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Document - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION; 3B0 LADIES' TENNIS ASSOCIATION CORRESPONDENCE
A folder containing correspondence relating to the 3BO Ladies' Tennis Association dated from 5-5-39 to 12-11-1941. Such correspondence is in the form of report sheets. Each sheet is structured in columns headed Members present, Members absent with and without leave and New Members. Also includes fees received, absentee fees paid, Total. Cost of tea, milk and sugar included. On the back of each sheet there is provision for extra comments which are quite historical in nature. Many of them begin with 'Dear Chance' which was Lydia Chancellor's radio name on 3BO. Clubs reporting are Club No. 1 Ironbark and Clubs 2, 3 and 4. Formerly Folder 75. Moved to Box 800 8.11.2022Lydia Chancellororganization, club / society, 3bo ladies' tennis association, lydia chancellor collection, collection, sport, tennis, women, 3bo ladies' tennis association, associations, 3bo, radio, wireless, club -
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Ephemera - ANIMALS AND BIRDS
A box with a picture of kittens on the front containing magazine and newspaper cuttings on animals and birds. Sources include, 'Woman's Day with Woman,' 'Sun,' 'Australian Women's Weekly,' 'Pix,' 'Walkabout' and 'Listener-In.'lydia chancellor, collection, animals, birds, cats, dogs, ephemera -
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Document - CEPA COLLECTION: CORRESPONDENCE, October 26th 1987
Red folder containing two sheets of blue carbon paper, part of a box with recipes printed on it, sheet of paper with names on it, 3 copies of a letter on paper with letterhead re: next meeting and The Whole Meal eggs dated 26 October 1987 and a half page copy of the letter dated 26 Oct 1987, and a typed copy of the Minutes of Combined Branches of the C.E.P.A on Nov. 17th 1987.business, retail, the commercial egg producers' assoc, the commercial egg producers' association of victoria collection - correspondence, prof allan fels, k fitzgibbon, jean vipadi, mike taylor, don foster, george ginis, minutes of combined branches c.e.p.a on november 17th 1987. -
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Document - W.D.MASON COLLECTION: LETTER, 17 March - 02 May 1928
Document, W.D.Mason Collection, letter to the secretary W.Owen Williams & Co desiring employment at the above place from Mr. S. Box, London, England. And a reply from Owen Williams & Co. stating that at the moment we can't offer you a permanent position.business, retail, w d mason -
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Document - JAMES TAYLOR COLLECTION: TAYLOR ASSORTED ITEMS
Taylor collection - assorted items including embroidery patterns, envelopes, letter seals, lease agreement found in wooden writing box along with other papers relating to Taylor family.person, individual, taylor -
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Document - ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS NO. 3770 COLLECTION: CORRESPONDENCE
Account dated may 2nd 1864 to make a letter box - lettering & gilding glass as per Tender £1.15.0. Signed Paid May ? 1864 C Hoffman.societies, aof, correspondence, ancient order of foresters no. 3770 collection - correspondence, court king of the forest, ? hoffman, c hoffman -
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Document - ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS NO. 3770 COLLECTION: CORRESPONDENCE
Account written on a piece of blue paper, dated April 24 1872 for writing 3 letters on window over letter Box. Cost 2/-. Signed - Settled Geo Palmer 10/10/72.societies, aof, correspondence, ancient order of foresters no. 3770 collection - correspondence, aof society, geo palmer -
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Newspaper - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: FAMOUS PEOPLE
A box containing articles on famous people, eg Jack Davey, Princess Grace, Winston Churchill, Queen Mother Elizabeth, H.M. Queen Alexandria of Yugoslavia, Queen Alexandra, and Vera Lynn. Sources include 'The Sun,' 'The Australian Women's Weekly,' 'Homes and Gardens,' 'Everybodys,' 'Woman's Day with Woman' and 'People.' 1956 - 1960.Life stories ; Sir Winston Churchill's 'A History of the English-Speaking Peoples'person, individual, famous people, lydia chancellor, collection, famous people, men, women, male, female, individual, history, person -
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Document - JAMES LERK COLLECTION: BENDIGO CENTRAL BOTTLE CLUB NEWSLETTER
... of old novelty money boxes. Document JAMES LERK COLLECTION ...Bendigo Central Bottle Club Newsletter - James Lerk Collection Vol 4 No 3 Jan 1979.Titled -A history in bottles & stoneware 1852-1930 Reference to small publication compiled by Len Bennetts ''Vanishing Breweries of Bendigo''. One page shows photos of old novelty money boxes. -
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Newspaper - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: MAJOR T. FLOOD SPEAKS
