret mclean, minnie mclean, m b muir, susie fox, william gleeson, sylvia gleeson, arnold goetz, lilian 'lil' goss nee johnson, gladys gott nee mccabe, stan gravias, george henry (harry) gray, len greaney, charles hall, bertha harvey nee carey, r graham carey, mac hatfield, f patricia (pat) hawkins, tippo hayes, tom hills, bradley hinge, lloyd holmes, norah howard nee mallet, voula hronakis, lorna johnson, diane keating nee bradley, alison kelly, june kirby, bob knell, tommy lahiff, nicole lalande, bill lane, kathleen lane nee moore, j s lang, ron laing, beverley lewis, andy libbis, peter libbis, emily lock, may lowe nee irving, wendy lowenstein, micael lucas, ted mccarthy, laura mcgill nee irving, vin mcnamara, elsie median nee mccabe, maree menzel, marie mills, marlene mitchell nee sharp, david moloney, ari pipilikas, ada polson nee bellion, les profitt, ted rohan, elizabeth saunders, vanessa savvaidis, prudence sheil, chutathip silpiphat, voula skourakis, flo stark, ted tobin, thelma todd, barbara villani, erica wilson, harry bocquet, nott street state school, port melbourne library, port melbourne temperance hall, swallow & ariell ltd, business and traders - hotels

Found in excavations at 34 Crockford Street, next to Mobil Petrol Station (cnr Raglan/Crockford)One from a collection of eight assorted dark green beer and spirit bottles, c1850s, dug up at 34 Crockford Street:domestic life - containers, business and traders - hotels

Found in excavations at 34 Crockford Street, next to Mobil Petrol Station (cnr Raglan/Crockford)One from a collection of eight assorted dark green beer and spirit bottles, c1850s, dug up at 34 Crockford Street:domestic life - containers, business and traders - hotels

Found in excavations at 34 Crockford Street, next to Mobil Petrol Station (cnr Raglan/Crockford)One from a collection of eight assorted dark green beer and spirit bottles, c1850s, dug up at 34 Crockford Street:domestic life - containers, business and traders - hotels

Found in excavations at 34 Crockford Street, next to Mobil Petrol Station (cnr Raglan/Crockford)One from a collection of eight assorted dark green beer and spirit bottles, c1850s, dug up at 34 Crockford Street:domestic life - containers, business and traders - hotels

Found in excavations at 34 Crockford Street, next to Mobil Petrol Station (cnr Raglan/Crockford)One from a collection of eight assorted dark green beer and spirit bottles, c1850s, dug up at 34 Crockford Street:domestic life - containers, business and traders - hotels

Found in excavations at 34 Crockford Street, next to Mobil Petrol Station (cnr Raglan/Crockford)One from a collection of eight assorted dark green beer and spirit bottles, c1850s, dug up at 34 Crockford Street:domestic life - containers, business and traders - hotels

Found in excavations at 34 Crockford Street, next to Mobil Petrol Station (cnr Raglan/Crockford)One from a collection of eight assorted dark green beer and spirit bottles, c1850s, dug up at 34 Crockford Street:domestic life - containers, business and traders - hotels

Found in excavations at 34 Crockford Street, next to Mobil Petrol Station (cnr Raglan/Crockford)One from a collection of eight assorted dark green beer and spirit bottles, c1850s, dug up at 34 Crockford Street:domestic life - containers, business and traders - hotels

Dug from cesspit behind All England Eleven hotel in 1999 and donated by Peter LibbisSalad oil bottle dug out of All England Eleven Hotel cesspit at 280 Rouse Street, approx 1850s/60sdomestic life - containers, business and traders - hotels, all england eleven hotel

Dug from cesspit in 1999 and donated by Peter LIBBISPorter bottle. From group of 1850/1860s bottles dug up at 282 Rouse Street: porter bottle dug from cesspitdomestic life - containers, business and traders - hotels, all england eleven hotel

Dug from ground at demolished 282 Rouse Street in 1999 and donated by Peter LIBBISLewis & White (Melbourne) milk of magnesium bottle from group of 1850/1860s bottles dug up at 282 Rouse Street in 1999Lewis & White (Melbourne)domestic life - containers, business and traders - hotels, all england eleven hotel, health - general health, lewis & white (melbourne)

Dug from ground at demolished 282 Rouse Street in 1999 and donated by Peter LIBBISS&A salad dressing bottle from group of 1850/1860s bottles dug up at 282 Rouse Street in 1999:S&Adomestic life - containers, business and traders - hotels, all england eleven hotel

