In late 1999, the Arthritis Foundation of Victoria celebrated the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Malvern Opportunity Shop. As part of the celebrations marking the event, an antique and 'olde worlde' furnitiure fair was held at the Arthritis Foundation of Victoria's headquarters in Elsternwick.COL photo of a large advertising billboard affixed in the grassy verge in front of an office building. The text on the billboard is "Olde Worlde", "FURNITURE FAIR HERE SUNDAY APRIL 21ST SALES 10AM - 4PM ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION OF VICTORIA ENQUIRIES: 9530 0255", "Board proudly sponsored by 116 HAWTHORN ROAD CAULFIELD NORTH", "NOEL JONES 9232 8111". Beside and slightly behind the billboard, there is a long rectangular sign with the text, "ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION OF VICTORIA", followed by, "THE PERCY BAXTER ARTHRITIS CENTRE".arthritis foundation of victoria, afv, opportunity shop, op shop, charity shop, thrift store, 20th anniversary, celebrations, furniture sale, antique furniture, olde worlde, 1999

In late 1999, the Arthritis Foundation of Victoria celebrated the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Malvern Opportunity Shop. As part of the celebrations marking the event, an antique and 'olde worlde' furnitiure fair was held at the Arthritis Foundation of Victoria's headquarters in Elsternwick.COL photo of a tall sign tied to an electricity pole on the nature strip. The sign consists of an A-frame sandwich board on the bottom, above to another sign above it. The text on the top sign is "SALE SUNDAY 21 April 10am - 4 pm". The text on the sandwich board is "CEDAR WORKS", [some text covered by an arrow drawn onto paper, taped on top), "ANTIQUE FURNITURE 22 PIN OAK CRESCENT PH. 376.3555 FACTORY PH.791.7044." There is also a bus stop sign affixed to the power pole.arthritis foundation of victoria, afv, opportunity shop, op shop, charity shop, thrift store, 20th anniversary, celebrations, furniture sale, antique furniture, olde worlde, 1999

This is a piece of music composed by Idabelle Firestone (1875-1954), an American composer and songwriter. She was born in Michigan and wrote many popular songs including, ‘Melody of Love’, ‘Bluebirds’ and ‘You are the Song in my Heart’. She was married to Harvey Firestone of the Firestone Tyre Company. This company sponsored the long-running radio and T.V. program called ‘The Voice of Firestone’ which had a 46 piece orchestra and aired classical and popular songs of the day. Richard Crooks (1900-1972), who sang and recorded this song, was a well-known American tenor who specialized in French and Italian opera and was associated with the New York Metropolitan Opera Company for many years. He was the host of ‘The Voice of Firestone’ from 1928 to 1945 and sang patriotic songs and popular hits etc. This copy of ‘In My Garden’ was sold at the shop of Miss H. M. Lindsay of 101 Liebig Street, Warrnambool. This shop is known to have operated in the late 1920s up to 1935 and was at first (in the 1920s) located at 180 Timor Street. This item is of some significance as an example of the type of music popular in the 1930s and an example of the work of Idabelle Firestone. It also has local significance as it was sold by a Warrnambool music store. This is a four page piece of music printed on seven sides (cover and five pages of music). The pages are cream-coloured, discoloured in places, with black printed musical notation and a back page printed in black containing advertisements for three other songs. The front cover has a sepia sketch of a woman (19th century or olde-worlde style) carrying a bunch of flowers and looking over a garden with an archway. There is a stamp (H. M. Lindsay, Warrnambool) and a pencilled number 6 (altering the price from 2/- to 2/6)Front cover: ‘Sung by Richard Crooks, In My Garden, Song for Medium or High Voice and Piano by Idabelle Firestone, Sung by Richard Crooks on H. M. V. Record E.D.23, Price 2/-, G. Schirmer Inc, New York, Allan & Co, Prop. Ltd., Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Bendigo’idabelle firestone, richard crooks, h.m.lindsay, warrnambool, idabelle fireston in my garden music, sheet musicin my garden