Black bowler hat, Bradley's Size 7Bradley's Fit and Comfort, (Size) 7 All fur, British Made F.K.6

Cardboard hat box covered with magazine pictures

9036.1 Men's khaki coloured singlet style bathers 9036.2 Ladies, purple one piece bathers with short white skirt.9036.1 AKM regd. Cotton, wool

Blue singlet style men's bathersLincoln Mills The best Australia produces, All wool, 42. On the logo of a surf life saver on the front of the bathers is the word ' Lifeguard'

Cylindrical clear glass bottle with text embossed on base'AGM' with point on 'A'

Black man's Stetson hatRoyal Stetson, John B Stetson Company, Made in Australia under Licence, St Regis, Pure fur felt. The Myer Store for Men, Melbourne & Adelaide

Men's black hat Size 7 or 57Herbert Johnson 13 Old Burlington St London, W1X1LA Made in England Henry Bucks Melbourne

Short black apron with felt backing and pockets. Attached by cotton strips with a pbuckle.

Wooden ironing boards for use by Tailors L7.1 Sleeve board in shape of a sleeve, 67 cm long L7.2 Trouser board, 70 cm long, rounded at end. L7.3 107 cm long, sider on one end

Round clear glass bottle, neck and shoulder moulded on a blown glass body.'W' on base.

Round clear glass bottle with stepped shoulder between body and neck of bottle. Text embossed on base.'COLGATE & CO W2 PERFUMERS 4 NEW YORK'

Rectangular clear glass bottle with text embossed on base.'M'

Round clear glass bottle with numbers embossed on base.'1342', with a line under, then '13' upside down below

Oval aqua tinted clear glass bottle with flat panel on one side containing embossed text. Embossed text on base.On side panel of bottle 'ALBERT E HUGHES PHARMACIST 75 ELIZABETH STREET N MELBOURNE'. One base of bottle 'W T & Co 3 USA'pharmacist, albert e hughes

Rectangular clear glass bottle with flat panel on one side, numbers embossed on one side near neck and text on base.On side panel 'OVIII'. On base 'AGM', capital 'A' with flat apex.

Ref: Yarra Ranges Regional Museum. M. Balfe Prim Prod Person Bottle 3.5cm (height) x 6cm (width) Bottle of Balfe Black and Colors for Straw Hats. BALFE BLACK AND COLORS FOR STRAW HATS NOTE - CAREFULLY READ DIRECTIONS ON THE SIDES OF THE BOTTLE. FOR ALL STRAW HATS USE ALL CHIP HATS DILUTE THE PREPARATION WITH US/OWN BULK OF METHYLATED SPIRITS OF WINE M. BALFE'S BLACK OR COLORS. Trademark Rectangular aqua tinted clear glass bottle with wide neck. Panels impressed on three sides, one with text embossed, monogram embossed on base.On side panel 'M. Balfe'. AGM monogram on base.dye, straw hats, balfe

Men's black felt hat'Rogers Peet Company, Boston, Washington, AMK

Men's black felt hatRogers Peet Company, Boston, Washington, AMK

Framed photographic advertising print of 12 women wearing bathers from the show 'Sinbad', all women being named.'Figures that Talk. A bunch of beauties from 'Sinbad'. In pencil, 'Her Majesty's Melbourne, 19/3/1912. Photos by Lafayette, Melbourne

Oliver Gilpin (1874-1942), chain store proprietor, was born on 8 July 1874 at Seven Creeks near Euroa, Victoria, fourth child and second son of William Gilpin, farmer, and his wife Dinah, née Barton, both from Tyrone, Ireland. He was educated at local state schools and became a draper's assistant at Euroa. A testimonial as 'an energetic, pushing salesman, a careful stock-keeper … honest and industrious' gained him city experience with Ball & Welch Ltd, drapers, in their Carlton store. He used an inheritance to open a drapery store at Korumburra, south Gippsland, in 1895, moving to Rutherglen in the upper Murray valley in 1899. Frustrated by irregular stock deliveries, he moved to Fitzroy, Melbourne, in 1902, seeking a warehouse and the benefits of combined supplies for effective development of country trading. By 1905 he was producing many stock items at Northcote and had established retail outlets at Bendigo and Warracknabeal. Branches at Echuca, Numurkah and Yarrawonga followed in 1906, with ten more in 1907. He moved his city establishment to East Malvern in 1911, and had opened forty shops by 1920 and seventy-four by 1928. All were managed by women, on a strictly cash basis. Drapery remained the main line, supplemented by ironmongery, crockery, school requisites and toys. Gilpin saw the Depression years as a challenge. Between 1928 and 1931 he established eighteen new branches, including two in Tasmania, at Devonport and Ulverstone. The chain included South Australian branches at Mount Gambier, Millicent and Renmark, twenty-five stores in southern and western New South Wales, and ten in suburban Melbourne. Gilpin's Chain Store News was issued monthly. In 1944 Foy & Gibson acquired a controlling interest in Gilpin's business and in 1951 the chain was bought by G. J. Coles & Co. Ltd for £1,250,000. Three wooden blocks used to display hats. 9042.1 Slightly head shaped on top 9042.2 Light timber, flat on top, a wedge at back. 9042.3 Dark timber, flat on top.hat blocks, millinery, haberdashery, gilpin, korumburra

A single page advertorial celebrating 35 (sic) years of O.Gilpin' stores, from 1895 - 1932 backed on cardboard

Framed print of full page newspaper advertisement for Dunlop truck tyres, recommended by Oliver Gilpin as tyres for his fleet of trucks

Framed print of whole page advertisement celebrating 40 years of the O.Gilpins's Stores, in the 'The Herald' newspaper centenary edition of October 15 1934.The Herald Special Centenary Issue, October 15, 1934.

Part of an advertorial for the OGilpin stores produced in 1932. The whole article is on p.14 of 'just a pocket for the money', by Muriel Perry.Framed advertising print of O.Gilpin's fleet of trucks.O.GILPIN LTD LORRY OF O.GILPIN'S CHAIN STORES

8 page advertising lift out featuring men's wear, books, toys, lingerie, gifts, crockery and glass wear.

9048.1 Black leather top hat 9048.2 Black/grey leather hat box/case with red felt lining9048.1 C.J.Lane Hatters, 256 Collins St Melbourne 90482 Label on outside of box, largely unreadable, except for 'Australia'. 2 luggage labels stuck to top of box read LUGGAGE, Spencer Street.

One pair of black leather riding leggingsLeather, metal

9050.1 Hand operated Gritzner Sewing Machine 9050.2 Bobbin 9050.3 Black handled screw driverGRITZNER R on machine in gold 2721541 on machine plate GRITZNER, DURLACH on metal maker's crest of spider in a web

12 needlework samplers framed in a wood frame.School work 1907. Hand sewn samplers by Dorrie Barnes, aged 10-12 years. Kardella State School No 3196.

Clear glass bottle, oval in section with 'burst off finish' at neck and circular pontil mark on base.Nil