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Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Nixon girls and parents, 1920s - 1940s
Series of photos loaned for copying by Thelma Nixon Edgar and Emily Nixon Davis.06 - The Nixon girls and parents at formal occasion.families, montague, sam nixon, mary nixon, thelma nixon edgar, emily nixon davis -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Group of mothers and children, 1920s - 1940s
Series of photos loaned for copying by Thelma Nixon Edgar and Emily Nixon Davis.07 - informal photo of group of mothers and children outside unknown cottagefamilies, montague, sam nixon, mary nixon, thelma nixon edgar, emily nixon davis -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Soldier wearing slouch hat, 1920s - 1940s
Series of photos loaned for copying by Thelma Nixon Edgar and Emily Nixon Davis .08 - sepia card of soldier wearing slouch hatfamilies, montague, sam nixon, mary nixon, thelma nixon edgar, emily nixon davis -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Christmas poem from newspaper boy, 1920s - 1940s
Series of photos loaned for copying by Thelma Nixon Edgar and Emily Nixon Davis.09 - image of a card left by the newspaper boy at Xmas. A poem ending with "So a Xmas box I won't refusefamilies, montague, sam nixon, mary nixon, thelma nixon edgar, emily nixon davis -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Montague Hall, Montague Street, 1920s - 1940s
Series of photos loaned for copying by Thelma Nixon Edgar and Emily Nixon Davis.11 - colour photo of Montague Hall on Montague St.families, montague, sam nixon, mary nixon, thelma nixon edgar, emily nixon davis, montague hall -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - South Melbourne Sub-district Association Football Team, Champions and premiers, 1920s - 1940s
Series of photos loaned for copying by Thelma Nixon Edgar and Emily Nixon Davis.12 - Colour photo of South Melbourne Sub-district Association Football Team. Champions and premiers 1935-36. Souvenir photo with names of team underneath.families, montague, sam nixon, mary nixon, thelma nixon edgar, emily nixon davis -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Nott Street girls netball team, 1920s - 1940s
Series of photos loaned for copying by Thelma Nixon Edgar and Emily Nixon Davis.13 - Nott St girls netball team 1937. Emily Nixon Davis is at top leftfamilies, montague, sam nixon, mary nixon, thelma nixon edgar, emily nixon davis -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - The Port Stars, five children in football gear, 1920s - 1940s
From series of photos loaned for copying by Thelma Nixon Edgar and Emily Nixon Davis .14 - Colour photo of five children in football gear - The "Port Stars".families, montague, sam nixon, mary nixon, thelma nixon edgar, emily nixon davis -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Scrapbook, A young girl's interests, Hazel Trembath Wilson, 1920s - 1940s
Hazel, aged 5, was one of 3 little girls who presented a beautiful workbox for Princess Elizabeth to the Duchess of York in 1927. Perhaps this stimulated her interest in the young princesses, although this was typical of young girls of the period. Scrapbook compiled by Hazel Trembath Wilson during the 1930s; illustrates a young girl's interests i.e. many pictures cut out of newspapers and magazines and pasted into bookdomestic life, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, children, costume, hazel trembath wilson, royal visit -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Percy MAY, Waterside worker, on tractor at Station Pier, Port Melbourne, 1940s
Photo of Percy MAY, waterside worker, on tractor at Station Pierpiers and wharves - station pier, piers and wharves - waterside workers, percy allan may -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Badge - ARP Warden, 1940s
Belonged to ARP (Air Raid Precautions) wardens. ARP operated during WWII and monitored the area to ensure no lights were visible.Front : Victoria; ARP; AL378 Back : Issued by State Emergency Council: Bentleywar - world war ii, air raid precautions, arp -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Charlie Landorf and two friends holding a fish, Fishermen's Bend, 1940s
B&W photo of Charlie Landorf and two friends holding a fish, on Bend.families, industry - fishing, fishermans bend, charles landorf -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Financial record - Wages Book, City of Port Melbourne, 1940s
.01 - City of Port Melbourne - salaries and wages, plus details of taxes, superannuation, war history and sick days, 1941 to 1955. Red leather cover. .02 - The State Accident Insurance Office memorandum - injured worker W G Horton, 05.12.1942 .03 - Letter to W W Donnell from R ADams re doctor's visit, 13.01.1947 .04 - Letter from Dr H Grover re W R Adam's health, 13.01.1948local government - city of port melbourne -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Various photos related to John James Gilcrist, John Gilcrist, 1940s - 1950s
