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Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Railway Pier, Sandridge, 1880
View of Sandridge Railway Pier, c. 1880 - Printed, sepia colourpiers and wharves - railway pier -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Container - Medicine Glass, W T & Co. (Whitall Tatum), late 1880's
This medicine glass was previously owned by Sybilla Margaret Kucks (1904-1978), daughter of Henry and Julia Kucks, and granddaughter of William and Sibilia Kucks. Sibilla was born in Warrnambool and lived there until 1917 when she moved to Armadale, Victoria, with her family. The medicine glass was among her effects left to her nephew William when she passed away and has been looked after by his wife Eva and treasured as a memento of their Warrnambool heritage. Mrs Sibilla Kucks sold sweets and fancy cakes in her Liebig Street shop from 1873 until the 1880s. She operated one of Warrnambool’s earliest dedicated confectionery shops at a time when sweets were more commonly found in a fruiterer’s shop. Her window display would have been full of brightly coloured sweets in shiny glass jars tempting passers-by. Sibilla (née Leyendecker) married Johann Wilhelm Kucks in New York, USA in 1856. Both were originally from Prussia. They sailed to Australia on the Ocean Rover and arrived in Melbourne June 10th, 1858. Seventeen days later their second child, William Jnr., was born. Warrnambool’s population was around 2,000 in 1859 when Sibilla and Johann (known as “William”) settled here. William was employed as a tailor by Cramond & Dickson. In 1859 the couple bought George Fergusson’s bakery in Timor Street and opened it as “W. Kucks Baker”. Along with fancy breads and biscuits, he advertised baked dinners to order. William supplied bread to the Warrnambool Hospital until the 1880s. In 1873 William built a row of four shops at 140-146 Liebig Street, one of which became Sibilla’s confectionery shop, and another was the new home to W. Kucks Baker. In 1877 William constructed a building in Liebig Street for the Warrnambool Steam Packet Company, which has since been incorporated into the Warrnambool Art Gallery. Its western wall shows to older construction and design. William and Sibilla had five other children. By 1896 their sons William Jnr. and Henry operated the business as “Messrs Kucks Bros., Bakers & Confectioners”. They employed six staff and used three carts for deliveries over a thirty-mile radius. They catered for clubs and functions including the Exhibitors’ Picnic Luncheon for the Warrnambool Industrial and Arts Exhibition (1896-7). In 1907 Messrs Kucks Bros. baked a monster Pyramid Cake for a local bazaar. It contained coins of various sizes and weighed 84lbs (38kg). Everyone buying a slice hoped to be lucky enough to end up with a coin! William Kucks Jnr. also became licensee of Terang’s ”Wheatsheaf Hotel”, its name and logo connecting it to the family’s bakery in Warrnambool. William (1825-1911) and Sibilla (1833-1910) Kucks and three of their seven children are buried at the Warrnambool Cemetery in a family grave. John Sambell migrated from England and established his chemist and dentist business in Warrnambool around 1890 in his premises in Fairy Street. The business later included his son Herbert. The maker, Whitall Tatum & Co, is clearly marked on the base of the bottle. The company was a a well known maker of prescription bottles. He used the brand "W. T. & Co. from Mid-1870's until the late 1880's, moulded into his glassware. This medicine glass is significant as one of very few remaining items from the history of John Sambell, chemist and dentist, Warrnambool. It is also significant as an example of medical equipment that has a design still used today. It is also significant for its association with William and Sibilla Kucks, a colonial family in Warrnambool that was greatly involved in the community and commerce of early days in Warrnambool.Medicine glass, (measuring glass or dose cup), clear glass, round. The antique chemist measuring glass is wide at the top and tapers to a narrow base. The glass has side seams and an uneven base. The glass has imperfections ans bubbles. The base is uneven. The measuring scale lines have been scored into the glass and the measurements and other inscriptions have been moulded into the glass. Glass is from J. Sambell, chemist and dentist in Warrnambool. On the back there is a measuring scale in tablespoons and teaspoons. There is also an inscription of the maker on the base. The glass was made in the late 1880's by Whitall Tatum & Co., America.Embossed within a round border "J. SAMBELL / CHEMIST / AND / DENTIST / WARRNAMBOOL" The scale on the back has "TABLE" "1" and "2", and "TEA" "8", "4", "2" and "1" The base has "W.T. & CO." around the edge.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, medicine glass, measuring glass, dose cup, medicine dispensing, medicine measurement, sambell pharmacy warrnambool, sambell chemist and dentist, warrnambool chemist, history of warrnambool, early 20th century chemist, john sambell, medical equipment, warrnambool medical services, kucks family in warrnambool, william and sibilla kucks descendant, mrs kucks' confectionery, william kucks baker, warrnambool dentist, herbert sambell, whitall tatum & co, w. t. & co., warrnambool steam packet, warrnambool art gallery -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - WES HARRY COLLECTION: PALL MALL 1880, 1880
