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Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Accessory - Needle Plate, Joseph Wertheim, ca. 1891
This sewing machine accessory was donated with our collection's Wertheim sewing machine accessory box. The box contains twelve accessories, the instruction book and the receipt for the purchase of a Wertheim sewing machine. The receipt was written on July 23rd 1891 by the Wertheim distributor in Melbourne, Hugo Wertheim. His business was the Wertheim Sewing Machine and Hapsburg Piano Depot, trading at 173 Williams Street, Melbourne. The purchaser was Mrs Burrowes from Burrumbeet, Victoria, a district northwest of Ballarat. She paid £6-6 (six pounds and six shillings) in cash. The receipt was signed by H. Wertheim and the other signatory looks like John A. Cherry. Hugo Wertheim (1854-1919) was an agent for his father’s cousin Joseph Wertheim, a well-established sewing machine manufacturer in Germany. He was born in Lispenhausen, Germany, and migrated to Melbourne in October 1875, where he opened a merchandising business at 39 Flinders Lane East. He returned to Germany in 1885 to marry Joseph Wertheim's daughter Sophie Emilie. The couple came back to Melbourne, and Hugo quickly established a substantial business selling sewing machines, bicycles, pianos and other mechanical devices, under brands such as Wertheim, Electra, Planet, Griffin and Hapsburg. He exhibited at agricultural shows and in 1901 at the Pan American Exposition, Buffalo, United States of America. One of his staff was O. C. Beale, who later set up his own piano business in New South Wales. Hugo continued to own 25 per cent of one of Beale's companies, which became Wertheim's Queensland business. In 1908 Hugo Wertheim opened a piano factory in Richmond, Melbourne, aiming to produce 2000 pianos and player pianos a year, predominantly using Australian materials. In laying the foundation stone, Prime Minister Alfred Deakin observed that “few men with such opportunities for a life of ease would have embarked on such an enterprise” Hugo died of chronic hepatitis in 1919 at his home in South Yarra. His eldest son, Herbert Joseph (1886-1972), continued the business. The piano factory closed in 1935, becoming a Heinz food processing plant and in 1955, GTV Channel 9 studios and offices. The Wertheim Sewing Machine Company – Joseph Wertheim (1804–1899) founded the company in 1868 in Frankfurt, Germany. At this time Joseph was the Frankfurt city delegate for the Democratic Party. At its height, the Wertheim factory employed approximately 650 workers. The company used a trademark of a dwarf holding a hammer which is known to have been used until at least 1925, however in 1909 a Star of David was also registered. In 1870 a Wertheim subsidiary was formed in Barcelona, Spain. The business imported and sold complete machines, including the English Jones machine. Locals began calling the sewing machines “las rapidas”, and the business became known as “las casa de las rapidas”. In 1915 production began of a totally manufactured Spanish Wertheim machine. Wertheim in Germany continued manufacturing machines until 1932 when the Wertheim family fled to Spain. Despite converting to Christianity from Judaism, they feared the political unrest in Germany during that time. Wertheim Spain became Rapida SA and was then the sole manufacturer of the Wertheim machines. The factory was managed by Karl Wertheim under the alias Carlos Vallin. The sewing machine accessory is part of a donation that connected to domestic life in 1891 during the Victorian era. It is significant for connecting the Melbourne distributor of Wertheim sewing machines, Hugo Wertheim, to Victoria’s northwest district where the purchaser lived. It is also significant for connecting the Melbourne distributor to the importing of goods from the well-known German manufacturer of early domestic sewing machines, Joseph Wertheim. Needle plate for a Wertheim sewing machine, made from a metal bar with machined holes for attaching and adjusting. Made by Joseph Wertheim, Germany, and distributed by Hugo Wertheim, William Street Melbourne. Circa 1891.flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, wertheim, sewing machine, victorian era, sewing machine accessory, wertheim sewing machine and hapsburg piano depot, wertheim sewing machines, needle plate, domestic machines, dressmaking, home industry, fashion -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Domestic object - Toy Cart, c1920
The Lehmann toy company exported toys to the USA from 1895 to 1929 and specialized in mechanical, friction transportation and lithographed wind-up tinplate toys. Founded by Ernest Lehmann Co. in Brandenberg, Germany, 1881. In 1951 the fim re-established and is still making friction toys. Some of the most famous include: Autobus, the Dancing Sailor and Icarus. Lehmann distinguished itself early 20th-century by releasing small tin toys which were cheaper than the toys the competition made. End of the 19th century, beginning of th 20th, competitors were producing heavy, cast-iron toys. By the 1920s the Lehmann company had a staff over 800 people and made 80+ different toy designs.How it is significant? (...this item is one of last remaining examples of German toy manufacturing prior to World War One. ) How it is significance to local history? (....this item represents the importance of preserving local history and culture.) German, clockwork, red and white tinplate cart with green and white driver with green pointed hat, being pulled by zebra with red ears and cord tail. 1881/ Lehmann 'Zikra' Marke Pat./USA Appl. / For Jan 1907, Dec 1913 lehmann, toy, beechworth, burke museum, zebra, cart, germany -