From John Gilcrist via Janet Bolitho13 photos from John Gilcrist showing his father, John James Gilcrist, at Station Pier and Princes Pier, a view from the Shrine of Remembrance, Centenary Bridge, and his father and mother, Eileen Mary Gilcrist at their home at 16 McCormack Street Port Melbourne .01 - Princes Pier, Taroona, Port Hobart .02 - View from Shrine overlooking Albert Park Lake .03 - Between piers .04 - Princes Pier at night .05 - From Station Pier West finger pier .06 - House at 16 McCormack Street. (No. 12 McCormack Street also shown) .07 - Centenary Bridge1949-50 .08 - Outside 16 McCormack Street, showing Singer car. (Nos. 22, 24 & 26 McCormack Street also shown) .09 - John and Eileen Gilcrist in backyard .10 - South side of house at 16 McCormack Street .11 - South side of house at 16 McCormack Street .12 - Photo of Edwards Park .13 - East side of house at 16 McCormack Street Refer also to hand drawn plan of house and outbuildings at catalogue no. 2763piers and wharves - station pier, piers and wharves - princes pier, built environment, transport - roads, john gilcrist, john james gilcrist, mary eileen gilcrist, mccormack street -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Contract, Supply of garbage drays, W A Pentland, 1930s - 1940s
Photocopy contract to supply four garbage drays. W A Pentlandbuilt environment - industrial, w a pentland, sue pentland -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Various items relating to Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Port Melbourne, 1940s
Found among Holy trinity items . Appears to be house to house survey of owner/occupiers/children. Any relationship to church and number of childrenLarge gren/blue folder with darker shade binding and corners. Lists of Holy Trinity and other people .01 confirmation record 14.07.1941 .02 confirmation record 04.09.1946 .03 Finance record 31.12.1977 .04 two sheets of assorted information .05 Listing of Port Melbourne streets, numbers and names of residents - typed .06 Listing of Port Melbourne streets, numbers and names of residents - hand writtenB Bainbridge (in pencil on front cover)religion - anglican (holy trinity) -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Badge - ARP, 1940s
ARP (Air raid precautions) badge no AL377. Silver with red insert and red and blue print.Victoria ARP AL377 - front of badge Back of badge - Issued by State Emergency Servicelaw, war - world war ii, state emergency service, air raid precautions, arp -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Various Port Melbourne related, 1920s - 1940s
5 B&W photos: .01 - St Joseph's 1932 Merit class .02 - St Joseph's 1924 class .03 - St Joseph's altar boys 1930s .04 - First ladies to work at kitchens. Lady top left Veronica Jenkins. .05 - Troops on Kokoda track. Featuring Dan Leyden from Port Melbourne.An inscription is writen on the rear of each photograph.religion - roman catholic church (st josephs), business and traders, war - world war ii, armed services - army, lois stocks, veronica jenkins, dan leyden, phil johnson, leo prest, jim shanahan, brian mcclusky, edie rasmussen, john mcclusky, bill woodruff, tom connelly, andy power, bill richardson, kevin woodruff, frank quinn, joe addicoat -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Business docket: Geo. Ramm Bootmaker, circa 1940s
Donald Clark Collection. Four blank business dockets of Geo. Ramm Bootmaker of Tarnagulla. -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s - set of 2, late 1940s
Yields information about the impact of a snow storm in Wendouree Parade.Photo of an ex HTT Bogie tram travelling northbound in Wendouree Parade, near Windmill drive Nth, during a snowstorm. Photo taken prior to fitting red battery lamps and white triangles etc. Between 1946 & 52. Some suggestion of 1948. See also item 290. Two copies on file 289.1 and 289.2 289.2 - added 1/8/1997 - ex BTM display. Original donor unknown. Photo area slightly different to that of 289.2.trams, tramways, ballarat, bogie trams, wendouree parade, snowstorm -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, late 1940s
Yields information about the impact of a snow storm in Wendouree Parade.Photo of an Ex HTT bogie tram (see also item 289) in Wendouree parade, just north of present BTM depot junction, with crew standing in front of tram brushing snow off front after a snowstorm. Approx date between 1946 and 1952, possibly 1948. See Reg. Item 2793 for another print of this photograph.On rear in pencil "26/88" plus other markingstrams, tramways, ballarat bogie tram, wendouree parade, snowstorm -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, mid 1940s
