Photo of Geelong No 4 in Moorabool St, from a Rose Series Postcard, No. P 70, looking south along Moorabool Street at the intersection with Ryrie St. Geelong. Has the Solomon's store, T& G in the background. Photo c1930? Has a Birney tram on the hill. Printed by the Rose Stereograph Co. Original postcard held - see image 2 for pencil notes on the rear about the trams and their routes.Yields information about Moorabool St Geelong in the 1930s.Black and White print of a postcard contained within the Wal Jack Bendigo and Geelong Album, see Reg Item 5003 for more details.On rear in ink "SEC Geelong No. 4 with Birney tram on Moorabool St hill"trams, tramways, geelong, moorabool st, ryrie st, tram 4

Postcard containing a 3 x 3 panel of 9 images of Ballarat Tourist locations - Ballarat Trams featuring tram 27 in the later SEC Colour scheme, Begonias, Arch of Victory, Curiosity Shop, Gardens hot house, Kryal Castle, Sovereign Hill and the Reptile Park. Produced by Rose Stereograph Co. of Glen Waverly, No. 1679. Tram 27 was repainted in an early SEC Colours during 1984.Yields information about Ballarat tourist attractions during the early 1980s.Postcard - plain edges, divided back, 9 images of Ballarat Tourist locations.ballarat, trams, tramcars, btps, tourism, tram 27, gardens

Book published by G D Peters & Co. of Caxton House Westminster London detailing the National Pneumatic door control systems. Provides an introduction, system types, door engines, folding door and step equipment, treadle plates, electrical and pneumatic fittings and location advice. This type of equipment was used on Melbourne tram and buses. Has the stamp of the Melbourne agents - Railways & Rolling Stock Equipment Ltd. throughout.Yields information about the pneumatic door control systems of G D Peters.Book - green paper covers containing approx 90 pages detailing the equipment offered with some coloured diagrams. Pages secured by two metal clips.tramways, tramcars, g d peters, electro pneumatic, door controls, buses

Coloured photograph on a post card, with brown border, showing the Rutherglen Post Office with a group of men near the steps.On back of card: "From Sam & Wife to Charlie. With best wishes, xmas 1911"rutherglen post office, main street

Panoramic mounted photograph of Tower Hill Volcano with lake.Interesting photograph of Tower Hill before extensive re-vegetation works carried out in the 1960s.Panoramic landscape black and white photograph of Tower Hill, Koroit. Mounted black and white photograph on card, rectangular.? Aberline, 26 Faversham R?, Canterbu? On back of card mount Fred Rogersvolcanoes, tower hill

A greeting card printed in 1980, illustration by J. Lowe.Greensborough Primary school was established in 1878.A sepia toned stiffened card folded in the centre with a sketch of the Greensborough Primary School on front.The number 21 in red marker pen on the back.greensborough primary school, j lowe

Business card for Jo-ann STENON Desktop Publishing & DVD Production. Small white business card with gold & black strip on left hand side.9681 8339technology - computers, business & traders - digital technology, jo-ann stenton

Research and Documentation for Thomas Pope Besnard family tree Document recording information on the Besnard Family Tree. This is a three page A4 document with a business card - Mount Saint University attached. Business card - Mount Saint University - Halifax, Novia Scoptia Canadathomas pope besnard, the argus april 233 1878, besnard family tree

Membership card of the Royal Automotive Club of Victoria, for Mr J Ashman, with an expiry date of 28 February 1950.Cream coloured card printed and annotated in blue and stamped in blackStamped: 2936. Handwritten signature on face: J. E. Ashman. Handwritten annotation on back: Phone LF3849 Mrs J. N. Ashman 83 Spray St Elwood S3racv

Photograph shows: Elwood 3942 Grade 3 x (not now clear on the photograph: Vincent Fayle Collinsblack and white post card good condition unmountedElwood Primary School 3942, Grade 3. Vincent Fayle Collins. Post Card. Correspondence Address Only. Kodak Australia.

