Sepia studio head & shoulders portrait photo. Male aged thirty years, turned up collar with neck tie. Jacket. Printed on front. Charlemont, Sydney and Melbourne. By appointment to his Excellency the Governor. Printed reverse. Charlemont & Co Vice Regal Photographers. The Royal Arcade Sydney and at 114 Elizabeth Street Melbourne.Charlemont, Sydney & Melbourne.photograph, person, male

Shows the impact of a major rain event near the Victoria Market and the former creek bed of Elizabeth Street acting as a drain. Cars floated and trams were damaged.Yields information about a major rain event in Elizabeth St during 1972 and the impact it had on vehicles and tramway operations.Set of five black and white photographs of major flooding in Elizabeth St 17-2-1972. Copied by the donor from negatives provided by the photographer.floods, elizabeth st, tramways, events, trams, melbourne

Item was from the shop then known as Aitken & Commins in Rutherglen.Catalogue of trunks, bags and leather goods available from Lacy & Osborne, Melbourne. Booklet printed on paper with a pale green cover.Written in pencil at top of cover: "Recd Nov 16th 1922" Address of manufacturer altered on cover: "248 Elizabeth Street" crossed out in red ink. Rubber stamp: "New Address: 389-398 Lonsdale St"leather goods, trunks, retail documents, aitken & commins

The photograph taken in 1927 of young Greek men celebrating the 21st birthday of Bill Florence. One of the men is playing the mandolin, a very popular instrument on the island of Ithaca. It is assumed that some of the men worked at the Golden Key Cafe, possibly Bill Florence, as the truck belonged to the business. Bill was nephew of the proprietors of the cafe. The Golden Key Cafe was established in the 1923 by Demetrios Vlassopoulos (Kopela) and brother-in-law Spiros Raftopoulos (Levendis) in the town of Red Cliffs in the Mildura district. Spiros eventually left and established a business in Merbein. The Golden Key was run by Demetri until the mid 1950s, following which his daughter and son-in-law, Nitsa and Kyriakos Kyriakakis took over the business. Although Ithacan Greeks tended to settle in the capital cities and worked in either catering or food retail areas, some ventured further afield into regional towns where they opened cafes, or worked on farms in the surrounding districts. A black and white photograph of five men enjoying themselves at a picnic. One man is playing a mandolin while another man is pouring a drink into a mug. They are sitting on boxes in front of a small truck which has the words 'The Golden Key' printed on the side of the cabin. There are five bottles of beer on the ground in front of the men.Stamped on the back: ITHACAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY INCORPORATED/ A0027411E/329 ELIZABETH STREET MELBOURNE/VICTORIA 3000/AUSTRALIA/PO BOX 611D MELBOURNE 3001/TELEPHONE (03) 670 0230 Stamped in blue O 384

These advertisements were found in a suitcase donated by a GHS member. The case contained newspapers and other items. This advertisement is for Henry Marks, a furniture store in Elizabeth Street Melbourne, dated 1888.Although the advertisement not Greensborough based, it came from a local home.Digital copy of newspaper advertisement.henry marks

Wooden truncheon, used by volunteer constables during 1926 Police strike. Issued to Leslie J Robertson of Sackville St Kew to assist in protecting the stores in Elizabeth Street, Melbourne.The 1926 Police strike was an important event in Victoria's history. As an artefact, issued to volunteers, the truncheon is a remnant of that event.Solid wood varnished police truncheon with cord loop threaded through a hole below where held. These truncheons were issued to volunteer constables during 1926 Police Strike.1926 police strike, volunteer constables, truncheons, batons, police equipment

