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Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Cup, Chemist Measure cup
This measuring container would have been used by chemists, doctors and nurses to accurately measure a tablespoonful of medicine or other liquid or substance equivalent to half an ounce in weight. It could also have been used in households for the same purpose. It would have been in use in the 19th century and perhaps the first six decades of the 20th century. Today glass or plastic containers would be used. This container, although damaged, is of interest as an example of the type of measuring container used by chemists and doctors in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It has no known local provenance but will be useful for display. This is a cream-coloured ceramic medicine measuring container. It will hold half an ounce or a tablespoonful. It is circular in shape, tapering down from the top to the bottom. It has a rim at the top which is cracked and partly broken away. ‘½ oz. To Lower Rim (a tablespoonful)’ chemists in warrnambool, history of warrnambool, medical aids, ceramic medicine glass -
Maldon Vintage Machinery Museum Inc
Drawing Set, Pouched
... containers ....1) Pair of compasses, makers mark on one arm. .2) Pen holder. .3) Rectangular container for spare parts. .4) Blue plastic pouch with transparent front panel. .4) On base of pouch printed in white "Staedtler / Mars / 551 40WP Germany". On flap of pouch imprinted "Western Germany".trades, drafting, containers -
Bendigo Military Museum
Container - EMERGENCY RATION, c. 1939 - 45
... containers ...The contents are Tea, Chocolate, Sugar and Salt. Item in the collection re M.J. Craig NX170489, refer Cat No 4316.4 for service details..1) Tin green colour rectangular shape, unopened ration which has a pull ring, instructions on top and base. .2) Lid green colour for .1), inside lid has list of contents and instructions for use..1) On top, "To open pull ring this way", on base, "A GADSDEN Container", plus, "AMF EMERGENCY RATION D (arrow up ) D" .2) On lid top, "AMF EMERGENCY RATION D ( arrow up ) D"containers, emergency, rations -
Clunes Museum
Container - FUEL CAN
... CONTAINERS ...LARGE METAL CONTAINER, WIRE & WOODEN HANDLE, SEALED WITH A WOODEN STOPPER, PAINTED BLACK. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN USED FOR PETROL OR KEROSENE IN A COMMERCIAL GARAGE.local history, commerce, containers, -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Ornamental Porcelain Container
Ron White's Collection. Possibly a gift as this type of container was popular.Ron White. See KVHS 1282Round pale green 'pumpkin' shaped porcelain container decorated with 'hand painted?' red, blue, yellow flowers and green leaves. The lip & handle are steel. The lid is pewter with a decorated ring on top. The steel wire handle is vertical then bent to join at the centre. The bends have decoration on their inside.Nilron white' collection, porcelain container -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Ceramic - Stoneware Container, 1900 to 1940
Stoneware is a rather broad term for pottery or other ceramics that is fired at a relatively high temperature. A modern technical definition is a vitreous or semi-vitreous ceramic made primarily from stoneware clay or non-refractory fire clay. Whether vitrified or not, it is non-porous, it may or may not be glazed. Historically, across the world, it has been developed after earthenware and before porcelain and has often been used for high-quality as well as utilitarian wares. As a rough guide, modern earthen wares are normally fired in a kiln at temperatures in the range of about 1,000°C (1,830 °F) to 1,200 °C (2,190 °F); stoneware's at between about 1,100 °C (2,010 °F) to 1,300 °C (2,370 °F); and porcelains at between about 1,200 °C (2,190 °F) to 1,400 °C (2,550 °F). Historically, reaching high temperatures was a long-lasting challenge, and temperatures somewhat below these were used for a long time. Earthenware can be fired effectively as low as 600°C, achievable in primitive pit firing, but 800 °C was more typical. Stoneware also needs certain types of clays, more specific than those able to make earthenware, but can be made from a much wider range than porcelain. A domestic item used to store food products as glazing makes the container non-porous, often used for pickling. Or larger containers for kitchen flour. Items age is difficult to determine given the same techniques for making stoneware are in use today. Stoneware containers were made by many potteries in Australia and England. They were in common domestic use before plastics were invented around 1940 to store goods so this subject item is probably from around 1900 to the 1940s. Item's significance is difficult to determine given it is not associated with a place, person, historic event, or manufacturer. Its significance lies with its use as a domestic object giving today a view into our social past.Stoneware circular container with wide opening, brown top and off white base glazed finish Marked "1" on brown glazed rimflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, container, stoneware container, kitchen storage, kitchen ware -