Photograph of a drawing of Pall Mall, Sandhurst in 1880. Written on the reverse in pencil is 'NK5658, Pall Mall Sandhurst, by Garnet? Walch , Melbourne 1880 ' and written in biro : Negative 5658, Plate N. L. 20771.place, bendigo, pall mall, pall mall, sandhurst, beehive building -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Award, Commemorative Trophy : Kew Bowling Club Season 1885-86, 1968
Sports Clubs in Kew in the final decades of the 19th century and in the early 20th century were often umbrella organisations with facilities for a number of sports. Typically in Kew, this included teams in lawn bowls, tennis and croquet. The Kew Bowling Club was formed in 1880 while the privately owned Auburn Heights Recreation Club was opened in 1904. By 1998, the two Clubs decided to amalgamate at the Auburn Heights site in Barkers Road, forming the Kew Heights Sports Club. The combined club was itself taken over by the Melbourne Cricket Club in 2012 becoming MCC Kew Sports Club. In 2017 MCC Kew closed and its landholding was subsequently sold to Carey Baptist Grammar School. Both the Kew and Auburn Heights Clubs assembled important collections. These historically significant and large collections were donated to the Society in 2020. The collections include manuscripts, pictures, trophies, plans, honour boards etc. References Barnard FGA 1910, 'Sports and Pastimes' in Jubilee History of Kew Victoria: Its origin & progress 1803-1910. Nixon NV 1980, The History of the Kew Bowling Club 1880-1980. Reeve S 2012, City of Boroondara: Thematic Environmental History, p.216.The combined collections of the four sporting clubs making up the collection number hundreds of items that are historically significant locally. They are also significant to the sporting history of the greater Melbourne area and to the sports of lawn bowls and tennis in Australia in the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection illuminates two of the Victorian historic themes - 'Building community life' through forming community organisations and 'Shaping cultural and creative life' by participating in sport and recreation.Trophy commemorating the Kew Bowling Club's season 1885-86. The trophy includes a Lignum Vitae Bowl used in the 1885-6 season. It was presented to the Acting President in 1968. [The item is part of the large historic Kew Bowling Club collection (1880-1988) gifted to the Kew Historical Society in 2020].[Metal plaque] KEW BOWLING CLUB SEASON 1885-86 / PRESENTED BY WM MCLEAN ESQ / WON BY JOHN BRAIM / THE LIGNUM VITAE BOWL IS ONE OF A / PRESENTATION SET OF FOUR DONATED BY / MR KEVIN LEE - FLEMINGTON B C / TO THE ACTING PRESIDENT MR G O S GREER / ON 25TH FEB 1968kew bowling club - wellington street - kew (vic), clubs - lawn bowls - kew (vic), lawn bowls - trophies -
Embroiderers Guild Victoria
Tool - Thimble, 1890's
Silver thimble made in America c 1880's when there was still a huge amount of domestic sewing down by hand and a thimble was an essential tool to protect the finger tip when pushing a needle through fabric. Sterling silver thimbles were special for their precious metal and this one came into the collection in a presentation box (T 513 1) Simons Bros of Philadelphia, PA USA were a very large jewellery manufacturing company which started c 1840's, with successful mechanisation the firm was able to increase production and sell its products in the booming 1870-1880's and is still in business in 2024.Sterling Silver Thimble with dimpled top half and panelled base 4 (size) on panel on lower band. Inside apex: Cursive S in a shield = Simons trademark -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - LONG GULLY PRIMARY SCHOOL COLLECTION: PUPILS, 1880
Black and White Photo of grade 5 & 6 pupils, believed to be at the Long Gully Primary School in the 1880's, The girl in the second row fourth from the right is believed to be Beatrice Fulton whose family lived at 182 Forest Street Bendigo, Photo on a Cardboard mount,person, group, pupils, long gully primary school, long gully, schools, pupils, beatrice fulton -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - VAL CAMPBELL COLLECTION: PHOTOGRAPH OF JENNY BARBER, 1990-91