A small black cardboard box with a red rose on the lid containing newspaper clippings of Cr. Tom Flood's column from 'The Bendigo Advertiser titled, 'Mayor Speaks.' 1966,67.Mayor T. Flood Speaks 1966, 1967newspaper, bendigo advertiser, major speaks, lydia chancellor, collection, newspaper, mayor t. flood, cr. flood, 'mayor speaks, ' 'the bendigo advertiser, ' bendigo -
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Newspaper - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: CHILDREN
A box decorated with red Christmas paper. Contains mostly pictures of or relating to children but does contain some items related to Australian history and animals. Sources include 'National Geographic,' 'To-day' and 'Australian Women's Weekly.' Dated 1933-1955.person, individual, children, lydia chancellor, collection, ephemera, children, person, australian history, animals, female, male, person -
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Newspaper - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: WEDDINGS
A decorated tennis ball box containing newspaper cuttings relating to weddings both in Melbourne and Bendigo. Sources include, 'The Sun,' 'The Bendigo Advertiser' and 'The Australian Woman's Weekly.' 1932-1965.Weddingsevent, official, wedding, lydia chancellor, collection, newspaper, event, wedding, marriages, church -
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Ephemera - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: EPHEMERA
A wide variety of items all in a damaged and incorrectly labelled tennis ball box. It is labelled 'Authors Book Reviews.' Some items are ephemeral others are of historical importance. (I) A black exercise book titled 'Correspondence Golden Square Patriotic League.' Lydia Pethard Hon. Sec. This book has pages labelled 'inwards' and 'outwards' and details correspondence between Aug. 2nd 1918 and C1921. (II) A Secondary Infantry Bendigo Brigade Comforts Fund cash book. 1919. (III) A black exercise book titled 'Golden Square Patriotic League.' Contains the minutes of meetings held between November 26th, 1917 and August 5th, 1918. Also includes the 'Annual Report p resented at Public Meeting held August 15th, 1918 and presented by President Lydia Pethard, Hon. Sec. (IV) A black exercise book labelled 'Wilsons' Reed Branch 2nd Infantry Comforts Fund. Mrs. Geo Goulden. It contains information relevant to the members and is dated 26/7/17 to 28/12/18 and 3/8/17 to 13/12/18. In the centre of the book is a list of donations. (V) A black exercise book titled 'Red Cross Golden Square.' Contains meetings held from June 30th, 1915 to October 29th., 1917. (VI) A small black notebook titled 'Carnival Returns July 21st 1917.' Appears to pertain to raffle tickets. (VII) 20 booklets titled 'Austral-American Souvenir. The Glorious Fourth.' Reprinted in connection with Bendigo-Eaglehawk Australian Comforts Fund Effort, 4th July, 1918. Written in connection with the visit of the American fleet August 1908 (VIII) A small cream sympathy card for a lost soldier Bendigo, Oct., 1918. (VX) A small blue and white election advertisement urging 'yes' for Reinforcements on Dec. 20th. (X) 2 copies of the Australian Comforts Fund Bendigo Appeal June-July 1916 Receipts. (XI) 2 copies of an application for authority to make an appeal, or to collect. Pertaining to Patriotic Funds. (XII) 2 copies of parcel slips 'for our Australian Troops From the Lady Mayoress's Patriotic League.' (ix) small card circ 1917 -A christmas flash from the boys in the trenches -on Dec 20th for Reinforcements Hold up the light -the front of the card shows a picture of three soldiers in a trench shining a searchlight on a map of Australia .The back shows a searchlight with the words -vote yes - Authorised by the Reinforcements Referendum Councilorganization, club / society, australian comforts fund, lydia chancellor, collection, ephemera, golden square patriotic league, bendigo brigade comforts fund, wilsons' reed branch 2nd infantry comforts fund, red cross golden square, bendigo-eaglehawk australian comforts fund, war, world war i, clubs, clubs and societies, organizations, finance, history, australian history, australian comforts fund -
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Newspaper - BILL ASHMAN COLLECTION: CORRESPONDENCE
Undated newspaper cutting titled Interest in Hydroponics. Cutting mentions an experiment by Mr. Frank Stevenson of Bendigo in which he grew flowers in liquid. There was local interest as well as overseas interest.sciences, instruments - general, scalebuoy, bill ashman collection - correspondence, interest in hydroponics, frank stevenson, box hill council -
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Newspaper - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: AUSTRALIA HISTORY
A box decorated with Christmas paper containing Australian news and cuttings of items of interest in Australia. Includes the history of the M.C.G., Lord and Lady Casey, Treasure from Gilt Dragon wreck, Flinders Street railway station, 'The story of 100 years by Roy Bridges, The 24th Annual Report of AMPOL 1960, magazine titled,' A picture of the Commonwealth' and various other items of news. 1960s.Australliana 5australia, history, general item of interest, lydia chancellor, collection, australia, australiana, history, person, melbourne cricket ground, flinders street railway station, governor general of australia, 'gilt dragon' wreck, australian history -