Emma was one of the first white children born in the Barrabool Hills (Geelong) to parents Richard and Elizabeth Phillips. Emma Eliza Jane Phillips was one of the first white children born in the Barrabool Hills (South Geelong) in the Port of New South Wales on 25/04/1844 and died at "Gracedale" Yendon 12/10/1925, age 81. Emma was the daughter of Richard Price Phillips and Elizabeth Anne Goodenough. Richard, originally a coach plater, was the licensee of "The Thistle Inn", a small hotel on the corner of Corio and Yarra Streets. Elizabeth appears to have had a dressmakers shop around the corner in Yarra Street. Emma married Thomas Watson in Ballarat in 18--? Thomas William Watson was born in Harston, Cambridge, England on10/11/1838 and died at "Gracedale", Yendon, Victoria, Australia 27/04/1920, age 81. He came to Australia seeking gold but instead of finding a fortune he worked for the Victorian Railways. After living in Sebastapol and Ballarat North they settled on a small farm at Yendon named "Gracedale" They were married in Ballarat at Saint Paul's Church of England in Ballarat East. Emma sang in the choir and was a member of the Ballarat Philharmonic Society. They first lived in Sebastapol, then Crompton Street, Ballarat North before building a house at Yendon. Thomas and Emma had 10 children, five boys and five girls, also rearing 3 grandchildren. Thomas and some of his sons ( including John Richard) helped to cut the original steps at Lal Lal to the bottom of the Lal Lal Falls.Photograph of a woman seated at a table with one elbow resting on books. Her jewllery has been hand painted in gold and the top book cover in green. C1860Front: Benson & Stevenson 108 Elizabeth Street Melbourne Copies can be obtained at any time Verso: Emma Eliza Jane (Phillips) Watson; 1844-1925; 81yrs; Died "Gracedale" Yendon, Vic; Born - South Geelong/Barrabool Hills; Dad's (John Richard Watson) motheremma eliza jane phillips, emma eliza jane watson, barrabool hills, yendon, thomas watson, richard price phillips, elizabeth goodenough, lal lal falls

Four receipts for furniture from various businesses in Melbourne. (a) Thos J Taylor, Furniture warehouse 241 - 3 Elizabeth Street, (b) Mack Furnishing Company, 122 Flinders Street, (c) J Passmore, The Prahan Furniture Manufacturer, 136 to 146 Commercial Road, (d) similar to above, but different sized docket. All of the receipts are made to Mrs. Irving.organization, business, furniture receipts, thos j taylor, furniture warehouse, mack furnishing company, flinders street , j passmore , commercial road prahan

History prior to 1946 unknown. Camera etc was purchased by the donor in 1946 from Herbert Small Camera Supply then in Elizabeth Street Melbourne. Donor used camera regularly until recent years.'Etue' folding camera with accessories (camera, case, 3 negative containers in a imitation leather & cardboard container) and an additional slide tray. Camera can be used with glass plates, cut negative film and film packs. When camera is opened the lens, bellows etc slide into position. The whole lot slides on a rail system and can be locked in the position required. Item to be photographed can be viewed in a viewfinder which can be turned to a horizontal or vertical plane. In the viewfinder has a small bubble level. It includes an oblong chrome wire which is used to set the minimum distance from lens to object.|Camera is of steel covered and is covered with leather with a carrying handle. provision is made in the back to carry a film slide in a small envelope style pocket|Camera is made by Kamera Werkstatten of Dresden c1920.|It has a 'Zeiss Tessar' 1:4.5 lens of 10.5 cm focal length. Shutter is a 'Compur' with speeds of 1 to 1/250th of a second with Bulb and Time. It also has a delayed action feature. It also has a double extension for close up studies.|When folder it is a mere 4.5 cm from front to back, which cause it to be advertised as the slimmest camera made.|Camera case is made of brown tooled leather with a chrome clip and adjustable carrying handle - lid open upwards for the camera .Case is lined with a purple type of velvet material. 10 Items in total.photography, cameras, camera accessories

Photocopy, A4, 32 pagesadobe house, anna merle davidson, clay nuneham, diamond street, eltham, fay street, florrie's cottage, george victor davidson, graeme butler & associates, handfield street, hazel's cottage, heritage assessment, houses, john harcourt, langi dorn, mcmahon ball residence, mudstone acre, muriel elizabeth handfield, peter street, pise house, rocknall, shire of nillumbik, stanhope house, stanhope street, york street