Colour, head and shoulder photo of Jenny Barber in a school uniform. Written on the front of the photo: 1990-91 Jenny Barber. Written on the back of the photo: Jenny Barber 1992.recreations, sports, swimming -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Book - Book prize, Galls & Inglis, Boy-princes : the story of their lives
BP018.1 Green linen hard-back book with black and gold embossed decoration on front and spine. 378 pages. Gilt edged pages. Eight full page black and white illustrations and one colour plate opposite the title page. BP018.2 Typed letter.non-fictionstratford sunday school, james wilson 1865-1961 -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Maroondah Highway East, Ringwood- c1920's. Excavation for new water main
Black and white photograph (2 copies- 1 large, 1 small)Written on rear of backing sheet: "Digging trench for water main along Maroondah Highway." -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Album - Photograph album, Allan Charles Quinn, Ports of call with M/S 'Mongabarra' on African trip 16th June - Dec 1950 ( Voyage starts and ends in Sweden), 1950
The item tells the story of Allan Quinn's voyage to Africa on a round trip departing returning to Gothenburg aboard the Merchant Ship Mongabarra.. The album preserves a 1950s perspective of a Merchant Seaman and his experience of the respective Ports at that time. The Collection is especially useful when viewed along with contemporary Quinn family correspondence.Album with metal spiral spine and beige fabric cover with gouache printed colour design featuring Gothenburg landmarks. Photograph album contains 25 pages of b/w photos . In Aqua coloured ink on the inside front cover is a handwritten itinerary / index of the 25 ports visited on the voyage on adhered sheet of paper. Inscription: Title (see above)/ follows with Header line: " Port Country Arrived Departed / 1. Gothenberg.../ 16. Bel Congo.../25. Gothenburg / Signed off in Gothenburg 12 December 1950" album, photos, mongabarra, 1950, ms mongbarra, gothenburg, sweden, seafaring life -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Notes and Manuscripts, Anderson, Hugh, Research Notes and Corrections for Ringwood book "Place of Many Eagles" c1980's, c. 1980s
These are research notes with corrections for the book 'Ringwood - Place of Many Eagles' by Hugh Anderson written for the City Council as a bicentennial project..Research notes with corrections for the book 'Ringwood - Place of Many Eagles' by Hugh Anderson written for the City Council as a bicentennial project.; 1. Vol 1 - Corrected Manuscript; 2. Vol 2 Maps; 3. Vol 3; 4. Vol 4 Doctors and Hospitals; 5. Vol 5 Wildflowers and Orchids; 6. Vol6 Mining +Additional Keywords: Anderson, Hugh -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Certificate, Borough of Ringwood- Municipal Baths. Swimming Certificate c1950's
Swimming Certificate for the Borough of Ringwood Municipal Baths. Proficient in swimming in 66 yards, 200 yards, and 400 yards and 1 mile and Life Saving Tests. Two good B&W pictures of Town Hall and pool.Sample swimming certificate, cardboard, with two B&W pictures on it. At the top is a picture of the old Ringwood Town Hall, and at the bottom a picture of the Ringwood outdoor swimming pool and building. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Pamphlet, Vega Press Pty Ltd, Peter McArthur For Ringwood - Report / Election brochure 1970's, Not known
Report by Peter McArthur encouraging support for him in an upcoming election. Pictures include Peter Falconer M.H.R. Casey, Gracia Baylor, Sir Billy Snedden and Dick Hamer. A Liberal Party brochure.Report by Peter McArthur encouraging support for him in an upcoming election. Pamphlet bifold with black and blue printing. Pictures and text on all 4 pages. +Additional Keywords: Falconer, Peter / Baylor, Gracia / Snedden, Billy / Hamer, Dick -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Crochet Work, Tray Cloth, Mat and Cuff off-cut all with crochet edging. Belonged to the Maggs Family Ringwood. Examples of crocheting and Hardanger work.c1940's, c. 1940s
Belonged to the Maggs Family. Examples of crocheting and Hardanger work.Three pieces of work with crochet edging:; 1. Tray Cloth with cotton diamond pattern edging.; 2. Mat with fan and shell cotton edging and Handanger drawn thread work.; 3. Diamond edging on cuff cut off a sleeve. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Ladies Bloomers, Cream silk bloomers with buttoned waistband and pink machined embroidered flowers around legs. C1940's, c. 1940s
UnknownCream silk bloomers with buttoned waistband and pink machined embroidered flowers around legs. Pairs of eyelets for inserting ribbon (missing). -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Document, Ringwood Swimming Pool (Baths). Brochure c1940's, c. 1940s