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Newspaper - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: AMERICA
A box with pictures of dogs on the front. Contains newspaper and magazine cuttings on America in the 1960s. Much on the Kennedy family. Sources include, 'The Sun,' 'The Age' and 'The Herald.Americanahistory, lydia chancellor, collection, america, the united states of america, history, kennedy family -
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Newspaper - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: WEDDINGS
A box with a photo of a bride and groom on the front. Contains cuttings from various magazines and newspapers of weddings in Bendigo, Australia and overseas from 1932 to 1965. Sources include 'The Sun,' 'The Bendigo Advertiser,' 'The Argus' and 'The Herald.'Weddingsevent, official, wedding, lydia chancellor, collection, wedding, marriage, bride, groom, ephemera, event -
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Newspaper - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: WONDERS OF THE NORTH. FAMOUS PEOPLE
'A small orange Old Gold chocolate box containing 2 newspaper columns. (i) Wonders of the North' series 1-100. 1938-1939. (ii). This series of clips contains references to Aboriginal/Indiginous people. 'Then and Now Public Men'. These clips have a young/older photo and the positions they held in their professional life. Both columns from the 'Sun-News Pictorial' newspaper.Wonders of the north 1-100 1938-9 Then and Nowplace, land, rural life, lydia chancellor, collection, australia, place, aboriginal, australian aborigines, aborigines, northern australian, australian flora, australian fauna, fauna, flora, plants, australian plants, australian animals, animals, australian lighthouses, lighthouses, sciences, botany, tourism, famous people, male, person -
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Newspaper - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: FLOWERLESS PLANTS
A green handkerchief box containing newspaper cuttings from 'The Sun-News Pictorial,' on flowerless plants. A series from 1-100. Dated 1939.Flowerless plants 1-100. 1939.sciences, general, plants, lydia chancellor, collection, plants, flora, australian flora, plants, australian plants, fungi, botany, sciences -
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Machine - CHECKWRITER: PROTECTOGRAPH
A Mechanical Cheque Writing Machine. A Brand label on the machine includes 'The PROTECTORGRAPH CHECKWRITER' manufactured by TODD PROTECTROGRAPH Co. , Rochester , N.Y., USA. There is a RED Number included with the figures 657908.. It is approximately 45cm long and 12 cm high made of cast metal? It has a handle that rotates a set of rollers to apply ink to 'checks' as they progress through the machine In a cardboard Box with the words 'Les Gillies Collection' written on itTODD PROTECTORGRAPH Co. Rochester. NY, USAcommerce, office equipment -
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Document - CAMBRIDGE PRESS COLLECTION: LABEL - LEGGO'S FRUTOSE LEMONATED SALINE POWDER
Group of labels which are stuck together. The largest is Lemonated frutose Saline manufactured by H. M. Leggo., Bendigo & Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is printed in yellow, dark green and light green. Label has directions how to make a glass of the Saline, the contents Approx. 12 ozs. Established 1881. Another label is Norman J. Oliver, Pharmaceutical Chemist, 288 Hargreaves St, Bendigo. Printed in dark blue. The next one is a red - Caution! - Poison. Not to be Taken Internally. The next one is A. E. Sayer, Pharmaceutical Chemist, 141 Pall Mall, Bendigo, Caution - Poison. Not to be Taken Internally, printed in red. The next is partly obscured. Visible is a circular dark red with white CP and two red and one blue borders and Cambridge Press Bendigo underneath. Beside it is a box with a decorative border with Description printed inside and two writing lines. The last is printed in dark green and is for Skin Cream from A. E. Sayer, Pharmaceutical Chemist, Bendigo.business, printers, cambridge press, cambridge press collection, norman j oliver, a e sayer, h m leggo & co -
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Document - CAMBRIDGE PRESS COLLECTION: LABEL - CAMBRIDGE PRESS, MARKET SQUARE, BENDIGO
Pale green label which has a cream address label with green border in the bottom right corner. Above it is a double row of circular flowers. In the top right corner is a box with a white border. It has The Cambridge Press, Art and Commercial Printers, Market Square, Bendigo. On the right is another box with cream centre. Printed in it is: Engravers, Bookbinders, Manufacturing Stationers, Account Book Manufacturers, Rubber Stamps, Dies, Seals, Etc, Etc. Advertising Specialists.business, printers, cambridge press, cambridge press collection, cambridge press -