Kept by Robert POWELL at 175 Bay Street, Port Melbourne, and discovered c1980 at rear of the premises 173 by Arnold GOETZ of Alfred M NOTT when moving in. (Fred NICHOLAS, Chemist, had been previous occupant for 50 years). 'Particulars of pledges' register from pawn shop Johnny Allsorts of Bay Street. Dark blue fabric cover bound in leather. One of three from the 1890s, this from 22.4.1891 to 23.3.1892depression, business and traders - pawnbrokers, robert powell, elizabeth powell, bay street, johnny allsorts pawnbroker, arnold w goetz

Post card sent from Priscilla PETERSON ( nee HUME)to her niece Elizabeth PROCTOR (nee HUME) who was living Littleton, Massachusetts, USA in 1908. At the time Pricilla and Frederick were living with their daughter, Lottie at 23 Ross Street, Port Melbourne.Sepia postcard of three members of the Peterson family standing in lattice arch beside a hydrangea bush at 23 Ross Street,, Port Melbourne.On reverse: Mrs H F Proctor, Littleton, Massachuttes (sic) USA. 23 Ross Street, Port Melbourne , Australia, Jan 14 08 Dear Elizabeth Yo said you would like to see us in our home S here we are in our side entrance. Myself, Husband & Lottie. Hope to hear from you soon. Love from all to all. Aunt Priscilla.priscilla peterson, priscilla hume, frederick peterson, lottie peterson, families, elizabeth proctor, ross street

A studio portrait of Peter Karantgis. Peter, together with his brother John and brother-in-law John Raftopolous (Patakia) owned and operated the London Cafe in Elizabeth Street. The cafe was previously owned by the Ithacan Alexandratos brothers.A sepia photograph of a studio portrait photograph of a well-dressed young man.

The Bendigo Chamber of Commerce and Industry was constituted in 1886 with the vision to be the single voice for the business community across greater Bendigo. ‘Be.Bendigo’ is the trading name of the organisation ‘Bendigo Business Council’ which was formed in 2008 as a merger between two Bendigo business organisations: The Bendigo Chamber of Commerce and Central Victorian Business Network (CVBN). Upon the merger, Bendigo Business Council continued the functions of both the Chamber and CVBN by providing advocacy, networking and events to members and partners.Large minute book/journal with hand-written minutes of meetings. First minutes' entry dated 11 December 1922. Last entry 25 March 1925. Includes lists of names, addresses and phone numbers of Committee members. Dark green covers with dark red binding. 192pp. Printed by George Robinson and Coy PTY Ltd Commercial Stationers Elizabeth Street Melbourne.history, bendigo, bendigo chamber of commerce collection

Rose Series postcard No. P 3497, titled "Bourke Street looking to Parliament House, Melbourne". Photo looking east from near Queen Street with one double decker bus at the Elizabeth Street stop with other buses in the distance. Two trams can be seen in Elizabeth Street on either side of Bourke Street. A horse drawn cart can be seen climbing the hill. On the northside of the Bourke Street can be seen, Warburton Franki & Co, Electrical Engineers; Coles & Garrard, Optometrist; General Post Office (GPO); Myer; Buckley and Nunn and Foy's department stores. Yields information about Bourke Street mid to late 1940s.Postcard - printed real photograph with Rose Stereograph Co. name on the rear.tramways, trams, bourke st, buses, elizabeth st, mmtb buses, leyland, td5c class

Valentine's postcard titled "Collins Street Melbourne", Number V36, looking east from Elizabeth Street. Two trams are in the far distance. In the view are signs for Kodak, Alans Music, Cooks, Centreway Arcade, The Age and The Herald.Yields information about Collins Street during the 1930s.Postcard - printed, unused, Valentine Seriestrams, tramways, collins st

The top floor of Michael's Building situated on the corner of Elizabeth and Lonsdale Streets in Melbourne served as the club rooms for the Ithacan Philanthropic Society for forty years from 1918 to 1958, up until when the society built their own club rooms, Ithaca House, at 327 Elizabeth Street. Ithaca House has been the permanent home of the Ithacan Philanthropic Society since 1958.A black and white photograph of a two storey building with a cantilever verandah at street level on a corner in the CBD. The upper two storeys have casement windows around the two sides of the building with a round protruding structure at the corner of the building.

