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Tennis Australia
Hand Fan, Circa 1890s
A hand fan decorated with graphic illustration depicting a lawn tennis match. Paper on wood frame. Metal label adhered to backing below fan reads: 'AMERICAN ALLEN FAN/ CIRCA 1890S'. Fan also mounted to cloth-lined frame backing. Materials: Ink, Paper, Wood, Metal, Adhesive label, Glass, Clothtennis -
Buninyong & District Historical Society
Functional object - Glass jam jars with lid, Kerr's Buninyong glass jam jars with lid, c1890s, 1890s
Glass bottles and lid manufactured for Kerr's Jam Factory in Buninyong, 1890s. Damaged bottle was found on property that was the old David Kerr orchard.Significant example of 19th century jam jar, used by local Buninyong jam factory to bottle and sell locally made jam.Glass bottles manufactured for Kerr's Jam Factory, Buninyong, 19th centuryKerrs Jams Buninyongindustry, commerce, kerr family, buninyong, david kerr -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Graham Street State School
Graham Street State School - sepia photograph. There is scaffolding around the tower. There is a small group of men and women inside the fence at bottom right. Approx 1890sgraham street state school, education - primary schools, built environment - civic, port melbourne primary school -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Short stories, Reade, Charles, Autobiography of a thief ; Jack of all trades, a matter-of-fact romance, [n.d.] [1873? This reprint 1890s.)
268 p. (1-64; 68-268) : book is bound in calico which is printed with product advertisements.fictionfiction, short stories, charles reade, t. craig [bookbinder] -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Three 1890s Australian Test cricketers from Port Melbourne, 1890 - 1910
Three copy photos of 1890s test cricketers Robert and Charles McLEOD and James KELLY, framed with two PMCC Membership tickets (1889-90) and career informationReceived from Port Melbourne Council, 1994sport - cricket, robert mcleod, charles mcleod, james kelly -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Photograph: Group of tennis players during a farewell occasion, Tarnagulla, TENNIS GROUP TAKEN ON THE OCCASION OF THE FAREWELL TO MR. AND MRS. GARLAND AT TARNAGULLA, c.1890s
Murray Comrie Collection. Women's attire suggests 1890s. This photograph is a reasonable copy apparently created from a news source. Copy probably made by Murray Comrie in the 1970s.Monochrome photograph of a group of people, including one small child, posed on a tennis court in Tarnagulla.Printed caption reads: 'TENNIS GROUP TAKEN ON THE OCCASION OF THE FAREWELL TO MR. AND MRS. GARLAND AT TARNAGULLA'.tarnagulla, tennis, tennis club, sport, garland -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - Black and white postcard, The Crescent Blackburn (Now Gordon Crescent)
Sepia postcard entitled 'The Crescent, Blackburn'.ow Gordon Crescent, Blackburn. Picture shows Victorian and Edwardian homes.|Probably these homes were part of the land boom of the 1890s.hooke, janet emily, albert arthur, the crescent, blackburn, gordon crescent -
Tennis Australia
Cardboard container, Unknown
Empty cardboard box, lid section covered with printed paper. Lid depicts a woman dressed in 1890s fashion holding a racquet and a group of men and women. Materials: Cardboard, Ink, Papertennis -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Johnny ALLSORTS, Pawn shop, Bay Street, Port Melbourne, Particulars of Pledges, c. 1891
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 -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Photograph of two boats, c.1890s
Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the mid-nineteenth century to the last decade.This series of photographs were taken in the late 1890s and show scenes from around the island while it was owned by Samuel Amess and his family.Black and white reprint of a photograph from the late nineteenth century showing two boats resting on the river floor at low tide. A man sits in the rear of the second boat.Catalogue number written in pencil on reverse. amess house, samuel amess, churchill island, photograph -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Photograph of two people outside Amess House, c.1890s
Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the mid-nineteenth century to the last decade.This series of photographs were taken in the late 1890s and show scenes from around the island while it was owned by Samuel Amess and his family.Black and white reprint of a photograph from the late nineteenth century showing a man moving the cannon and a women gardening. The photograph has been taken across the garden and shows Amess House and an immature Norfolk Pine in the background.Catalogue number written in pencil on reverse. amess house, samuel amess, churchill island, photograph, cannon -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Photograph of two men lying in a paddock, c.1890s
Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the mid-nineteenth century to the last decade.This series of photographs were taken in the late 1890s and show scenes from around the island while it was owned by Samuel Amess and his family.Black and white reprint of a photograph from the late nineteenth century showing two men resting in a paddock with a line of trees dividing the field from the water. One man is reclining on the grass while another stands.Catalogue number written in pencil on reverse. amess house, samuel amess, churchill island, photograph, cannon -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Kew Historical Society, Historical Exhibition, Festival of Kew, 1976
The Kew Historical Society, founded in 1958, is one of the oldest continuing historical societies in the Greater Melbourne region. For over 60 years, the Society has worked with local government and other community organisations to stimulate interest in Kew’s history and heritage. The Society has regularly held local exhibitions, sometimes in shop windows, on other occasions in civic halls, and now at the Kew Court House and Kew Library. This and other photos taken in the same year are examples of an exhibition in the Kew City Hall.Two foundation members of the Kew Historical Society at an early exhibition mounted by the Society. The historic 1890s oil painting of Adeney Avenue, donated to the Society in 1965 [1965.0002], can be viewed on one of the screens in the background. Reverse: "KH27. Kew Historical Society member Mr Clark, and Mrs Reed in attendance at the Historical Exhibition, Festival of Kew 1976. Kew Civic Centre (Town Hall), Mr Clark, background, Mrs Reed, facing camera."kew historical society - exhibitions, kew city hall, kew (vic.) -- history -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Artwork, other - Card, 1890s
Quote is from the Bible John 6:20, these cards were often sent as gifts or used in bible studies at Sunday schools around the 1890s to teach religion. They were produced by various companies at this time and known as "Heidelberg cards" from the Heidelberger Druckmaschinen company in Germany that produces catalogues, calendars, posters, and labels to this day.Item is significant as it shows an early example of religious teaching aid from the late Victorian era and gives a snapshot into social life of the time.Card with Bible quotation 'It Is I' Be Not Afraid' with a picture of a roseflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, card, bible verse -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - R Knight Pty Ltd, Cartage & Storage Contractors, Cruikshank Street, Port Melbourne, Pat Grainger, 2000
Photographed by Pat Grainger a little late, as internally the building is already partially demolishedSix photographs of former R. Knight Pty Ltd Cartage & Storage Contractors stable and doorway in Cruikshank Street prior to development. The business had been in this location from 1890s until finally the premises was sold in the 1990sindustry, transport, built environment - commercial, r. knight haulage contractors -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Johnny ALLSORTS, Pawn shop, Bay Street, Port Melbourne, Particulars of Pledges, c. 1896
Kept by Robert POWELL at 173 Bay Street, Port Melbourne, and discovered at rear of the premises c1980 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 green fabric cover bound in leather. One of three from the 1890s, this one 1/12/1896 - 21/7/1899.depression, business and traders - pawnbrokers, robert powell, elizabeth powell, bay street, johnny allsorts pawnbroker, arnold w goetz -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Johnny ALLSORTS, Pawn shop, Bay Street, Port Melbourne, Particulars of Pledges, c. 1892
Kept by Robert POWELL at 173 Bay Street, Port Melbourne, and discovered at rear of the premises c1980 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 one 7/4/1892 - 6/11/1896.depression, business and traders - pawnbrokers, robert powell, elizabeth powell, bay street, johnny allsorts pawnbroker, arnold w goetz -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Ledger, Letters on Suspension Bridges, 1890s
This book contains information on the building of suspension bridges and dates from the 1890s. It belonged to John William Crawley Junior, an engineer, surveyor and architect in private practice in Warrnambool and also the engineer for the Shire of Warrnambool from 1895 to 1935. The information in the book comes in the form of lectures on suspension bridge making and these were sent to John Crawley by his tutor or coach, Arnold Lilley (Lilly). Arnold Lilley was an Oxford mathematician working in Victoria and it is said that he coached or trained 95% of the municipal surveyors in Victoria in the 1890s. John Crawley has obviously had this material bound into a book and it was passed on to his son, Rolf, who was the engineer for the Shire of Warrnambool from 1935 to 1968. It then came into the possession of Michael Hand who took over the private surveying business of Rolf Crawley in Warrnambool. The Warrnambool and District Historical Society acquired the book, along with several Crawley ledgers and letter books, from