Friends of Westgarthtown
Newspaper, Queenslander Herald, No, 1914
Newspaper fragments with German text. Queenslander Herald.As per photo.documents, newspapers -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Buckle
Belt Buckle - German 1916 - Owner Unknownuniform, ww1, army -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Field Coat
West German Field Coat with Fleece Lineruniform, 1979, general -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Badge
Control Commission for Germany insignia - British issue.badge/buttons, between wars, army -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Coin
German 2 Phennig Coin dated 1910miscellaneous, 1910 -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Hat
Cap field M43 German Luftwaffe officerheadgear, ww11, general -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Plaque
Bronze, German soldiers with Skoda Mountain Gunplaque, ww1, army -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Uniform German belt buckle, 1913
Said to be brought home as a souvenir by Private Sweatman 22nd Battalion AIF.WW1 German Belt Buckle rectangle alloy GOTT MIT UNS with crown -
Hand Tool Preservation Association of Australia Inc
Plane
This item is part of the Thomas Caine Tool Collection, owned by The National Trust of Australia (Victoria) and curated by the Hand Tools Preservation Association of Australia.plane, wood, bench, jack, german, 2" -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, History of Doncaster, 1853
A brief history of early German settlement in Doncaster.A brief history of early German settlement in Doncaster.A brief history of early German settlement in Doncaster.doncaster, germans in australia, german evangelical lutheran church, breslau, waldau, schmann, max, thiele, gottlieb -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Heinz Rass, 1940
Heinz Rass, POW Camp 13 Murchison. Photo sent to George Campbell War Historian. Guard Camp 13.photo of Luftwaffe pilot Heinz Rass in Germanyheinz rass, luftwaffe pilots, pow's murchison, camp 13 murchison -
Shepparton RSL Sub Branch
Water Bottle, 1916 to leather strap
... german ...WW1 German Watter Bottel possibly captured by an Aussie Digger.Water Bottle WW1 German. Dated 1916 on Leather Strap. Metal with Corduroy Cloth Cover. With Metal Press Studs to cloth cove holding cover on. Leather strapping goes around neck with buckle and is studded together together at base of bottle. Burn hole to rear of cloth cover and dint to one edge and hole in cloth. Stopper appears to be a pull out type. Light brown stains all over.There is a makers nme and date on rear strap you can see 1916 and Schilddrichgerman, ww1, water bottle -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Folder, Sam Howard, 1980s
Folder of information on Sam Howard, Research, 1980ssam howard -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Folder, Mr Jacobs, 1875
Folder of information on Mr Jacobs, Research, 1875jacobs -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Folder, J. Johnson, 1880s
Folder of information on J Johnson, Research, 1880sj johnson -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Folder, James Kaye, 1870s
Folder of information on James Kaye, Research 1870sjames kaye -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Folder, Patrick Kearse, 1870s
Folder of information on Patrick Kearse, Research 1870spatrick kearse -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Folder, William Kidd, 1870s
Folder of information on William Kidd Research 1870swilliam kidd -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Folder, Thomas Baillie, 1880s
Folder of information on Thomas Baillie, Research 1880sthomas baillie -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Folder, Edward Beltison, 1884
Folder of information on Edward Beltison, Research, 1884edward beltison -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Folder, Edward Beltison, 1884
Folder of information on Edward Beltison, Research, 1884edward beltison -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Folder, Joseph Bull, 1873
Folder of information on Joseph Bull, Research, 1873joseph bull -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Folder, Alex Cameron, 1884
Folder of information on Alex Cameron, Research, 1884alex cameron -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Folder, Donald Cameron, 1883
Folder of information on Donald Cameron, Research, 1883donald cameron -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Folder, John Cockshutt, 1860s
Folder of information on John Cockshutt, Research, 1860sjohn cockshutt -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Photograph - Black and white print, 703/2, 24 July 1948
24/7/48. "The new building rises to displace the Old Pavilion which is soon to be demolished." "The new building is nearly finished." THK"24/7/48." Plant Research Laboratory.plant research laboratory, e. m. gibson collection -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Photograph - Black and white print, 903/2/4, 1947
Plant Research Laboratory. "Autumn 1947." EMGplant research laboratory, e. m. gibson collection -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Photograph - Black and white print, 946/4, 30 March 1948
"30/3/48." Plant Research Laboratoryplant research laboratory, e. m. gibson collection