Photo shows a view of Collins St Melbourne between Swanston and Elizabeth Streets. Has W2 220 (West Preston route 11) in the view along with many motor cars. In the background are Allans, Australia Hotel, Kodak, Howey House and the TAA shop.Yields information about Collins St in the 1970s.Black and White Photograph - Collins St with W2 220railways, w2 class, collins st, tram 220, taa, allans, australia hotel, kodak, howey house

Colour photocopy of poster sub-titled Ringwood Station Reserve & Railway Station Reserve. Auction of 93 sites on Saturday 27th October (no year, likely 1925). Subdivision includes Station Street, Government Road (Wantirna Road), James Street, William Street. Auctioneers - Hair & Gill, 16 Collins Street West and Glenferrie. Solicitor - Seymour Fergie, Elizabeth Street. Surveyors - Fowler & Gatward, 12 Collins Street West.

Donor is a member of the Whitehorse Historical SocietyTwo State Savings Bank of Victoria bank books with blue cloth cover with map of Victoria embossed in dark blue. 139--153 Elizabeth Street branch 1956 (829444) 1960/68 (16616) Mitcham Branch. Plus state Savings Bank of Victoria Passbook cover, pale blue cardboard. Plus Travelers Cheques cover 1891-1999 State Bank Victoria. Very dark blue vinyl .The State Savings Bank of Victoriacommerce, banking

Rose Series postcard No. P 3495 titled "Collins Street Looking East Melbourne" from west of Elizabeth Steet Has a W2 class tram at the Elizabeth Street stop. On the right is the newly completed Royal Bank chamber, completed in 1941, and the MLC buliding. Yields information about Collins St from near Queen St looking east. 1940'sPostcard - printed real photograph with Rose Stereograph Co. name on the rear. Unused.trams, tramways, w2 class, collins st, elizabeth st

Photograph, from a publication, of Bourke St looking east from the south side between Queen and Elizabeth Streets. The cable tram tracks can be seen in the street pavement. Has many double deck and some single deck buses. Very busy and congested traffic scene between Elizabeth and Swanston Streets. In the view are the General Post Office, the Myer Store, Foys, Parliament House and London Stores.Yields information about Bourke Street prior to conversion to electric trams.Black and white photograph of Bourke St looking east early 1950'stramways, mmtb, buses, double deck buses, bourke street, cable trams, traffic

In late 1883 the Melbourne based photographers Stevenson and McNicoll visited the Bacchus Marsh township and nearby districts. They are known to have been visiting the town in September 1883 and by November 1883 they were reported to have moved on to Myrniong and Ballan. During their visit they took numerous photographs. The images produced comprise scenes of shops and businesses in Bacchus Marsh, public buildings like the Court House and Bacchus Marsh Primary School, houses and their owners and several broader views of streets. The photos were then offered for sale. Photography businesses also sold albums for purchasers to display their photos.A unique and comprehensive set of images of people and places in the Bacchus Marsh town and district at a particular period in time, September-November 1883. This album of "carte de visites" photographs presents a rare compilation of the work of the Stevenson and McNicoll photography business. This team of photographers are known to have made several visits to towns and districts in the rural areas of Victoria and southern New South Wales in the 1880s and this album represents a very rare example of their non-portrait photography. The album is an example of the Victorian middle-class fashion to display family photographs for themselves and their visitors. These albums were often very expensive and in themselves evidence of the affluence of the family. They were made possible by the popularisation of photography as a social medium and were a forerunner of the coffee-table book. Medium sized leather-bound album, brown, front cover engraved with gold tooling in a starburst pattern. Pages are gold-lined. The inside front and end covers are in pale blue silk embossed with a gold floral pattern. The metal locking clasp is broken. The front page has a floral wreath of roses and forget-me-nots and a dragon-fly. The word "Album" is in the centre of the wreath, printed in gold in Gothic print. There are nine pages with pockets for four 65mm x 105mm sized "carte de visites" style photographs. Several feature pages have a single pocket for a larger photograph, or double pockets, possibly designed for family portraits. These portrait pages are also decorated with floral wreaths and insects, reflecting the theme of the frontispiece page. The smaller photos in the album were taken by the Melbourne photographers Stevenson and McNicoll, There are 48 of these smaller images. The images were created around September 1883 when photographers for Stevenson and McNicoll are known to have visited Bacchus Marsh and district. The images comprise scenes of shops and businesses in Bacchus Marsh, public buildings like the Court House and Bacchus Marsh Primary School, houses with their owners and several broader views of streets. References to various photos being created and being available for sale are mentioned in the Bacchus Marsh Express newspaper during September to November 1883. Each smaller photo has printed on the verso: Light & Truth. Copies of this Portrait can be had at any time by sending the Name and Post Office Money Order or Stamps for the amount of order to Stevenson & McNicoll, late Benson & McNicoll, Photographers. 108 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne.bacchus marsh vic. history, streetscapes, shops bacchus marsh vic., roads and streets bacchus marsh vic., stevenson and mcnicoll photographers, stevenson and mcnicoll 1883 photographs of bacchus marsh and district