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RANZCOG)
Inhiband (Hall) intrauterine devices with dispensing box, associated with Professor Geoff Bishop, Ayerst International Inc, 1960s-early 1970s
The Inhiband intrauterine device is a variety of the Grafenberg Ring. The Grafenberg ring was developed by Dr Ernst Grafenberg in the late 1920s. This coincided with the beginnings of the modern birth control movement. Grafenberg and Herbert Hall migrated to the USA during the Hitler era and brought with them the knowledge of the intrauterine ring. Herbert Hall developed a stainless steel version of the Grafenberg ring in 1949 and used it with select private patients in New York. A report on his results was published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology in 1962. The Inhiband product bears his name in brackets. The dispensing box and five remaining containers with Inhiband IUDs inside were from the Albert Street East Melbourne rooms of Dr Geoffrey Bishop. This contraceptive device was commonly used in the 1960s-early 1970s.White plastic container with clear plastic hinged lid and white plastic insert with slots for 10 individual containers of Inhiband IUDs. Contains five individual white plastic containers which hold Inhiband IUDs. The five intrauterine devices resemble a metal ring in design and are unused and still in their packaging. contraceptive, intrauterine device -
Greensborough Historical Society
Domestic object - Bottle, AGM (Australian Glass Manufacturers), Methylated Spirits bottle, 1940s
Brown glass, 3-sided methylated spirit bottle. Strong embossing on 2 sides. No cracking or chipping. Crown sealed, circa late 1940s. It was from an era when most common household poisons had their own unique shaped bottle so if the label was removed or illiterate people still knew what the contents were. Brown glass, 3-sided methylated spirit bottle. Strong embossing on 2 sides. Embossed: “Property of Renown and Pearlite Pty Ltd Burney Victoria” “This container must not be used as a food container” methylated spirits, bottles, agm, agm (australian glass manufacturers) -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Container - Miner's Water Container
Containers like these were used to hold water for miners working underground. In mines the word "crib" refers to a meal break time. A crib tin would have accompanied the crib bottle. The word "crib" is probably of Cornish origin.A metal container 38 centimetres high and 16 centimetres wide made in three sections with a half centimetre thick metal handle that extends ten centimetres above the container. the bottom section is an oval shape 16 centimetres by 12 centimetres and is 18 centimetres high it is reinforced with two two centimetre wide straps crossing the bottom and extends six centimetres up the sides and is secured with rivets. The next section is a conical shape that extends for eight centimetres and finishes forming a four centimetre circle. A four centimetre tube extends for 12 centimetres.The handle is a 27 centimetres high loop of half centimetre round metal and is attached to the conical section of the container. metal container, crib bottle, miner's water container -
Puffing Billy Railway
Equipment - Container
Kerosene was used to light the signal lamps at night time on a railway, to ensure that a locomotive driver could see that the line was clear there was no danger of another train ahead. This container was used to store the in kerosene to fuel such lamps and was kept inside a lamp room until required for use.Victorian Railways - Keroseane Container Used in the storage of kerosene prior to use in lamps at stations.Large, cylindrical tin container with conical lid and wire handle. A small zinc spout is embedded in the lower quadrant. The word 'KERO' is stencilled in white across the front. Keropuffing billy, kerosene, fuel, combustible material, tin container, lamps -
Bendigo Military Museum
Accessory - TINS ANTI GAS, C.1942
... containers ...two rectangular blue tins marked "ointment anti-gas no. 5" Usage instructions on front and back in black print. Inside has cardboard dividers for individual containers.containers, military-equipment, medicine - first aid, anti gas -
Bendigo Military Museum
Accessory - PERSONAL EFFECTS, 1) Oakley et al, C.1990’s