Dug from ground at demolished 282 Rouse Street in 1999 and donated by Peter LIBBISBlue/purple castor oil bottle from group of 1850/1860s bottles dug up at 282 Rouse Street in 1999:Castor oildomestic life - containers, business and traders - hotels, all england eleven hotel

Dug from ground at demolished 282 Rouse Street in 1999 and donated by Peter LIBBISPottery bottle from group of 1850/1860s bottles dug up at 282 Rouse Street in 1999:domestic life - containers, business and traders - hotels, all england eleven hotel

Dug from ground at demolished 282 Rouse Street in 1999 and donated by Peter LIBBISPill bottle from group of 1850/1860s bottles dug up at 282 Rouse Street in 1999domestic life - containers, business and traders - hotels, all england eleven hotel, health - general health

Dug from ground at demolished 282 Rouse Street in 1999 and donated by Peter LIBBISClear glass bottle from group of 1850/1860s bottles dug up at 282 Rouse Street in 1999:domestic life - containers, business and traders - hotels, all england eleven hotel

Dug from ground at demolished 282 Rouse Street in 1999 and donated by Peter LIBBIST. Obbinson (Sandridge) clear glass bottle from group of 1850/1860s bottles dug up at 282 Rouse Street in 1999:T. Obbinson (Sandridge)domestic life - containers, business and traders - hotels, all england eleven hotel, t obbinson

Dug from ground at demolished 282 Rouse Street in 1999 and donated by Peter LIBBISClear glass bottle from group of 1850/1860s bottles dug up at 282 Rouse Street in 1999:domestic life - containers, business and traders - hotels, all england eleven hotel, t obbinson

Dug from ground at demolished 282 Rouse Street in 1999 and donated by Peter LIBBISClear glass bottle from group of 1850/1860s bottles dug up at 282 Rouse Street in 1999:domestic life - containers, business and traders - hotels, all england eleven hotel, t obbinson

Dug out of donor's garden at 246 Stokes StreetOne hand made nailbusiness and traders, domestic life, building materials

Sunlight Soap box - 500gms, Blue and Yellow box with "Pure Soap" on small red background.industry - manufacturing, business and traders - soaps/candles, domestic life, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, unilever australia (holdings) ltd, unichema australia pty ltd, sunlight soap

This laser print is a copy of a photo which has been in the Congues/McKenzie family collection since early this century. Mrs Marie Vernon of Doncaster showed the photo to her cousin, Elva Mason, also of Doncaster but formerly of 35 Cruikshank Street. Elva had the copy done and passed it on to Barbara Gardiner. Mrs Vernon was unable to give us much information but could tell us that her mother, Mrs Mary Jane Congues (known as Ruby) was a tailoress who started her apprecticeship at age 13 and later established the shop which was next to Earl's hardware shop. We think that she was born in the 1880s. The Congues family lived at 36 Cruikshank Street, and their landlord in later years was Mr Sullivan, who supplied horse and drays for rubbish collection for the Council. Simon McKenzie was the loca policeman who patrolled up and down Bay Street and became interested in Ruby. She later visited a fortune teller who told her she would marry a man with numbers on his hat. They married and lived in Brunswick East, Carrum Downs and later Calligee (near Traralgon). LIfe was tough but Mrs Vernon remembers that her talented mother was able to teransform garments and hats so that her daughters always felt that they had a new dress for each special occasion. Mrs Vernon also remembers when a member of the famly needed dental care, they wee put on the train to stay with Grandma at Port Melbourne, who took them to Frost the Dentist (on the corner of Graham and Bay Strees), who pulled teeth for one shilling each. Miss Gongues is the lady in skirt and blouse on the right; other people unknown.Laserprint of four women in entrance to Miss Congue's Costumier shop in Bay Streetbusiness and traders - tailors and clothing, mary jane (ruby) congues, mary jane (ruby) mckenzie, simon mckenzie, mr sullivan, frost the dentist

"The Lux Book" Two Lux Knitting books available only with the purchaseof two large packets of Lux. .01 - 1940. Pencil name on page 1 Mrs Terrill .02 - 1942. Both contain knitting patterns using wool and inside the front cover are instructions for washing using Lux.industry - manufacturing, business and traders - soaps/candles, domestic life, costume, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, lever brothers pty ltd