The Ringwood Baths were constructed in 1934 in Ringwood Street and donated by Captain E.T. Miles. Brochure sets out reasons for supporting the pool - free swimming tuition, hot and cold showers, and inclusion in championship carnivals put on by the swimming club.Borough of Ringwood - Ringwood Swimming Pool. Brochure with picture of swimming pool on front. Cream coloured bi-fold with black printing. +Additional Keywords: Miles, E.T., Capt.Brochure shows information of Ringwood Municipal Baths- Opening hours, admission charges, history, etc. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photographs, Ringwood East House letter and photos taken from end of Coolooli Court. Exact position unknown. C1930's, c.1930s
Typed letter with the photos gives some of the history of the house although the exact position is unknown. The photos were taken at the end of Coolooli Court. The house was later moved further down the hill with a long driveway from Cleland Street, Ringwood East.5 black and white photos of timber home set in large garden in Ringwood East; Covering letter from photographer -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Nightgown, White cotton christening gown with lace edging at sleeves and wrists. C early 1900's, c. early 1900s
Unknown - possibly Maggs familyWhite cotton christening gown with lace edging at sleeves and wrists. Inserted V with lace and lace band at front. Opening at neck back tied with tapes. Pin tucks under neck lace. Machine sewn. +Additional Keywords: Maggs Family -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Envelope, Packet: Ringwood Art Society; Aldred's Junction Store; Artists 1953-1970's
Artists of the area. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph - Black and White, G. E. Hains, Winnington Grammar School, Ringwood, Class Photo, c1930's
B&W Class photo in front of Winngton Grammar School, 35 Ringwood St, Ringwood.On separate handwritten note: (Left to Right) 2nd Row: Alice Astee, Joan Miles, ? , ? , ? , Edith Blood (Gluth) -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph - Black and White, W. H. Whiter, Winnington Grammar School, Ringwood, Class Photo, c1930's
B&W Class photo in front of Winngton Grammar School, 35 Ringwood St, Ringwood.On separate handwritten note: (Left to Right) Top Row: ? , ? , ? , Joan Miles, Pat Austin, ? , ? , ? , Alice Astee Centre: ? , ? , ? , Edith Blood (Gluth) -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, North Ringwood Tennis Club ladies, mid 1960's
North Ringwood Tennis Club, Warrandyte Rd North Ringwood. Group of ladies; social players circa mid-1960s. Sylvia Frazer 2nd from right.- -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Kevin Pratt and two Priests - Circa 1960's. Ringwood
Black and white photograph"Written on back of photograph" Fr Scarborough, Kevin Pratt, Fr O'Toole. Circa1960 -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Ringwood Show Committee. Circa 1920's
2 photographs- 1 black and white, 1 sepia."Attached to photograph" Names of Members: Top row - left to right. 1 A.Blood, 2 - 3 Thiele, 4 Thatcher, 5 -- ,6 --, 7 J.Hann Middle row - 1 Tortice, 2 Falconer, 3 --,4 --,5 --, 6 Wiggins, 7 Hembrow, 8 --,9 J B McAlpin Bottom row - 1 --, 2 --, 3 Graham, 4 Evans, 5 --, 6 --, 7 Eckelestein, Sitting on ground - Left 1 --, Right 1 --Parker. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Ringwood Horticultural & Agricultural Society- Exhibit of Geraniums Ringwood Town Hall - Circa 1960's
Black and white photograph"Written on back of photograph" Mrs Colmans outstanding exhibit of Geraniums. Ringwood Town Hall- Circa 1960 -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Declaration of poll in Ringwood - Circa 1950's
Black and white photograph"Written on back of photograph" Declaration of poll at Ringwood -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Ringwood Timber & Trading Builders and Plumbers Supplies on Maroondah Hwy cnr New Street Ringwood.Circa 1960's
Postcard size coloured photograph"Written on back of photograph" Ringwood Timber & Trading. Corner of New Street and Maroondah Highway, Loughnan Hill in background. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Bill Patterson Motors -Ringwood- circa 1960's
Postcard size colour photograph'Written on back of photograph" Bill Patterson Motors - Maroondah Highway -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Postcard - Photograph/Postcard, Ringwood- Warrandyte Express - circa 1910's
Black and white photograph on front of postcard. Picture of motor van."on back of postcard" Time table etc. Refer to item 10024(b) -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Norman Leslie (Les) Lade & wife Ethel, Ringwood Vic. - circa 1950's
Black and white photo showing Norman Lade & wife Ethel posing outdoors."On back of photo" Norman Leslie (Les) Lade of Ringwood & Ethel Lade, his wife.