Two page letter dated 16/1/2015 from Margaret Knight nee Barrass outlining her relationship with Margaret Barrass who died in a 1918 train smash in Tasmania. Two 1918 cuttings from the Bendigo Advertiser detail the funeral and the circumstances surrounding the accident. A contemporary brown manilla envelope printed with heading Vincent Barclay Studio, Beehive Buildings 94 Elizabeth Street Melbourne once held newspaper cuttings.bendigo, history, margaret barrass

The Australian Chain Manufacturing Co. was formed in 1933 to acquire the business of Luigi Benini who had started his business in Cardigan Street, Carlton with William Johnson McCredie.Catalogue for steel welded and weldless chains. The Australian Chain Manuacturing Company Pty. Ltd. A light cardboard cover in a green/brown colour. Nine paper pages with lists of costs and illustrations of types of chain. It has two metal staples in the spine. There is an ink stamp on the front cover with a sole agent of Gollin &Company 561/8 Bourke st Melbourne. Printed by The Imperial Press, 678 Elizabeth Street Melbourne in B&W ink.

These catalogues come from the firm of Thomas Lang and Company of 52 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne and Bridge Street, Ballarat. They list the seeds and plants for sale in the early 1870s. This company sold seeds and plants to all parts of Australia and to India, China, Hong Kong, Mauritius, Ceylon and Fiji. These catalogues have no known local provenance but have considerable antiquarian value and are of interest as they tell us what plants and seeds were sold in Australia in the 1870s.These are three booklets - catalogues of plants and seeds for Thomas Lang & Co, Nurserymen and Seedsmen, of Ballarat and Melbourne. The booklets are printed in black on a white background and are bound or stitched with fine string. They are a little foxed and dog-eared. Catalogue One is dated 1870 and is numbered No. 27. The cover has an ornamental border. Catalogue Two is dated October 1871 and is Number 36. Catalogue Three is Number 30 but undated and contains prices of seeds and current postal rates.thomas lang & co.,, nurserymen and seedsmen, plant and seed catalogues, 1870s, warranmbool, history

Used by Robin Da Costa in 'Blackburn - A Picturesque History'. Motor cycle was made by Bill Thompson's Clifton Cycle Works circa 1913/1914. Most likely a 3 1/2 h.p. (500cc) Clifton Motor Cycle purchased from 211 Elizabeth Street branch.Black and white photo of an adult male with a motorcycle and cane side-car with three children outside Blackburn Hall.|See page 84 of Da Costa book. Pictured are Arthur Roberts, D Collins and M Chrystieroberts, arthur, collins, d., chrystie, m., blackburn hall

Part of the KHS legacy collectionMelbourne, 1871. The photographic reproduction may show Collins, Elizabeth and Swanston Streets. Photographic reproduction, source unknown.drawings - melbourne -- 1870s, buildings -- melbourne -- 1870s