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Document - CAMBRIDGE PRESS COLLECTION: LABEL - C. E. REES SELF RAISING FLOUR
... BUSINESS Printers cambridge press Cambridge Press Collection Ideal ...Ideal Self Raising Flour box, folded flat. The two wide sides have the name, weight and Manufactured by C. E. Rees, Hargreaves St., Bendigo. The ends of the box have recipes. They are: Pound Cake, Fruit Cake, Lemon Biscuits, Paris Buns, Good Cheap Cake and Plum Pudding. The other end has: Scones, Bread, Pastry, Yeast Dumplings, Suet Puddings, Victoria Roll and Ginger Bread. Printed in dark blue on a white background. Geometric, line and dash borders on the box.business, printers, cambridge press, cambridge press collection, ideal self raising flour, c e rees -
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Document - CAMBRIDGE PRESS COLLECTION: LABEL - OUR OWN BLEND PURE TEAS
Sheet with the four side labels for a packet of tea. Printed in red on a white background. The first refers to the tea and has the weight. The second has Carefully Selected Tea with a picture of a stork and a fan at the top and a man in traditional dress with a flower and two leaves beside it. The third refers to the tea and the fourth has Ceylon Tea at the top and below is a picture of a man shifting boxes of Ceylon Tea.business, printers, cambridge press, cambridge press collection, tea labels -
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Document - CAMBRIDGE PRESS COLLECTION: LABEL PURE HUTCHINSON'S TEA
Sheet with four side of a tea box printed in blue and gold. Two sides have Pure Hutchinson's Tea, the other two have Hutchinson's Post Office Store & Garage Brown Coal Mine. This Package Contains 1/2-lb. Net weight. F. W. Niven Pty. Ltd. Printed under one.business, printers, cambridge press, cambridge press collection, hutchinson's tea, hutchinson's post office store & garage, brown coal mine, f w niven pty. ltd. -
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Document - CAMBRIDGE PRESS COLLECTION: LABEL - DIAMOND TEA
Label for the four sides of a tea box, printed in dark blue and gold. Edges have a lacy pattern. Sides have the name, weight, and phone number on them. Also Specially Selected for the Australian Trade, Pure mountain grown Ceylon Tea.Two with Diamond Tea and two with Willshires.business, printers, cambridge press, cambridge press collection, millicent willshire's diamond tea -
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Leisure object - WEDDING/BRIDAL HORSE-SHOE WITH KEWPIE DOLL
Wedding/bridal horse-shoe(s) and associated Kewpie doll and branch of buds/leaves. Doll - Probably celluloid with jointed (shoulder only) arms and attached satin supporting band with a single branch of buds/leaves; Horse-shoe #1 - (cardboard?) shaped horse-shoe covered with narrow ribbon; edges of shoe have imitation pearls (some missing); supportive ribbon attached to either side of shoe; Horse-shoe #2 - slightly padded and covered horseshoe with attached 'sprig' of buds and leaves; attached to one end of horse-shoe is a triangular material 'emblem' with black border, and gold 'bar' on a central white background; Buckle made of mother-of-pearl; small length of narrow ribbon; four separate pieces of 'twigs' with buds and pearls attached. This collection presented in a plastic (modern era) box with cotton wool padding - inscribed with previous catalog number of U2664)costume accessories, female, wedding -
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Document - ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS NO 3770 COLLECTION: ACCOUNT
Account written on blue paper with A.O.F. letterhead and dated December 1871. Account is for Sep 26 - 1 Bo? 2/-, 1 red 1/-, 2 doz Paper Pins 1/-, Oct 2 - 1Report / English 0/6, 1 Mes?ella? 0/9, Nov 7 - 1000 Summonses 1/5/0, 200 Envelopes, 1 Box Gall? Pens 3/6, Tru? Neck Ribbons 9/-, 2 Boards 1/4, 1 ? B. L. Paper 2/6. Total £2/11/7. Bendigo United District A.O.F. impression stamp on the paper.societies, aof, correspondence, ancient order of foresters no 3770 collection - account, a.o.f., court king of the forest, the bendigo united district -
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Document - ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS NO. 3770 COLLECTION: ACCOUNT
Account written a piece of paper and dted 11 July 1866. Court King of the Forest. Dr to Jas Thos Holl. To Petty Expenses paid during Quarter £1.9.4. Paid for Trustees Box as vouchers attached. 1.8.6. total £2.17.10.societies, aof, correspondence, ancient order of foresters no. 3770 collection - account, court king of the forest, jas thos holl -
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Accessory - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: BADGE COLLECTION
A blue cardboard box with a picture of a lady and a child on the front. It contains many badges - 10 with the words ' Augustonian Fair 1929,' thirteen with the words, ' Augustonian Fair 1930' and two with the words G.S.M. Augustonian Fair 1924.' One badge has the numbers and letters, ' A.F. 1926.' 1924 - 1930.civic mementoes, badge collection, lydia chancellor, collection, badges, ephemera, objects, 'augustonian fair'