... containers ....1) Goggles, black plastic frame, foam padding, black strap. Brand name Oakley. .2) Camouflage paint in plastic container, hinged lid with mirror inside. 3 divided sections with dark green, light green & brown used paint. .3) Patch, square, at top - yellow, middle - white above blue, bottom - bright light green. .4) Foot powder in dark green plastic container, twist lid with holes. .5) Container, dark green plastic cylinder, 11 matches, assorted. .6) Container lid, snap on, for .5). .7) Tube of army personal insect repellent. Dark green plastic tube with screw top lid, unnumbered. Instructions & warnings printed on back of tube. .8) Metal signalling plate, Polished steel signalling plate with small hole in center. Instructions printed on one side. .9) Vinyl sleeve for signalling plate, green. Dole K.1) Written on foam in black texta: DOLEY. .2) Austcam NSN 6850-36-130-0172. Military Sunscreen DDM↑ 0598. .4) Foot Powder, Colbar Pty Ltd, 50g net, B/C 5-98, Formula Salicylic Acid 3%, Starch 10%, Talc 87%. .7) NSN 6840-66-106-0247.military equipment, containers, preventative medicine, goggles -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Household, Glass Container, Early 20th century
This item is a container that would have been used by a woman to hold small items such as pins. It may also have originally contained some lotion or powder but there is no trade name to indicate this. It would have been found in a bedroom. Such items as these would have been given as presents to members of the more affluent families in the early 20th century. This container has no known local provenance but is retained as an attractive item from the past. It will be useful for display.This is a round-shaped cut glass container with a plain glass base and a metal lid which fits over the top of the container. The top of the lid has an enamel circular piece inserted into the metal. This piece has a white background with a painted image of the head and shoulders of a woman in brown and flesh-coloured tonings. The lid has some dents and some discoloration.household items, dressing table containers -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Containers, cardboard, ‘Longmores’ ‘Asthmapulv’, mid 20thC
... containers ...Longmore’s was a manufacturing chemical pharmacy of many over-the-counter preparations, including Sulphur Hair Restorer, Strengthening Tonic, Blood and Liver Pills, Asthmacur (for asthma) and Hoyle’s Miraculous Oil (for miracles unknown), He was a native of New South Wales, but his father, Mr. Joseph Longmore settled in Melbourne in the late 1850s. Mr Longmore was educated at the Melbourne Grammar School, and leaving early, he studied and qualified as a chemist. Argus “12 October 1921, Mr. Francis Longmore, chemist of Bourke Street was at his business on Saturday but he had a chill which developed into pneumonia, and he died yesterday morning. The funeral will leave from his residence Wontravell, Gower Street, Kensington. He was a widower, his wife having died a year ago and he leaves a grownup family of 2 sons and 6 daughters. Carlisle Francis Longmore and his certificate number as a pharmacist was No. 1440; he qualified as a pharmacist at his final exam in Victoria on 11 September 1905. He had three pharmacies in addition to the address on the covers, one on the corner of Flinders and King Streets, Melbourne, one at 130 Bourke Street East and one Brunswick Street, North Fitzroy. He also had another sideline in addition to his pharmaceuticals and this was White Crow Jelly Crystals made at his Food Products division in Melbourne A cardboard cylindrical container with a lift-off lid for 'Longmores Asthmapulv'.Lid ASTHMAPULV. Around Lid ASTHMAPULV /FOR / ASTHMA Relieves/ ASTHMA / HAY FEVER / BRONCHITIS / ASTHMAPULV / "This preparation contains......... labelled Poison" / Approx. Contents 3 1/2 oz. / LONGMORES / 361 Bourke Street / MELBOURNE / For Inhalation Only / DIRECTIONS ................ / Invaluable in severe cases of Asthma. ......... / (Patent Medicine) Act 1942........* pharmacy, medicines, longmore c.. francis, longmore joseph, asthma, hospitals, nursing, containers, moorabbin, bentleigh, cheltenham, melbourne -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Container - Tin, Kiwi Shoe Polish Manufacture, 1940s