the estate of Michael Hand. This book is of interest as it contains lectures and other material on the building of suspension bridges and belonged to John William Crawley Junior, an engineer for the Shire of Warrnambool for 40 years. It also is a memento of the work of Arnold Lilley who produced the material on suspension bridges and coached John Crawley in his surveying studies.This is a hard cover book with a purple cover. The cover is slightly faded. The book contains handwritten material regarding the building of suspension bridges and includes sketches, lectures on suspension bridges and pages with postage stamps on them. There are three loose pages. ‘’Letters on Suspension Bridges Arnold Lilly Esq. Coach J Wm. Crawley Pupil’john william crawley junior, warrnambool, rolf crawley, warrnambool, shire of warrnambool, arnold lilley, teacher of surveying. -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Furniture - Chair, 1855-1900
Heywood & Wakefield Furniture Co: The Heywood-Wakefield Company is an American furniture manufacturer established in 1897 that went on to become a major presence in the US. Its older products are considered collectibles and have been featured on television antique programs. The Heywood brothers established themselves in 1826, as furniture makers and the Wakefield Company began in 1855 as a separate company. Both firms produced wicker and rattan furniture, and as these products became increasingly popular towards the end of the century, they became serious rivals. In 1897 the companies merged as Heywood Brothers & Wakefield Company (this name was changed to Heywood-Wakefield Company in 1921), purchasing Washburn-Heywood Chair Company in 1916, Oregon Chair Company in 1920, and Lloyd Manufacturing Company in 1921. While its wooden furniture plant in Gardner, Massachusetts closed in 1979, a branch in Menominee, Michigan continued to manufacture metal outdoor seats, auditorium seats, and school furniture. The Heywood-Wakefield Company Complex in Gardner was added to the National Historic Register in 1983. The South Beach Furniture Company acquired the rights to the name in 1994 and reproduces its wooden furniture. Both founding companies produced wicker and rattan furniture in the late 19th century. The wicker styles drew on the Aesthetic Movement and Japanese influences simpler designs arose in the wake of the Arts and Crafts Movement. The merged entity stayed abreast of wicker furniture trends by hiring designers such as Paul Frankl and Donald Deskey during the 1920s. Its furniture was exhibited at the 1933 Century of Progress exhibition and the 1964 New York World's Fair. During the 1930s and 1940s, Heywood-Wakefield began producing furniture using sleek designs based on French Art Deco.The chair has social significance at a local level, because it illustrates the level of material support the Warrnambool community gave to Flagstaff Hill when the village and Museum was established. The wicker nursing chair is a fine example of late 19th century light weight domestic furniture that today are very collectible items and quite rare and valuable.Nurse wicker chair, wood, cane and rattan with round rushed seat. The one left arm being that to support the infant during feeding. 1870s-1890s. Believed to have been made by Heywood Brothers & Wakefield Company, USA. flagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, shipwreck coast, great ocean road, 19th century furniture, rolled serpentine wicker work, cane armchair, classic wicker furniture, victorian style furniture, domestic furniture late 19th century, heywood-wakefield company, feeding chair, nursing chair, mother's chair, nursery furniture -
Brighton Historical Society
Dress, Evening dress, c.1895
Two piece ivory satin evening dress. Bodice (.1) is decorated with central panel of finely pleated chiffon and embellished with ready-made strips of beading and artificial pearls. Short puffed sleeves. Russet coloured velvet band applied to waist of bodice and finished with a metal rosette. Plain gored satin skirt (.2) with cream velvet binding around hem. Label, printed grey on cream cotton, centre back bodice waist: Bussell, Robson & Bussell / MELBOURNE.evening dress, bussell robson & bussell, 1890s -
Hume City Civic Collection
Correspondence Book, c1890s
A book with printed perforated pages to send one half to owner of property demanding outstanding payment of rates prior to Council taking possession of land.A mottled blue and brown hard cover book with black spine. Printed and handwritten pages. Printed pattern very worn on front and back covers."Shire of Bulla/Notice of Intention..."1890s, shire of bulla, george evans collection -
Hume City Civic Collection
Book, Letts No.26 Diary 1899
This is a works diary used in 1899 for jobs to be carried out by the Shire of Bulla.Blue cloth bound book with gold lettering on cover and black printing on the pages."Works Diary 1899"1890s, shire of bulla, george evans collection -
Hume City Civic Collection
Book, Letts No. 45 Diary 1898
