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Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Lakes Post Newspaper, 1989c
Formerly Coco's Shoe Shop, known as Mitch's Place developed by Joy Mitchelson. Site has housed a diverse range of businesses. In 2005 bait shop and fishing gear.Black and white photograph of the fireplace in the residence behind a shop at 243 Esplanade, Lakes Entrance, Victoria.houses, local history -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph - Stewart's Butcher Shop, Davies, Judy, 2005
Taken prior to closing of the business and auction of plant and equipment in January 2005. Business started 1935c by Cloud Stewart, Snr. Final owner Ian McNamara.Colour photograph of Stewarts Butcher Shop, Esplanade, Lakes Entrance, Victoria.Stewart Brothers Butcher Shop retail trade, local history -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Cloth Chart, A.E. Putnam Co. Iowa, U.S.A, c. 1896
This item was used to measure accurately the length of cloth on a bolt of material without unwinding it. It also measured lace, all types of textiles and spools of ribbon. It is surmised it would have been used in general stores or department stores in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This item was discovered in the late 1980s behind an old safe at Swintons Stores in Timor Street in Warrnambool. The item appears to have been used extensively and would have been very useful during a stocktake. It may have been used in the Swinton Stores which were first established in Timor Street in 1865 with one section of the stores selling furnishings, furniture, clothing and clothing materials. The item was manufactured by A.E. Putnam of Iowa, U.S.A. There was a patent registered in 1896 and a later 'improved' model with a patent date of 1907. This item is of considerable interest because of its rarity and survival, its connection to Warrnambool General Stores in the past and its value as a research tool in local social and economic history. The possible connection to Swintons Stores is important as this business operated from 1865 to 2024 and was one of the longest-surviving family businesses in Australia. This is a rectangular-shaped wooden pole with one slightly flattened side and numbers marked on each side in patterns resembling brick walls. At the top of the pole are two wooden pieces attached to the pole by metal clips held by screws. The two wooden pieces are attached at a slight angle to the pole. The lower wooden piece is movable along the pole and has incised numbers. The wooden pieces are rectangular in shape with a large curved piece cut out to form the shape of a pennant. The maker's name is incised into the metal on the top attached wooden piece. Putnam's Cloth Chart Copyrighted 1896 Patent Pend'ggeneral stores in warrnambool, swintons stores in warrnambool, vintage measuring instrument for cloth -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Anderson family plumbing shop, 1900
Business - shop - in Melbourne, around the turn of the century of Robert Anderson Senior.HistoricalBlack & white photo. Business of Robert Anderson Snr's, shop between other buildings. Figures of six men, three young lads posing across the front. All figures with hats. Building of wood above windows, corrugated iron beside and below windows. Name of owner and trade in large printing.No. 132 Machinist and General smith, Brass Finisher, Gas Fitter - Robert Anderson. Plumber + C, Keys Fitted, Fitted & Repairs. Locksmith and Bell hanger.local history, photographs, buildings, collins street, sepia photograph, mrs emma anderson jacobs, robert anderson