Lance Corporal of AIF c.1914 (Infantry?)A b/w post card portrait of Jim Patterson.Typewritten on front: Jim Patterson Handwritten on back: JIM PATTERSON - 2197 Printed on back: POST CARD CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS ONLYpatterson, jim, postcards, soldiers, armed forces, uniforms, clothing and dress, george evans collection

Sepia toned original studio photograph of Percy William Sutherland aged about 9 years, photograph mounted on heavy card shows a young boy, short haircut, white shirt collar, dark vest and jacket with fly away lapels, dark knee length pants and socks, black laced shoesgenealogy

Light card cover, creased top right front, tearing at bottom, with faded and worn blue cloth backstrip to spine. Backstrip torn at top and separated from body of book. Several pages missing at the front. Moisture stains on cover. Minor insect damage to some pages. Foxing throughout. Poor condition.non-fictionA descriptive atlas of the Eucalypts of Australia and the adjoining islandsbotany, eucalypts, australia

Printed full colour postcard titled "Ballarat Botanical Gardens by Lake Wendouree Victoria Australia". Features photos of the Sensory Garden, Begonias, Prime Ministers Avenue, Lake Wendouree and No. 661, Wendouree Parade and Robert Clark centre logo. On rear is places for correspondence, stamp, barcode, address and rose image. Has the name of the publisher "Rose Stereograph Co. Glen Waverley Victoria" and name of photographers, Neil Cutts and Stephen Cutts". Rose Series No. 3620. trams, tramways, btm, wendouree parade, gardens, begonia festival, tram 26

Instruction - 3 sheets of a former 8 or 12 page document titled "Westinghouse Magnetic Brake" describing the mechanism for magnetic and clamp brakes on 21E trucks, bogies, 22E, trailers. Lists the advantages of the Westinghouse Magnetic Brake. Has a note on the last pages that 2000 Westinghouse Magnetic Brakes have been sold in Great Britain along up to Nov. 1904. Presumed published in the UK by The British Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. Ltd. London and Manchester.trams, tramways, westinghouse, instructions, maintenance, brakes

Shows views of Ballarat city, tourist attractions, Lake Wendouree in the 1950's, with some distance views of the trams in the streets. Demonstrates production of souvenirs of the era - folded postcards.Set of 9 coloured views of Ballarat printed with all photos on one side of a folded strip of paper glued within an colour printed light card folder. Published by The Valentine Publishing Co. Pty Ltd of Melbourne and Sydney., titled "Beautiful Views in Color of Ballarat Vic". Front cover has a image of the Arch of Victory on the left hand side with space for title, address area and stamp. Rear of Cover has printer name and a slit for the envelope to be closed over and sealed. 1. The Avenue of Honor and the Arch of Victory 2. The Eureka Stockade Memorial 3. The Old Curiosity shop 4. Town Hall Sturt St. (with trams in distance views, note Myers verandah still there) 5. Sturt St showing Mt. Warrenheip in the distance 6. Picturesque scene in the Gardens 7. The Boat shed and basin, Lake Wendouree 8. Sturt St. (from Greville St and large Robur Tea advertisement on building) 9. The Conservatory in the Gardens. From the motor vehicles in the photograph would say early 1950's. trams, tramways, ballarat, postcards, sturt st, bridge st, gardens, grenville st, lake wendouree

Professional photograph of a young boy - Holmes familyPosed photograph of a young male member of the Holmes family. Mounted on beige card which is stained. Edging around the photo is of a silk materialPhotographer's name on mounting - Richards & Co. Ballaratholmes family, chatham-holmes collection, richards & co, photographer