This is a works diary used in 1898 for jobs to be carried out by the Shire of Bulla.Black cloth bound book with gold lettering and 365 plus pages."Work Diary/1898"1890s, shire of bulla, george evans collection -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Scanned photo Perseverance Hotel McIvor Highway, Longlea
historic of front of hotel, circa 1890s.historic contextA4 scan of B&W photograph.perseverance hotel, longlea -
Brighton Historical Society
Shoes, c1890s
This item is part of the Di Reidie collection. Diane Reidie was a much loved volunteer and President of Brighton Historical Society from 1999 until 2016. Originally from New Zealand, Di and her family lived in Male Street, Brighton for many years. A vibrant and energetic person with a zest for life and a gift for bringing people together, Di was a friend to many in the Bayside community and active in local community organisations. Her tireless work as President of BHS saw her named Bayside Citizen of the Year in 2008. As a seller and collector of vintage clothing, she was passionate about fashion history; one of her many enduring contributions to BHS was her extensive work in preserving, developing and promoting the Society's costume collection. In 2018-19, Di donated more than one hundred items from her personal vintage clothing collection to the Society. The collection, which includes clothing, hats, handbags and shoes from local and international designers, is representative of Di's wide-ranging interests, colourful personality, creativity, humour and love of fashion and travel. Di purchased these 1890s shoes around 1990 and recalled wearing them to approximately three events before she donated them to BHS in 2019. Di enjoyed the novelty and conversation they would inspire due to their unusual appearance by modern standards. The shoes are indicative of Di's playful approach to clothing and life. The decorative preserved mink pelt with head featured on the vamps of these shoes is typical of Victorian era interest in and prevalent use of preserved animals for decorative purposes in clothing, millinery and household adornment. This fashion reflected social positioning of oneself as being affluent, educated and worldly. Following the death of Queen Victoria's husband Prince Albert in 1861, the Queen's approach to mourning his death influenced social conventions for the public, with the wearing of black becoming a significant aspect of Victorian fashions. The shoes were made by Kendal Milne & Co, a large department store on Deansgate, Manchester. It has traded under various names and owners since it opened in 1832; it traded as Kendal Milne & Co from 1862-1919, and continued to be known by this name for many years after. The store is currently owned by the House of Fraser department store chain and is known as House of Fraser Manchester.Black silk linear quilted uppers of single piece construction with feature centre front vamp seam. Horsehair wadding can be seen along the side of the forefoot where the upper is coming away from the leather soles. Approx 4.5 cm plain black silk covered heel with leather top piece missing from right shoe. Both shoes feature the head of a small preserved mink with glass eyes. The toppling of the vamp features a decorative strip of mink fur. Inside of both shoes is a gold printed manufacturers label on the black silk insole.Manufacturers label - Made expressly for Kendall Milne and Co, Manchester.victoriana, mink pelt, taxidermy, 1890s, fur, di reidie, vintage clothing -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, History House Archives Room WARR 94, 1890s
This Bible belonged to Thomas Wong Ch(e)ong who was the catechist at the Warrnambool Chinese Church in Ryot Street, Warrnambool. In 1892 Thomas Wong Cheong was appointed by the Foreign Missions Committee of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria as the catechist to the Chinese community in Warrnambool and district. The Chinese Church in Ryot Street was established in the early 1890s and continued until the late 1920s when the numbers of the local Chinese community had declined. Thomas Wong Cheong and his wife worked tirelessly in the Warrnambool district until his death in 1923. No information has been found on James Yee Keet. This is a book of high significance because it belonged to Thomas Wong Cheong who holds an important place in Warrnambool’s history because of his work with the Warrnambool Chinese community over a period of 30 years. This is a leather-covered book with four gold Chinese characters on the spine and the back cover (the front cover for Chinese readers). The leather on the cover extends over the pages and folds inwards to almost enclose the pages. The pages are gilt-edged. The inscription is handwritten in blue ink. The book contains a fold-out map of the Mediterranean Sea area and all the text is in printed Chinese characters. The cover is somewhat scuffed and there is some silverfish damage on the inside cover. ‘Presented to Christian friend Mr Thos. Wong Chong Missionary at Warnambool (sic) by his sincere friend James Yee Keet Great Western Augt.1st 1895’ chinese in warrnambool, thomas wong cheong, chinese church, ryot street, warrnambool -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Bookmark, Human hair cross stitch bookmark, Circa mid 1800s
