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Rutherglen Historical Society
Spokeshaves
Used in carpenteringSpokeshaves. 3 large and 2 small blades with wooden handlesOn Largest: "Isaac Greaves" -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Photograph, Mason, John
Captain John Mason came from Stirling in Scotland, arriving at Port Fairy in 1844. One year after James Atkinson obtained his Special Survey of the area. Thus his life covers all the history of Port Fairy when it was known as Belfast. He married Jane Murray in Portland in 1846 and they had 5 children, Jane died in 1855 and ten years later he married Ann Brown widow of Abijah Brown. They had no children and she died in 1887. In due course he became known as Captain Mason, he was not a sea captain, but captain of the Belfast Volunteers, a Rifle Corps formed in 1859 as a consequence of the Crimean War, and later reconstituted as the Belfast Volunteer Corps. For 40 years he displayed a remarkable versatility in his various occupations. Starting as an Innkeeper - he took over the Stag Inn from Captain Saunders in 1852, for 3 years. He then became a carpenter, stonemason, architect, estate agent honorary technical advisor to the Borough and treasurer to the Shire, and Savings Bank Secretary. They thought so well of John mason in Belfast that they elected him to the first Roads Board in 1853 and to the first Municipal Council in 1856. He was Chairman four times and with Councillors David Talbot and Joseph Whitehead designed the Council's Common Seal and the Motto "Commune Bonum".He was the first Mayor of the Borough in 1863 for a period of 7 weeks. He was responsible for the design, supervision or construction of many of the buildings in the town; most still standing today. He built the Rosebrook Bridge in 1855 and the first official Post Office ( a timber structure in Bank Street) in 1857, replacing it with a stone office in 1865. he built the Court house in 1859 and completed the breakwater between Rabbit Island and Griffith Island started by James Atkinson and John Griffith in 1849, also the first bridge over the Moyne river which connected with Battery Lane and the Bay. Among the many buildings associated with John Mason are Gobles Mill, Tynemouth Villa, 10-12 Princes Street, the Mechanics Institute, the Commercial Hotel, Yambuk and Mickey Bourke's Pub in Koroit. However, he did not build "Riverdale" in Gipps Street as is thought. He had a store and workshop on this site but sold the property in 1872 before the house was built. After an almost uninterrupted term as Councillor starting with the Municipality in 1856, John resigned from the Council in 1873. He well deserved the illuminated address they gave to him and the toast that they drank in the Bank Hotel champagne. Within the year he was working for the Borough as its engineer., surveyor, general supervisor and advisor of public works, simply as the man to whom all difficult problems were referred and at very little expense. John Mason was a great worker for his town and devoted himself unsparingly to the community. That his work was appreciated was shown by the way in which people rallied to his aid when, in the end, he found himself in financial difficulties and his reputation was challenge; arrested for embezzling from the Savings Bank of which he was the actuary in 1882. The money was repaid and the charges found not proven at his trial. He was an early member of the Loyal Prince Albert Lodge, and a founding member of the smaller Loyal Belfast Lodge in 1863. He was also a member of the Horticultural Society. Captain John Mason Died on the 14th of October 1891 (see also 62-04-046 photo)Sepia photograph on heavy cardStevenson & McNicoll photo. 108 Elizabeth Street Melbourne copies can be obtained at anytimedefence, captain, mason, carpenter, councillor, mayor -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Tool - Brace & Bit, John S Fray, 1883 - 1906