The polish was developed in Australia by William Ramsay who named it Kiwi after the flightless bird endemic to New Zealand, the home country of his wife, Annie Elizabeth Meek Ramsay. Its success in Australia expanded overseas when it was adopted by both the British and American armies in World War I. In the UK, Kiwi was for many years manufactured at its British headquarters in Ealing (Brumwell Road, London W5 1DT). From here the factory manufactured for the UK market and exported the Kiwi brand too much of Europe and the Middle East. In the mid-1970s, as part of a major streamlining, the UK factory was closed with production switched to France. The UK operation moved to Surrey at Yately becoming, effectively, a sales and marketing office, with distribution contracted to a third party. In 1980, production for the UK market moved back to the UK and was housed in a factory near Huddersfield. The UK head office was relocated to Maidstone, Kent, where Kiwi had other product interests. Following the global merger with Nicholas Laboratories, the UK head office was again relocated to Slough at the Nicholas building on Bath Road.A significant product as Kiwi is an Australian brand name of shoe polish, first launched and sold in Australia in 1906 and as of 2005 sold in almost 180 countries. Previously owned by the Sara Lee Corporation since 1984, it was sold in 2011 to S. C. Johnson. It is the dominant shoe polish in some countries, including the United Kingdom and the United States, where it has about two thirds of the market. In Malaysia and Singapore, Kiwi has become such a household brand for a shoe polish that the word "kiwi" has been genericized into a verb in the Malay language, meaning "to polish one's shoes".Metal cleaning outfit of Kiwi boot polish brush, scraper, & polish missingKiwi Boot Polish to front of containerflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Ration, Special Flying, Circa 1942 - 1945 for similar packs
A military dark green painted steel container which is empty. This was a sealed container with rations for RAAF aircrew undertaking long duration flights. Khaki painted metal tin which contains rations, for use in aircraft. Printed in black on top of the detachable metal cover, which would have been taped down on top of the ring-pull lid, is; 'D^D / Made in Australia / Packed by MacROBERTSON'S / SPECIAL FLYING RATION / To be consumed by Air Crew carrying / out flights of 4 hour duration or longer. / List of contents on inside of lid / KEEP PACK INTACT / R.A.A.F / A Gadsden Container'. Printed on the top of the ring-pull lid is 'D^D D^D Contents believed to be (obtained from similar "Special Flying Ration") / Nuts. (Shelled) 4 ozs / Barley Sugar 3 ozs / Raisins 4 ozs / Chocolate ozs / Chewing Gum 3 pkts / Fruit Juice 8 ozs'. -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Domestic object - China Dish, Dish with Wellington depicted on lid, C1852
... containers ...White round china container. Lid depicts Wellington in uniform in the middle with a decorative edging. Edging includes inscriptions Born May 1769, Died Sept 14th 1852, 83 years, WellingtonAround edge - 'Born May 1769 - died Sept 14th 1852 - 83 years Wellington'domestic items, containers, civic mementoes, souvenirs -
Friends of Westgarthtown
Container
... containers ...Dark blue and teal tin-plate container, enameled on outside. Lid with hexagonal knob. Both lid and body decorated with coloured magnolia motif.Sticker on base 'Boy Blue association of ….. (part missing) Net Weight: 16 ozs. (including wrapp…) made in England by George W. Horner & Co. Ltd., Chester - Le - Street. County of Durham'. Printed underneath sticker 'Made in England'.containers, domestic, tin, container, storage, biscuits? magnolia -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Accessory - Matches in a Holder, Early to mid 20th Century
A container to hold matches was a common item to have on the person or in the home in the first half of the 20th century. The original owner of this item is unknown.This item is of minor significance and is kept for display purposes only.Rectangular shaped metal container with gold edging and an oval green stone set in the lower part of the front cover. The back cover is damaged. Inside is gold coloured lining with an insert containing a packet of matches. The matches have a black paper body and white flammable heads. There is an inserted striking mechanism vintage accessories, warrnambool history -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Functional object - Dry Measurement Container, Late 18th to early 19th century (before the standardised measurement was introduced in England in 1824)
The peck has been in use since the early 14th century when it was introduced as a measure for flour. The term referred to varying quantities until the modern units of measurement were defined in the 19th century. Cities in England used to have official standard weights and measures for that city or area. These containers were marked with the city's name and emblem, merchant’s weights and measures would then be checked against this to make sure they weren't trying to cheat their customers. The item in the collection is a standard measure approved by Bristol City and used by that City’s grocers to measure dry goods such as peas, beans, sugar, flour, meal etc., and its metal banding ensures that the measure cannot be