Owned by Charles Mc Gregor in 1866, Pyramid Rock Road. Donated by G W GliddonNeedlework. Cross stitch bookmark on perforated board. Black stitches-possibly human hair- with red border. Enclosed in carboard and plasticForget me not "words on the bookmark are made with human hair according to Jessie's story, which is doubtless correct. The writer remembers similar things being done with hair inthe 1890s" JWG [ J W Gliddon] 1970charles mcgregor, needlework, j w gliddon -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, J F C Farquhar, Studley Park Road, 1891
At the beginning of the 1890s, the Kew businessman and Town Councillor, Henry Kellett, commissioned J.F.C. Farquhar to photograph scenes of Kew. These scenes included panoramas as well as pastoral scenes. The resulting set of twelve photographs was assembled in an album, Kew Where We Live, from which customers could select images for purchase.The preamble to the album describes that the photographs used the ‘argentic bromide’ process, now more commonly known as the gelatine silver process. This form of dry plate photography allowed for the negatives to be kept for weeks before processing, hence its value in landscape photography. The resulting images were considered to be finely grained and everlasting. Evidence of the success of Henry Kellett’s venture can be seen today, in that some of the photographs are held in national collections.It is believed that the Kew Historical Society’s copy of the Kellett album is unique and that the photographs in the book were the first copies taken from the original plates. It is the first and most important series of images produced about Kew. The individual images have proved essential in identifying buildings and places of heritage value in the district.In this view of Studley Park Road, looking northeast to the Junction, the photographer invites the viewer to participate in a point-of-view that emphasises the elevated, tranquil vantage point of the hill in contrast to the bustling commercial area in the distance. The view emphasises the exclusiveness of Studley Park, with its high fences behind which a number of significant Kew mansions were concealed. Contemporary advertisements for the sale of mansions in Studley Park Road often included fulsome descriptions of their elaborate formal gardens, as well as paddocks for grazing, stabling and dairies. None can be seen here. The use of high, protective wooden pickets to surround the newly planted avenue of elms on the south side of the road appears to be typical of the period. Similar examples can be seen in early photographs of Wellington and Princess Streets.The horse and carriage, selected as a central focus of the view, reinforces the residential, exclusive nature of this part of Kew in the early 1890s. Studley Park Roadkew illustrated, kew where we live, photographic books, henry kellett -
Hume City Civic Collection
Cleansing Register, Cleansing Register Shire of Bulla, c1895
This book is hand written in ink a list of occupiers and addresses of properties in Sunbury requiring cleaning of water closets between the years 1895 and 1908. Water closets were used before sewerage was connected to the town.Cloth covered hard cover book with tan colour corners and spine which have small embossed pattern on edges. Gold writing on red background on front cover. Green, black and red colour mottled pages inside front and back covers."Cleansing/Register/..."1890s, shire of bulla, sunbury, george evans collection -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Bottle, The Bendigo Pottery Co. Pty. Ltd, L Darryl, Late 1890s
This bottle has been produced in the Epsom factory of the Bendigo Pottery works and used by Alfred Darby for bottling his ginger beer in the late 1890s. In 1897 Alfred Darby leased the cordial factory in Henna Street,Warrnambool, formerly the McSweeney Cordial Factory (and today the Alderdice Brass Foundry). He used the Maltese Cross as his logo on his bottles. He also had a cordial factory in Rochester, Victoria about the same time. In 1899 Alfred Darby advertised that he had re-located his cordial business to the old ‘Echo’ newspaper building in Koroit Street but it is not known whether the business opened there or if it did, for how long. This ceramic bottle is of interest as one of the late 19th century bottles used by Alfred Darby, a soft drinks manufacturer in Warrnambool. Cordial manufacturing was an important industry in Warrnambool for over 100 years.This is a ceramic brown and buff-coloured ginger beer bottle. It has a black logo in the shape of a Maltese Cross stamped on one side and the maker’s name etched into the clay near the base. It has no stopper and the main body of the bottle is somewhat stained. ‘A. Darby Henna Street Warrnambool’ ‘The Bendigo Pottery Coy. Pty. Ltd. Epsom Bendigo’ cordial manufacturers in warrnambool, history of warrnambool