Context: A brace is a hand tool used with a bit (drill bit or auger) to drill holes, usually in wood. The pressure is applied to the top and the tool is rotated with a U-shaped grip. Bits used to come in a variety of types but today the more commonly used Ridgeway and Irwin pattern bits also rely on a snail point (called the snail), which is a tapered screw point shaped the same as a wood screw thread, which helps to pull the bit into the wood as the user turns the brace handle and applies pressure. The designs used today come from an original idea and pattern invented by John S Fray. Company History: John S. Fray (1833 ) immigrated to Bridgeport Connecticut USA from England in the 1850s and established a working relationship with Nelson Spofford, who held an 1858 patent for a bit brace (the tool could be augured in a continuous circular motion by hand). He established the John S. Fray Co. around the same time and immediately began producing the Spofford bit brace. Fray himself held at least two patents: one awarded in 1869 for a boring brace attachment, and another awarded in 1883 for a tool handle. By 1889, the firm was located at the industrial complex that sits between the former International Silver Company and the former Bridgeport Chain Company on Crescent Avenue and is identified on the Sanborn Insurance Atlas as a manufacturer of Spofford bit braces, hollow handle awl, and toolsets. The company was in competition with Peck Stow and Wilcox Co. of Southington, and in 1898 was enjoined from making a ratchet bit brace for which the latter company held a patent. By the 1920s, the factory had been purchased by the Stanley Company of New Britain and leased to the American Tube and Stamping Company, a manufacturer of brass, copper, seamless, and bicycle tubing, which also ran a rolling mill to the south on Stafford Avenue (now demolished). The Stanley Company bought both mills in 1926, perhaps as a strategic move to be located along the Bridgeport Harbour, through which much of the raw material used in its operations throughout the state came. By the 1950s, the Crescent Avenue operations had been moved to other sites in Connecticut, and Stanley again leased the building to a company called Cornwall and Patterson, a manufacturer of piano hardware. Today the building appears to be vacant. An early carpenters tool made by a well known early manufacturer from America who instigated many innovations to the making of tools. His early pattern for the improvement of a tool that could be used for the boring of holes in wood was a significant step forward. His design for a boring brace attachment and later a specific handle is still in use today and his original brace and bit is now sought after by collectors of antique tools. Spofford Carpenter's Bit Brace metal has bit attached. Wing nut holds bit in place but nut missing. holds bit in place. 285mm long x 160mm Noneflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BASIL MILLER COLLECTION: ELECTRIC TRAM NO. 3
Black and white postcard of Bendigo Tramways Electric Tram No. 3 showing a driver and a conductor. Advertising 'Hartley's Everything for Sport'. Taken in front of Bendigo Cemetery, Carpenter St, Bendigo.Kodak Australiaperson, individual, basil miller -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1890 c
SS Bogong built Williamstown 1878, wrecked on return to Lakes Entrance September 1896Black and white photograph showing SS Bogong moored at New Works Wharf, shows John Carpenters twin gabled house on foreshore at rear of boat. Lakes Entrance Victoriaboats and boating, tourism, jetties, accommodation -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1999c
This building was the original home of the family of George Carpenter, son of John Carpenter, first contractor for construction of the man-made entrance to the lake system, the house was relocated to Hunters Lane, December 2002.Colour photograph of Skippers Restaurant, Esplanade. The photograph shows a weatherboard building, corrugated iron roof, gabled extension at left end, hipped extension at right. Historical evidence shows that the building consists of additions to original smaller residence. Lakes Entrance Victoriaarchitecture, township, restaurant -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Document - Photocopy, Indenture between Joseph Leeming and Joseph Lockwood, 1763
Indenture for a Carpenter's Apprentice between Joseph Leeming of Sleadsike, in the Township Hipperholme with Brigghouse in the County of York, Carpenter, and Joseph Lockwood, son of John Lockwood of Nabb End, 29 September 1763.Joseph Lockwood is the father of William Henry Lockwood, Engineer, Shire of Whittlesea.2 loose pages, photocopies.william lockwood, joseph lockwood, john lockwood, indenture, carpenter apprentice -
Federation University Historical Collection
Plan, Ballarat School of Mines New Workshops, 1912, 08/1912
Original plan for new workshops for the Ballarat School of Mines. Includes elevations and sections, abd has been coloured with watercolour. The new workshops housed carpenters shop, plumbers, blacksmihing and stores. ballarat school of mines, new workshops, carpentry, blacksmithing, plumbing, architectural plan, laboratory -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: ALL ABOARD
