Cash book of Gembrook Nurseries (Nobelius Nursery) years 1903 - 1951. The business was purchased by S and L Linton in 1955, but continued to operate under the name of CA Nobelius and Sons. Donated to the museum as a record of a major employer and historical figure of the area. The volumes were found by Clem Worrell in the basement of a shed on the former nursery site. Early volumes include records of personal as well as business expenses incurred by CA Nobelius. Also included are records of tree sales, names of employees and customer details. The cash account books are historically, and socially significant as the entries give an insight into the growth of the company and the details payments from local and other government offices and overseas customers as well as significant companies associations and people. The earlier account books also detail wage payments. Collection of accounting cashbooks kept by the Gembrook NurseryCASH BOOK, various decorative elementsca nobelius and sons, accounting, nobelius nursery, gembrook nurseries, horticulture, s and l linton

This photograph was taken from nearby what is now the intersection of Emerald-Monbulk Road and Main Street, sometime around the 1920s. It is said to capture a broad array of important institutions including Moffats general store, Madigan's butcher (originally Couper's), the Emerald Recreation Reserve, the corner store and bakery, the Emerald Mechanics Institute, and part of the Nobelius nursery.This photograph is a particularly broad capture of Emerald's landscape and townscape around the 1920s, with extensive detail in its annotation and featuring several important insitutions of early Emerald.A black and white photograph of a rural street, with shrubland in the foreground and a building in the middle of the shot beside the street continuing towards the background. The near-background has several additional buildings, while the further distance shows hills with orchards planted. The photograph is backed by a piece of card backing. The reverse has extensive handwritten annotation in black pen, with some layers of the backing missing in the corners from adhesive. The photograph is peeling from the backing on the right side.Reverse, Pen: "Moffats Store Post Office + House / Foreground 1901 House built by R Couper. C Charman / P. Charman + Clem Worrell. / Background Emerald recreation reserve with / grand stand + corner store + bakery on Gembrook road. / Carman + orchard hill of Nobelius back hill / Emerald Mechanics hall in reserve at back corder / Note pine trees at Macclesfield centre background" Pencil: "Different view of Moffat's store"emerald, 1920s, commerce