In 1850 the Ansonia Clock Company was formed as a subsidiary of the Ansonia Brass Company by Phelps and two Bristol Connecticut clock makers, Theodore Terry and Franklin C. Andrews. Terry & Andrews were the largest clock manufacturers in Bristol at the time with more than 50 employees using 58 tons of brass in the production of about 25,000 clocks in 1849. Phelps decided to get into the clock making business to expand the market for his brass, while Terry and Andrews got access to better quality brass at better prices. They had then sold 50% of their business to Phelps and moved the business to Ansonia, Connecticut. In 1877 the clock company purchased a factory in New York and moved most of its production thereafter being spun off from the brass company. Henry J. Davies of Brooklyn, himself a clock maker, inventor and case designer, joined the newly reconstituted company as one of its founders. As President, he is thought to have been largely responsible for the figurine clocks, swing clocks and other unusual and desirable novelties for which the Ansonia firm became known. By 1879, a second factory was opened in Brooklyn, New York and by June 1880 employed 360 workers, while the Connecticut factory continued producing clocks as well with a workforce of 100 men and 25 women. Hence, clocks marked "Connecticut" were generally produced before 1879, while those marked "New York" were all produced after 1880 After the New York factory burnt down in 1880 the company rebuilt the factory on the same site, and reopened the expanded factory in 1881, with a capacity to exceed that of the Connecticut factory which by 1883 had closed. By 1886, the company had sales offices in New York, Chicago and London, with more than 225 different clock models being manufactured. In 1899, Phelps' grandson William Earle Dodge Stokes commissioned architect Duboy to build the "greatest and grandest hotel in Manhattan, New York” which became the city's first air-conditioned building. In 1929 the majority of the timekeeping machinery and tooling was sold to the Soviet government's US trading company Amtorg, just before the stock market crash. The parts, machinery and key skilled workers were shipped out of the USA to form the basis, along with the remains of a watch company purchased a year later, of the clock and watch industry in Moscow such as Poljot and Sekonda. In 1969, the rights to the use of the name, trademarks, and goodwill were transferred to Ansonia Clock Co., Inc., Lynnwood, Washington. The item marks the beginning of mass produced clocks in the United States, cheaply priced and available to all. The company had many innervation's during it’s life regards clock and later wrist watch making that led the way for other companies in many different countries to emulate.Clock, pendulum mantle model. Carved scallop "Ginger bread house" cottage clock. Oak case, white enamel face, floral etched glass door. Clock has an hour bell chime. Glass front opens to allow rewinding. Made by Ansonia Clock Co, New York. Marked "Manufactured by Ansonia Clock Co. New York, USA"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, mantle clock, clock, pendulum clock, time keeper, horology, ansonia, ansonia clock co, america

The Villa Alba Museum is cultural institution committed to the collection, study and display of 19th century interior decorative finishes, and the components of 19th and 20th century interior decoration. The Museum's Decorative Arts & Design collection includes artefacts (wallpapers, textiles, carpet samples), furnishings, printed materials (catalogues, books, periodicals), and pictures (photographs).‘Oak Tree’ pattern. Sample of original Morris & Co wallpaper, designed circa 1896 by John Henry Dearle (1859–1932). Oakleaf and acorns in pale blue on cream ground. Sample manufactured ca.1920–ca.1930. Printed border : OAK TREE / MORRIS & COdecorative arts & design, wallpapers -- morris & co, john henry dearle, wall coverings – history, wallpapers – history, interior decoration – history

Leslie John Bagust Collection. Envelope to hold snapshots Valentines Snapshots, Bendigo, Vic. No. 1. Eight real photographs for your album. Published by the Valentine Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd. Melbourne. Photographs of Prominent Icons in Bendigo.Valentine Pubishing Co. Pty. Ltd. Melbournebendigo, tourism, icons of bendigo

One of fifty one photographs originally in a photo album found in the National Wool Museum’s office. The album was water damaged and the images were removed for conservation. The images follow the process of wool. Beginning in a sheep paddock and finishing as a folded fabric. It includes all the steps in between in this process, including shearing, transporting, selling, washing and the many different steps in the process of turning a single thread of wool into fabric.Black and white image showing detail view of a carding machine.AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL PUBLICITY / ASSOCIATION / FLINDERS STREET RAILWAY BUILDING, / MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA / W13 / W13. Close-up of Carding.wool industry, working life, women, boonoke station, farming, sheep farming, agriculture, sheep stations, transport, wool processing, shearing, textile industry, wool

