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Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation SocietyCard - Parisma Business Card, c.2000
... Business and Traders - Dressmaking...Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society Port Melbourne Town Hall 333 Bay Street Port Melbourne melbourne Card advertising Parisma KOUKLAN and her fashion consulting, alterations, dress-making & millinery business at 350 Bay Street, Port Melbourne Business and Traders - Dressmaking Parisma Parisma KOUKLAN Bay Street Brown toned business card with a narrow darker border and text in black. ...Card advertising Parisma KOUKLAN and her fashion consulting, alterations, dress-making & millinery business at 350 Bay Street, Port Melbourne Brown toned business card with a narrow darker border and text in black. business and traders - dressmaking, parisma, parisma kouklan, bay street -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation SocietyFunctional object - Tailor's Wax, 1880's
... Business and Traders - Dressmaking...The wax was always in her sewing basket and later used by both her daughter and grand-daughter. Business and Traders - Dressmaking Lettie SINCLAIR Albert BELLION Stokes Street Rouse Street A piece of Tailors' wax with ridges from having linen thread rubbed through it. ...Tailors rubbed linen thread through a lump of wax to give the thread extra strength- for example when sewing on buttons. This piece of wax was used by Lettie SINCLAIR and dates from the 1880's when she worked as a tailoress in Flinders Lane. Lettie married Albert BELLION and lived in Stokes and Rouse Streets, Port Melbourne. The wax was always in her sewing basket and later used by both her daughter and grand-daughter.A piece of Tailors' wax with ridges from having linen thread rubbed through it.business and traders - dressmaking, lettie sinclair, albert bellion, stokes street, rouse street