Yields information and history of the Western Hotel through photographs, in the form of a laminated table mat.Plastic placement with a reproduction of a Post War II(?1946 colour scheme),of tram No.13 turning into Ripon Street North travelling to View Point. Street scene highlights Western Hotel on a wet afternoon, by clothing on street walkers & bare branched trees, late Autumn to early spring. Reverse of side of plastic placemat portrays Western Hotel in Victorian Centenary year of 1938. Images rescanned 29/10/2013.trams, tramways, ballarat trams, secv, sturt st -
Melbourne Legacy
Book - Minutes, Minutes B. of M. meetings Dec 1940 - Dec 1941, 1940s
Detailed account of meetings conducted by the Melbourne Legacy Club for the period December 1940 - December 1941. Moved to Archive cupboard H with all other BOM minutes - number to be reassigned TBCReveals the issues relevant to the Club at the time.Book with blue cover and white pages with financial information red columns. Index. Four sheets of foolscap paper taped to the fly leaf.Spine,vol. xiii, printed in gold. Cover, "Legacy Club / Melbourne / Minutes / B. of M. meetings / Conferences etc. / Dec. 1940 - Dec. 1941" printed in gold lettering.minutes, activities, board of management -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Gordon Keith Federal Truck, 1940s
Gordon Keith's truck carting a log outside Connell's Whittlesea Tea Rooms in Whittlesea. After leaving the air force when World War II ended, Gordon Keith started driving trucks. He carted logs and sawn timber from Kinglake, Yea, and Murrindindi to Whittlesea Sawmill, Grange Timber in Northcote, and Fairfield Paper Mills. Photograph printgordon keith, federal truck, whittlesea tea rooms, connell family, keith family -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Accessory, Needlepoint Case: Embroidered Silk Exterior with Internal Mirror, 1940s
The Kew Historical Society's Fashion & Design collection includes a small and representative collection of women's fashion accessories, purchased, inherited or collected by members of the Society. These items date from the Nineteenth and Twentieth centuries, and conform to fashions and styles popular during the period of their use. Some of the items are handmade, while others are mass-produced commercial products. Black silk embroidered with flowers compact with and internal mirrorfashion accessories, personal accessories -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Accessory, Tapestry Evening Bag on Metal Frame, 1940s
The Kew Historical Society's Fashion & Design collection includes a small and representative collection of reticules, purses and handbags, inherited, owned, used and or donated by members of the Society. These items date from the Nineteenth and Twentieth centuries, and conform to fashions and styles popular during the period of their use. Some of the items are handmade, while others are mass-produced commercial products. Machine woven tapestry evening bag on metal frameevening bags, women's clothing -- accessories, bags -- handbags, bags -- reticules, bags -- purses, fashion accessories -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Container - Biscuit tin, 1940s
Old tin, perhaps originally used for tea but later used by the family of Dorothy Rogers, historian, to store biscuits.Four-sided tin with degraded enamel decoration. Separate lid and moveable handleNiltins, containers, dorothy rogers -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Container, Ormiston Type Cleaner, 1940s
Ormiston Rubber Co. Pty Ltd started in Moonee Ponds Melbourne in 1937. Its origins can be traced back to 1876 when Barnet Glass migrated from Manchester, England and established Barnet Glass Rubber in Carlton. Container used to house 'Ormiston Type Cleaner', a product used for cleaning typewriter and adding machine type, rubber and metal stamps. . Made in Australia by the Ormiston Rubber Company Pty Ltdgummed labels, containers -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Container, Dandy Best Lills, 1940s
Printed cardboard container used to retail nickel plated 'best lills', which were small pins.4 oz nett / Dandy / Solid Headed Nickel Plated / Best Lills / Made in Australiadandy pty ltd, containers, pins -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Assorted Service Medals x 6, Circa 1940s
Bronze "Italy Star" WWII Europe and Mediterranean Theatre Service. Bronze "Burma Star" WWII Burma Theatre Service Pacific. Bronze "Atlantic Star" WWII Battle of the Atlantic. Air Crew Europe France and Germany. Bronze " France and Germany Star" WWII Central and Northern European Theatre Service. United Nations Service Medal. Korea . Issued for service under U N Command in Korea . U N 1st International Award. United Nations Medal UNFICYP. Issued in 1964 to UN Servicemen in Cyprus. For the restoration of Law and Order. In the Service of Peace.