Edward Cook & Co were soap makers and chemical manufacturers in Bow, London. The company registered its new name in 1898. It was later taken over by Unilever. The document, issued for use during the First World War for its employees is dated 29 December 1915. While days of prayer were traditionally conducted in parish churches, large companies also undertook to hold the services during World War 1. This work forms part of the collection assembled by the historian Dorothy Rogers, that was donated to the Kew Historical Society by her son John Rogers in 2015. The manuscripts, photographs, maps, and documents were sourced by her from both family and local collections or produced as references for her print publications. Many were directly used by Rogers in writing ‘Lovely Old Homes of Kew’ (1961) and 'A History of Kew' (1973), or the numerous articles on local history that she produced for suburban newspapers. Most of the photographs in the collection include detailed annotations in her hand. The Rogers Collection provides a comprehensive insight into the working habits of a historian in the 1960s and 1970s. Together it forms the largest privately-donated collection within the archives of the Kew Historical Society.Order of Service of Prayer held on 29 December 1915. The service included a Prayer for our Soldiers and Sailors and a Prayer for Victory and Peace. world war i, wwi, the great war, religious services, homefront, first world war, 1914-1918

Alfred Wayne & Co. produced a number of braille writers over the years, including The Visible. Alfred Wayne (1854-1926) was listed as a 'manufacturer of small novelties in metal and steel' in the 1901, however by the 1911 census he had turned his company into a 'manufacturer of apparatus for use of the blind'. Together with Henry Stainsbury, they produced a number of braille typewriters as well as the more well know crab design of the Stainsby-Wayne brailler.Cast iron Brailler. The body of the Braille writer is painted in black with silver and gold painted inscriptions. Seven metal oval keys are situated at the front of the machine. The roller for turning the paper is made from turned wood.Marked: Painted on front of machine: "The visible/manufactured by/Alfred Wayne/Handsworth/Brimingham. Englandbraille equipment, assistive devices

Thank you handkerchief in card given to guest by Mayor, Cr. Jessie McCallum at Moyora Dinner.White cotton handkerchief with gold inscription folded into a white inscribed card.City of Whitehorse Mayoral Dinner|Friday 4 August 2000costume accessories, male, civic mementoes, souvenirs