reduced in size to cheat customers. Additional Information: The British Imperial System evolved from the thousands of Roman, Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, and customary local units employed in the middle Ages. Traditional names such as pound, foot, and gallon were widely used, but the values so designated varied with time, place, trade, product specifications, and dozens of other requirements. Early royal standards were established to enforce uniformity took the name Winchester, after the ancient tenth century capital of Britain. King Henry VII reaffirmed the customary Winchester standards for capacity and length and distributed royal standards throughout the realm. This process was repeated about a century later in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. In the 16th century, the rod (5.5 yards, or 16.5 feet) was defined (once again as a learning device and not as a standard) defined by the length of the left feet of 16 men lined up heel to toe as they emerged from the church. By the 17th century usage and legal statute had established the acre, rod, and furlong at their present values together with other historic units such as the peck. Establishment of the System: The Weights and Measures Act of 1824 and the Act of 1878 established the British Imperial System based on precise definitions of selected existing units. The 1824 act sanctioned a single imperial gallon to replace the wine, ale, and corn (wheat) gallons that were in general use. The new gallon was defined as equal in volume to 10 pounds avoirdupois of distilled water weighed at 62°F with the barometer at 30 inches, or 277.274 cubic inches (later corrected to 277.421 cubic inches). The two new basic standard units were the imperial standard yard and the troy pound, which was later restricted to weighing drugs, precious metals, and jewels. In 1963 an act of parliament abolished archaic measures as the rod and chaldron and a metric system was adopted. An early example of a dry measuring container giving a snapshot of how imperial weights and measures developed in England to evolve the British measurement system into the metric arrangement that most countries have adopted today including Australia. It has social significance as an item that was in everyday use by grocers and other merchants to measure dry goods in the late 18th to early 19th centuries and used specifically in the Bristol region of England as an officially recognised measurement.Wooden measurement container with iron banding and hand made rivets container is a Quarter Peck official measurement container. Inscriptions are impressed into the sides of the wooden body. The container has the official crown and emblem of the City of Bristol, indicating this item was the Bristol City standard quarter peck measurement.Impressed into the timber on the front, a crown emblem over "C B G / CITY OF BRISTOL / QUARTER", on one side "HALF" , another side "PECK". Handwritten in white chalk on the base is "1458"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, weights and measures, quarter peck, measurement container, dry grocery measure, bristol city measurement standard, city of bristol, british weights and measures, 18th and 19th centure standard measures -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Functional object - Silver Vesta Case, Minshull & Latimer, 1901
The hallmarks on this vesta indicate that the vesta was made in Birmingham, England in 1901 by Minshull & Latimer. Vesta cases are small containers used to keep matches dry and prevent them from being ignited. There three types of vesta cases but the most popular design was the pocket vesta which could be hung from a chain and featured a ribbed bottom to strike a match.The social history objects held in the Burke Museum's collection help to tell the stories of Beechworth's past by showing the social, cultural, and economic aspects of the town's history.A small silver container with a hinged lid that has a ring attached to the top of it. There is an engraved pattern across the surface with a set of initials on the obverse of the case. The bottom of the case features a ribbed design.TD/ [initials engraved on obverse] M/ &/ L/ anchor symbol/ lion symbol/ b/ [hallmarks] A1194/vesta case, birmingham, 20th century, minshull & latimer, matchbox -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Domestic object - Basket, 1890-1920s
