Showing 6 items matching "business and traders - tailors and clothing"
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Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation SocietyPhotograph - Alfred Dowsett's shop, Bay Street, 1880s
... ...Business and Traders - Tailors and Clothing...Built Environment - Commercial Business and Traders - Tailors and Clothing Alfred DOWSETT Bay Street Laser copy of photograph of Alfred Dowsett's (clothier and draper) shop, 305 Bay Street c 1880s Photograph Alfred Dowsett's shop, Bay Street ...Laser copy of photograph of Alfred Dowsett's (clothier and draper) shop, 305 Bay Street c 1880sbuilt environment - commercial, business and traders - tailors and clothing, alfred dowsett, bay street -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation SocietyPhotograph - Miss Congue's Costumier Shop, Bay Street, Port Melbourne, c. 1900
... Business and Traders - Tailors and Clothing...Miss Gongues is the lady in skirt and blouse on the right; other people unknown. Business and Traders - Tailors and Clothing Mary Jane (Ruby) CONGUES Mary Jane (Ruby) McKENZIE Simon McKENZIE Mr SULLIVAN Frost the Dentist Laserprint of four women in entrance to Miss Congue's Costumier shop in Bay Street Photograph Miss Congue's Costumier Shop, Bay Street, Port Melbourne ...This laser print is a copy of a photo which has been in the Congues/McKenzie family collection since early this century. Mrs Marie Vernon of Doncaster showed the photo to her cousin, Elva Mason, also of Doncaster but formerly of 35 Cruikshank Street. Elva had the copy done and passed it on to Barbara Gardiner. Mrs Vernon was unable to give us much information but could tell us that her mother, Mrs Mary Jane Congues (known as Ruby) was a tailoress who started her apprecticeship at age 13 and later established the shop which was next to Earl's hardware shop. We think that she was born in the 1880s. The Congues family lived at 36 Cruikshank Street, and their landlord in later years was Mr Sullivan, who supplied horse and drays for rubbish collection for the Council. Simon McKenzie was the loca policeman who patrolled up and down Bay Street and became interested in Ruby. She later visited a fortune teller who told her she would marry a man with numbers on his hat. They married and lived in Brunswick East, Carrum Downs and later Calligee (near Traralgon). LIfe was tough but Mrs Vernon remembers that her talented mother was able to teransform garments and hats so that her daughters always felt that they had a new dress for each special occasion. Mrs Vernon also remembers when a member of the famly needed dental care, they wee put on the train to stay with Grandma at Port Melbourne, who took them to Frost the Dentist (on the corner of Graham and Bay Strees), who pulled teeth for one shilling each. Miss Gongues is the lady in skirt and blouse on the right; other people unknown.Laserprint of four women in entrance to Miss Congue's Costumier shop in Bay Streetbusiness and traders - tailors and clothing, mary jane (ruby) congues, mary jane (ruby) mckenzie, simon mckenzie, mr sullivan, frost the dentist -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Tailor shop Bridge Street, David RADCLIFF, c. 2022
... ...Business and Traders - Tailors and Clothing...Marshall White & Co. Bridge Street Business and Traders - Tailors and Clothing 9 digital images of the Bridge Street tailor shop Photograph Tailor shop Bridge Street David RADCLIFF Marshall White & Co ...6 images taken by donor and 3 taken from Marshall White & Co website when the property was sold in 2022.9 digital images of the Bridge Street tailor shop marshall white & co., bridge street, business and traders - tailors and clothing -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Domestic object - Iron, Edison Electric Applicance Co, c. 1925
... Business and Traders - Tailors and Clothing...Watty POWER's 20th century tailor shop was in the Market Buildings Business and Traders - Tailors and Clothing Walter 'Watty' POWER Compliance Plate Hotpoint, Edison Electric Appliance Co. ...Watty POWER's 20th century tailor shop was in the Market BuildingsHotpoint electric iron c1925 used by local identity, Bay Street tailor Watty POWERCompliance Plate Hotpoint, Edison Electric Appliance Co. Patent 1921, May, June 1924business and traders - tailors and clothing, walter 'watty' power -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation SocietyPhotograph - Tailoring workroom at Elegant Slax, c.2010
... ...Business and Traders - Tailors and Clothing...Nick TSINGOS Desi TSINGOS Elegant Slax Built Environment -Commercial Business and Traders - Tailors and Clothing Copy of a coloured photograph of Nick TSINGOS & his wife Desi in the tailoring workroom at their shop, Elegant Slax, in Bay Street, Port Melbourne. ...Until late in the 20th century, retail shops were most often family affairs in which most, if not all, the employees were family members. Nick TSINGOS founded the tailoring business, Elegant Slax, in Bay Street where he employed his wife Desi and later also his son George. In this photo of the workroom, Nick is seated at his tailor's bench with Desi standing behind him. The tailoring of men's 'made to measure' clothing took place in the workroom behind the retail shop. The original photograph was taken as part of the "Postcards from Port' project. This copy was used in a display at Emerald Hill Centre in May 2026.Copy of a coloured photograph of Nick TSINGOS & his wife Desi in the tailoring workroom at their shop, Elegant Slax, in Bay Street, Port Melbourne.nick tsingos, desi tsingos, elegant slax, built environment -commercial, business and traders - tailors and clothing -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation SocietyPhotograph - Spiros the Tailor - 92 Bridge Street, Port Melbourne, 2022
... ...Business and Traders - Tailors and Clothing...Built Environment - Commercial Business and Traders - Tailors and Clothing Spiros EMMANOUILIDIS Bridge Street Digital photos. ...Spiros the Tailor was in fact Spyridon EMMANOUILIDIS, he was born in the northern region of Greece in 1938 and travelled to Australia arriving in Melbourne in March 1963. Spiros and his wife Ifegenia operated his tailoring business as a sole trader from the front room of his residence at 92 Bridge Street, Port Melbourne from 1963 until (approx) 2016. The couple had one child, a son, Homer.Digital photos.built environment - commercial, business and traders - tailors and clothing, spiros emmanouilidis, bridge street