This postcard contains a depiction of the Mayday Hills Hospital in Beechworth, Victoria from the direction of Farm Hill, circa 1930. It was designed by C.F.Falk in Beechworth and printed in Saxony which is a landlocked state of Germany which borders the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria and the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic. The depiction is a painting of the Mayday Hill Hospital which portrays the extensive buildings an HaHa wall (many of which have not survived to the present day). It provides a unique opportunity to reconstruct this historical site as it may have looked in approximately 1930. Beechworth's Mayday Hills was chosen as the site of Victoria's newest asylum, at the time, due to the landscape and altitude. The hilltop atmosphere and the native fauna, it was argued, would assist in the cure of the patients kept at the hospital (Wood 1985, 122). The positioning of the hospital had a beneficial effect on the rural town. A pamphlet published by James Ingram and Son (1849) reveal that famous landmarks in Beechworth which included the Post Office, Gaol, Courthouse and Asylum "demonstrate the appreciation of Beechworth by the Government not only as as important district center, but also as a site unrivaled as a sanitarium". There were other locations in contention at the time, but ultimately Beechworth was chosen (Craig 2000, 33). The extent of buildings displayed in this postcard helps convey the imposing and enormity of the structure before decommission. Prior to the creation of the Asylum in Beechworth, those charged with having mental illnesses or, as it was termed, "insanity" were unable to be properly cared for in the Gaol (which is where they were often sent). John Buckley Castieau wrote, in 1861 for the Ovens and Murray Advertiser, that the Gaol was unable to properly care for those classified then as "insane" but that they would endeavor to treat them above the other inmates (which he notes is not always the case in other establishments). Castieau wrote this in favour of supporting the building of the Mayday Hills Hospital in Beechworth. It was stated that at the time the Mayday Hills Hospital was built, there were 83 prisoners kept in the Gaol who were to be rehoused to the Hospital on the grounds of "insanity". The classification as someone as "insane", in this period of time is a reflection on the inability to cure and understand illnesses of the mind during the mid to late 1800s. The title on the obverse of this photograph as "Asylum for Insane, Beechworth" reflects a bygone era and attitude to mental health. Beechworth's Mayday Hills was chosen as the site of Victoria's newest asylum, at the time, due to the landscape and altitude. Opening on the 24th of October 1867, the Mayday Hills Hospital was originally named the "Ovens Lunatic Asylum", a title which is very much a product of its time. Whilst controversial, changes to the name is part of the history of the Hospital and can provide much insight into the understanding of mental illness throughout history and the use/disuse of this term provides information into the reception/changing opinions of mental illness in society. The Hospital would later become known as the "Mayday Hills Asylum" and/or "Mayday Hills Hospital" with the latter being the most commonly used title. An article in the Ovens and Murray Advertiser notes that on the 7th of March 1865, the foundation stone of the Hospital was laid (it would officially open in 1867) and that it was such a moment of accomplishment and joy for Beechworth that a letter to the editor even suggested that there should be a holiday dedicated to the day the foundation stone as laid. This reveals an extent to which the townspeople of early Beechworth valued the construction of the Hospital in their town. It provided the town with a sense of prestige and honour.At first glance, the remains of the Mayday Hills Hospital in Beechworth, Victoria, inspire tragedy, trauma and beauty. The buildings themselves, with their Italianate style Renaissance architecture designed by J.J. Clark (Craig 2000, 49 & Smith 2016, 203) reflect a bygone period of European and Australian history. The gardens provide a sense of tranquility and beauty. The experience of those within these walls remains a valuable area of study to provide a more complete understanding. This particular hospital is considered the fourth of its like and one of three identified as the largest of their kind. The Mayday Hills Hospital is a sister to the Kew and Ararat Asylums in Melbourne which are both located in relative proximity. Understanding the role of the Mayday Hills Hospital in Beechworth history is integral to understanding the development of the goldfields town, but also for providing important information as to the history of caring for, and the reception of, mental illnesses in Australian and wider European history. Mayday Hills provides a case study which can be researched through oral history, an analysis of the grounds/buildings and through images like this postcard which portray the structure in a highly deliberate manner. Images like this depict the strong façade of the Hospital and provide a glimpse into the tranquility of the gardens. This has been done deliberately to provide a sense of comfort and healing about the building to those looking from the outside. Further research into the importance of the Hospital in Beechworth and it's connection to the town will be supported through images like these kept in the Mayday Hills photo album in the collection of the Burke Museum.Colour rectangular postcard printed on cardObverse: Asylum for Insane, Beechworth. / Reverse: C.F. Faulk, Beechworth. Printed in Saxony. POST CARD / ADDRESS ONLY / AFFIX / STAMP / B 2298 / 1997.2457 /mental hospital, insane asylum, mayday hills mental hospital, beechworth, mayday hills, asylum, gold town, north-east victoria, ararat asylum, kew asylum

Taken in c. 1912-13, depicted are fifteen young men dressed in suits and hats. They are posing around a park bench located in the Town Hall Gardens, Beechworth.Sepia rectangular photograph printed on card.Reverse: Beechworth boys / 97.2333 / POST CARD / KODAK CORRESPONDENCE / ADDRESS ONLY / AUSTRAL / AUSTRAL / BR / - / - / - / 4 George Alexander / KODAK / 1912 - 13? /entertainment album, entertainment, beechworth, town hall gardens, postcard, 1910s

Black and white postcard photograph of the front of the Rutherglen State School No. 522At bottom of photo: "Valentine Series No. 986" and "State School, Rutherglen" Written on back of card: " 'Tarrangower' | Carinish Road | Clayton Vic | 6/1/51 | Dear Mr & Mrs Lay. Just a card to with you both all the happiness and good luck for the year 1951. We have now been here about a month & just about settled down. Hope to have the pleasure of visiting you both in the near future. Trusting this will find you and the children enjoying the best of health. Kindest regards to all of you from Mrs R. and [illeg.] Yours sincerely T.F. Rollason"school buildings, rutherglen state school, lay family, rollason family