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2002. All aboard: a Bendigo tram when the line ran along Mitchell and Carpenter streets to the cemetery, circa 1960. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph - copy, 1988 copy
Photographed at Exhibition of Camp memorabilia displayed at Temper Home for Aged, Bayswater, Victoria, 1981.Colour photograph of handmade wooden articles. Tools and planes made by Master Carpenter Reinhard Beilharz and a jewel box and inlay brooches he made for his wife Therla. Negative no. 19.hand made, reinhard beilharz, handcrafts, wood working tools, pow, camp internees, temple society -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, A. Beilharz, 1940's
Made in Camp 3, possibly originally part of the 4 x 4 red gum which supported the shed.Colour photograph of wooden carpenter planes, wooden jewel cases and on left a table on which is a portion of a beanie or tea cosy. Coloured red with a black and brown circle and brown/faune lining.camp 3, hand made objects, wooden objects, camp 3 hand crafts, camp 3 carpenter planes, a. beilharz, templer society -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1958
Waygara Sawmilling Company owned by Harry Lederman of MelbourneColour photograph of Hancocks bogie drive truck loaded with timber from Waygara Sawmilling Company Sardine Creek parked in front of Hancocks depot Carpenter Street Lakes Entrance Victoriafishing industry, transport -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Charles H Daniel, 1963
Charles Daniel and Charles Hancock Snr owned C.H. and D Credits Pty Ltd. In background Hillman car, Commer truck and Leyland Comet truckColour photograph taken during the construction of Hancock Engineering workshop with Brian, Charles Snr, Trevor, Charles Jnr Hancock standing in front of construction Carpenter Street Lakes Entrance Victoriapeople -
Orbost & District Historical Society
carpenter's pincers, first half 20th century
The main purpose of carpenter's pincers is to pull out nails from wood without damaging the surface. These carpenter's pincers would have been used in Orbost in the construction of new buildings or on a rural property for maintenance.This item is an example of a domestic carpentry tool in common use before the widespread use of power tools.Pincers with long, rounded, pivoted metal handles ending in a pair of jaws for gripping and extracting nails or holding or gripping small objects.woodworking tool pincers carpentry -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BENDIGO BUSINESSES COLLECTION: BRIAN JOHNS
Colour photograph of Brian Johns yard, showing a red truck, an house, stones and various materials all around. Brian Johns monumental mason Carpenter Street, photo taken July 1993bendigo, business, brian johns -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, 1950
Taken by photographer for State Rivers and Water Supply Commission.Medium sized black and white photograph. Murchison Camp 13 - Water Commission Camp in 1950 Collection of army huts with tall eucalypt foreground Carpenters shop bottom left hand cornervictorian state rivers and supply commission, camp 13, murchison, water commission camp -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Goulburn Weir, 1890
Taken by photographer for State Rivers and Water Supply Commission.Medium sized black and white photograph. View from south of weir under construction Two carpenter's trestles foreground Trees in mid distance background Canoe in middle dry channel in foregroundvictoria state rivers and water supply commission, goulburn weir -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Slide, Robin Boyd, 1964
In 1964, Robin and Patricia Boyd spent several weeks on a world tour - Boyd took a leading role at the International Design Conference in Aspen and he also visited Chicago, Yale University, and New York’s World Fair. The Boyds then travelled on to England, Finland (especially to see Tapiola), Russia and India to see Le Corbusier's Chandigarh, and also Hong Kong and Thailand.Colour slide in a mount. Looking down the ramp onto 22 Prescott St from the Carpenter Centre for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 1963. (Architect: Le Corbusier.)Made in Australia / 7 / AUG 64Mslide, robin boyd -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Postcard, 1940c
Also one similar images, 7 x 12.5, donated by Pam Cole, Lara VicBlack and white postcard of Bullock Island, and rock groynes, Reeves and Entrance Channels and Carpenter Town at the New Works, taken from Jemmys Point, dense vegetation in foreground. Lakes Entrance VictoriaThe Entrance Lakes Entrancetownship, waterways, topography -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1956 c