Before the invention of woven baskets, people used tree bark to make simple containers. These containers could be used to transport gathered food and other items but crumbled after only a few uses. Weaving strips of bark or other plant material to support the bark containers would be the next step, followed by entirely woven baskets. The last innovation appears to be baskets so tightly woven that they could hold water. Depending on soil conditions, baskets may or may not be preserved in the archaeological record. Sites in the Middle East show that weaving techniques were used to make mats and possibly also baskets, circa 8000 BCE. Twined baskets date back to 7000 in Oasisamerica. Baskets made with interwoven techniques were common at 3000 BCE. Baskets were originally designed as multi-purpose vessels to carry and store materials and to keep stray items about the home. The plant life available in a region affects the choice of material, which in turn influences the weaving technique. Rattan and other members of the Arecaceae or palm tree family, the thin grasses of temperate regions, and broad-leaved tropical bromeliads each require a different method of twisting and braiding to be made into a basket. The practice of basket making has evolved into an art. Artistic freedom allows basket makers with a wide choice of colours, materials, sizes, patterns, and details.Before the advent of plastics (1907), the is now used for many different types and styles of storage container rattan, wicker or cane was used to make containers with a lid for the storage of linens etc. The subject item was probability used at the end of the Victorian era and into the Edwardian period around the 1900s as a household storage facility. These types of wicker or cane containers started to go out of fashion due to their fragility around the 1920s into the 1940s due as well to the introduction of synthetic materials. Wicker cane rectangular shaped domestic storage container with reinforced leather pads on 4 corner sides. lid fits inside the other. Black cane piece around top edge.Noneflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Ceramic - Stoneware Container, 1900 to 1940
Stoneware is a rather broad term for pottery or other ceramics that is fired at a relatively high temperature. A modern technical definition is a vitreous or semi-vitreous ceramic made primarily from stoneware clay or non-refractory fire clay. Whether vitrified or not, it is non-porous, it may or may not be glazed. Historically, across the world, it has been developed after earthenware and before porcelain and has often been used for high-quality as well as utilitarian wares. As a rough guide, modern earthen wares are normally fired in a kiln at temperatures in the range of about 1,000°C (1,830 °F) to 1,200 °C (2,190 °F); stoneware's at between about 1,100 °C (2,010 °F) to 1,300 °C (2,370 °F); and porcelains at between about 1,200 °C (2,190 °F) to 1,400 °C (2,550 °F). Historically, reaching high temperatures was a long-lasting challenge, and temperatures somewhat below these were used for a long time. Earthenware can be fired effectively as low as 600°C, achievable in primitive pit firing, but 800 °C was more typical. Stoneware also needs certain types of clays, more specific than those able to make earthenware, but can be made from a much wider range than porcelain. A domestic item used to store food products as glazing makes the container non-porous, often used for pickling. Or larger containers for kitchen flour. Items age is difficult to determine given the same techniques for making stoneware are in use today. Stoneware containers were made by many potteries in Australia and England. They were in common domestic use before plastics were invented around 1940 to store goods so this subject item is probably from around 1900 to the 1940s. Item's significance is difficult to determine given it is not associated with a place, person, historic event, or manufacturer. Its significance lies with its use as a domestic object giving today a view into our social past.Stoneware circular container with wide opening, brown top and off white base. Handholds moulded on each side glazed finish, cracks in base.Noneflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, container, stoneware container, kitchen storage, kitchen ware -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Equipment - Equipment, Army, Food Container, 1968
Insulated metal container holding three lidded containersUS Contr No: DSA-400-67-C-6040-TR503food container, hot box -
Numurkah & District Historical Society
Stonewar Jar, Gravy container, Cinnamon container, Insecticide container
Stoneware jar, Gravy container, Cinnamon container, insecticide container (all items from 1950's, 1960's)kitchen, containers, stoneware jar, condiments, household items, insecticide -
Puffing Billy Railway
Motor Spirit, Highly Inflamable Transporting Tin Container