Black and white photograph of the float being built for the Miss Henley Parade. Featuring a large white swan, built by Mr Head of Yarram and campers in Carpenters Camp Park Lakes Entrance Victoriacaravan parks, tourism -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Photograph - Photograph: Masters, Tarnagulla, c. 1890s
This business and building once stood on the east side of Commercial Road, Tarnagulla. Williams Family Collection. Monochrome photograph of Philip Masters, carpenter and undertaker, and another man in front of Masters' business premises in Tarnagulla, Victoria. A small cottage can be seen behind the store. An original photograph, mounted on card. Handwritten on back: 'Tarnagulla & District' tarnagulla, education, school, children -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Postcard, 1924
Believed to be sent to George Carpenter Christmas 1924A greeting card from Huddart Parker Limited with phoptograph of TSS Ulimaroa inside and a fully rigged sailing ship on back cover Sydney Harbour AustraliaThe Chairman and Directors of Huddart Parker Limited send Christmas Greetings 466 Collins St. Melbourne Christmas 1924boats and boating, settlement, history -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1900
Copy was purchased by Carpenters from Helen ClothierBlack and white photograph of two bullock teams and drivers hauling large logs down a steep bush track first team crossing a log bridge, man on bridge, Tambo Crossing VictoriaNear Tambo Crossing East Gippslandaccommodation, hotels, transport -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Furniture - Cabinet, Eye Wash Station, 1950s
.01 - small cream coloured wooden cabinet with hinged clear perspex door. Green label with cream printing "Eye wash stand" .02 - Spirax notebook "EyeWash station no 7, Carpenters Shop"health - general health, health - occupational health and safety, industry - manufacturing, industry - food, swallow & ariell ltd, arnott's biscuits ltd, first aid -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Lakes Post Newspaper, 1/02/1996 12:00:00 AM
Black and white photograph showing Peter McGauren MHR unveiling a plaque to mark the opening of the Fishermens Gear Store with Peter Clark LEF Coop Board Chaiman Carpenter Street Lakes Entrance Victoriafishing industry -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1/05/2002 12:00:00 AM
Colour photograph of East Gippsland CWA members, left to right are Marie Redenbach, unknown, Sue Morrison, Peggy Smith at Host Month lunch in CWA Hall Carpenter Street Lakes Entrance Victoriacelebrations, clubs -
Clunes Museum
Tool - SAW SET, HIGHGATE TOOL COLD
TOOL MANUFACTURED TO SET SAWS USED BY CARPENTERS AND WOODWORKERS.SAW SET - TOOL FOR SETTING SAWS - TURNED WOODEN HANDLE WITH METAL GUAGE.HIGHGATE TOOL COLD ENGLISH M.local history, trades, tools -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Postcard, 1915c
ED McRae relative of Betty Carpenter nee McRaeBlack and white postcard of the grave of Cpl ED McRae 3872 5th Btn in Ypres Military Cemetery Ypres Francecemeteries, world war 1914-1918 aif, memorials -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Bay Street from the Sugar Works, Sandridge, c. 1872
One of a series assembled for the Melbourne Exhibition of 1873, original mount hanging in Engineering Department at Port Melbourne Town Hall at 19-9-1994. This set of prints belonged to Town Clerk Syd ANDERSON, then to his daughter-in-law Phyllis ANDERSON (donor). Accompanied by list of captions, both hand written and typed (the latter a partial listing).View of Bay Street from Sugar Works c 1872 showing Seisman's Royal Mail, Lambs and Royal Hotels, earliest Swallow & Ariell building and Rouse Street and Bay Street shops including carpenter's."P Anderson" on back, ink. On face of photo someone has in the 1990s added a numeral in ink. This has been retouched out on our digital copies.swallow & ariell ltd, sydney sims anderson, town clerks, bay street, rouse street, nott street, business and traders - hotels, business & traders - manufacturing -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Holding M, 1997
various other Street shot photographsColour photograph showing Chinese takeaway, Lakes printing, Surf Shack, Fish O Fare, Wells Fargo retail stores on the corner of Carpenter Street and the Esplanade. This was the site of Harbeck store. Lakes Entrance Victoria.retail trade, construction