Motor Spirit Highly Inflammable Transporting Tin Container "Motor Spirit" is just another name for petrol. "K" and the "KS" Kasey Trolleys were two stroke petrol motors Operation, Care and Maintenance of Track Motors Victorian Railways, 1959 http://www.geoffsrailpix.com/Documents/Motors.pdf#zoom=100 gives the following : Inspection motor type B, - straight petrol Inspection motor type V, - pre-mixed petrol Motorised tricycle type M.T., - pre-mixed petrol Gang motor type K.S., - pre-mixed petrol Gang motor type K - pre-mixed petrol Motor cars altered for rail uses (Wiki) Petrol Inspection Car This was a small car numbered '1' and named the Inspection Car. It was built in England in 1923, but was not found in the 1936 stocktake. Gang Motor The eight-horsepower Gang Motor held five people, and was built at Arden Street in late 1923. In 1950 the vehicle was removed from the rolling stock register and given to "Way and Works" as a track motor. Motor Car The Motor Car was put into service in mid 1925, after being fitted with rail wheels in lieu of tyres. In 1927 the car was named "Mr Molomby's Inspection Car", and allocated to Seymour. It was scrapped in 1952. Dodge Cars There were seven Dodge cars in rail service. The cars were numbered 1 to 6, with car 7 listed "No 7 Repair". The cars were built by the Dodge Company of Melbourne and assembled at Newport. Construction was in 1925 and they lasted until 1949. Historic - Railways Permanent Way and Works - track equipment - Motor Spirit Highly Inflamable Transporting Tin ContainerMotor Spirit Highly Inflamable Transporting Tin Container made of tin Motor Spirit Highly Inflamable puffing billy, motor spirit transporting container -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Container - Shipping container - early concept
These strong riveted and sealed iron boxes were made in England in the 1930s to ensure overseas cargoes such as china, pottery, fabrics, tea and sugar were not damaged by sea water. Clever Australians later converted them to water tanks.An early example of the modern shipping container concept. Container used for transport of goods [early shipping container concept]shipping container -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Equipment - Equipment, Army, Food Container, 1976
Insulated metal container holding three separate lidded containersUS Wyott Corp. chey. WYO 1976. DSA-400-76-C-3932food container, hot box -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Household, Cruet Set, Early 20th century
The containers in this set would have held salt, pepper, and perhaps two types of vinegar. When bought some time in the 20th century it was a high quality item and would have been found in the home of a person of some means and perhaps used when visitors were being entertained. Today a simple salt and pepper set is more likely to be used during meals. This cruet set has no known local provenance but it is a very attractive item and is kept as a memento of the past. This cruet set has a metal base with four round metal knobs on the bottom. The base has a handle in a bowed shape with a circular top and midway across the handle are attached four rectangular metal shapes for holding the condiments. Four cut glass containers slot into the four holders. The containers are all rectangular-shaped, two with a narrower neck and a glass stoppers, one with a narrower neck and a metal top with a perforated lid and one with a metal top with a hinged lid. The metal base and handle are somewhat rusted.household items, history of warrnambool -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Tea, Tea Caddy, Mid 19th century
This tea caddy, an attractive item, was given to Margaret Fletcher (date of presentation unknown). A tea caddy in the 19th century was a valued object as tea was expensive and was bought in small quantities. The two side containers are for green and black tea and the middle one was for blending the tea mixtures. The caddy was lockable so that domestic workers etc could not have easy access to a valuable commodity. The local provenance of this object and the identity of Margaret Fletcher have not yet been established. She may be related to John Fletcher, the Warrnambool cordial maker or James Fletcher, the Warrnambool lawyer. This tea caddy is of great interest as an attractive artefact from the 19th century and as an example of a household item no longer in use. It is also of interest because it was given to Margaret Fletcher, possibly a local Warrnambool person. This is a polished wood container made in a casket style. The wood is believed to be Coramandel. The casket has curved sides and is on a base with four legs. The lid has a brass hinge and a gold lock with the key and the lock mechanism missing. Inside are three compartments, two with hinged lids with leather tops and zinc linings. The middle compartment has a glass container set in a wooden compartment. The inscription is on a brass plate inside the casket. ‘Presented to Margaret Fletcher as a Mark of Respect’. margaret fletcher, history of warrnambool