Part of Ron Laing's collection of photographs recording Port Melbourne over a thirteen year period. Donated to the PMH&PS by the photographer.A set of 61 colour photographs of demolitions in Port Melbourne, including Doc's house in Byrne Street, Milk bar/paper shop/sub PO cnr Graham and Albert Streets, Gainsborough House 184 Station Street plus new buldings on the site, Earl's site and replacement in Bay and Nott Streetsearl's hardware, gainsborough house, ron laing, built environment - commercial, built environment - domestic, demolitions, bryne street, doc's house, graham street, albert street, business and traders - milkbars

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

In 1990 City Librarian Wendy MORRIS commissioned Pat GRAINGER to co-ordinate a State and Council funded oral history project, the final product of which was this book. It was printed in time for the 1992 Port Melbourne Festival."They Can Carry Me Out" - Memories of Port Melbourne Blue, perfect-bound paperback book with white title and black line conversion of photo of fishing boats in the Lagoon. 96 pp, published January 1992fishermans bend, education - primary schools, piers and wharves - station pier, piers and wharves - waterside workers, education - kindergartens, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, transport - aviation and aerodrome, transport - ferries, transport - shipping, garden city, mission to seafarers, transport - railways, transport - horse, built environment - civic, built environment - domestic, built environment - commercial, built environment - industrial, town planning - proposals shelved - bayside, religion, arts and entertainment, livestock, sandridge lagoon, migrants, built environment - public housing, centenary bridge, local government - city of port melbourne, royal visits and occasions, police, sport - australian rules football, societies clubs unions and other organisations, natural environment, business and traders, war - world war ii, deaths and funerals, flood, domestic life, gasworks, health - general health, excelsior hall, public action campaigns, ada mary a'beckett kindergarten, wendy morris, pat grainger, g borer & co, johnny allsorts pawnbroker, mckenzies milkbar, galatos chocolates, j e earl pty ltd, faram brothers hardware, jack porritt, liardet family, porritts boot shop, phyllis anderson, norman barry, david beazley, leonard george 'dugga' beazley, florence beazley, george beazley, brenda bedford, lettie bradley nee walsh, margaret bride nee polson, anne callaghan, beris campbell, tony cannatelli, john carroll, john cass, margaret couch nee smith, brian couldrey, delva crawford nee rees, 'buffie' rees, joan curtis, elvir dragovic, james edward earl, linda edman, jessie edwards, lisa edwards, trevor emmett, judy faram, doug faram, george faram, richard faram, thomas faram, allen faram, a g warren, james murdock, margaret mclean, minnie mclean, m b muir, susie fox, william gleeson, sylvia gleeson, arnold goetz, lilian 'lil' goss nee johnson, gladys gott nee mccabe, stan gravias, george henry (harry) gray, len greaney, charles hall, bertha harvey nee carey, r graham carey, mac hatfield, f patricia (pat) hawkins, tippo hayes, tom hills, bradley hinge, lloyd holmes, norah howard nee mallet, voula hronakis, lorna johnson, diane keating nee bradley, alison kelly, june kirby, bob knell, tommy lahiff, nicole lalande, bill lane, kathleen lane nee moore, j s lang, ron laing, beverley lewis, andy libbis, peter libbis, emily lock, may lowe nee irving, wendy lowenstein, micael lucas, ted mccarthy, laura mcgill nee irving, vin mcnamara, elsie median nee mccabe, maree menzel, marie mills, marlene mitchell nee sharp, david moloney, ari pipilikas, ada polson nee bellion, les profitt, ted rohan, elizabeth saunders, vanessa savvaidis, prudence sheil, chutathip silpiphat, voula skourakis, flo stark, ted tobin, thelma todd, barbara villani, erica wilson, harry bocquet, nott street state school, port melbourne library, port melbourne temperance hall, swallow & ariell ltd, business and traders - hotels, vintage port - worth preserving project

In 1990 City Librarian Wendy MORRIS commissioned Pat GRAINGER to co-ordinate a State and Council funded oral history project, the final product of which was a book printed in time for the 1992 Port Melbourne Festival. Having been sold out for two years, it was reprinted with funds from the City of Port Phillip Cultural Development fund just in time to be launched at the 2002 Festival launch held at Beacon Cove on a Yarra Tram, 22 March 2002.2002 reprint of "They Can Carry Me Out" - Memories of Port Melbourne Blue, perfect-bound paperback book with white title and black line conversion of photo of fishing boats in the Lagoon. 96 pp, reprinted March 2002fishermans bend, education - primary schools, piers and wharves - station pier, piers and wharves - waterside workers, education - kindergartens, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, transport - aviation and aerodrome, transport - ferries, transport - shipping, garden city, mission to seafarers, transport - railways, transport - horse, built environment - civic, built environment - domestic, built environment - commercial, built environment - industrial, town planning - proposals shelved - bayside, religion, arts and entertainment, livestock, sandridge lagoon, migrants, built environment - public housing, centenary bridge, local government - city of port melbourne, royal visits and occasions, police, sport - australian rules football, societies clubs unions and other organisations, natural environment, business and traders, war - world war ii, deaths and funerals, flood, domestic life, gasworks, health - general health, excelsior hall, public action campaigns, ada mary a'beckett kindergarten, wendy morris, pat grainger, g borer & co, johnny allsorts pawnbroker, mckenzies milkbar, galatos chocolates, j e earl pty ltd, faram brothers hardware, jack porritt, liardet family, porritts boot shop, phyllis anderson, norman barry, david beazley, leonard george 'dugga' beazley, florence beazley, george beazley, brenda bedford, lettie bradley nee walsh, margaret bride nee polson, anne callaghan, beris campbell, tony cannatelli, john carroll, john cass, margaret couch nee smith, brian couldrey, delva crawford nee rees, 'buffie' rees, joan curtis, elvir dragovic, james edward earl, linda edman, jessie edwards, lisa edwards, trevor emmett, judy faram, doug faram, george faram, richard faram, thomas faram, allen faram, a g warren, james murdock, margaret mclean, minnie mclean, m b muir, susie fox, william gleeson, sylvia gleeson, arnold goetz, lilian 'lil' goss nee johnson, gladys gott nee mccabe, stan gravias, george henry (harry) gray, len greaney, charles hall, bertha harvey nee carey, r graham carey, mac hatfield, f patricia (pat) hawkins, tippo hayes, tom hills, bradley hinge, lloyd holmes, norah howard nee mallet, voula hronakis, lorna johnson, diane keating nee bradley, alison kelly, june kirby, bob knell, tommy lahiff, nicole lalande, bill lane, kathleen lane nee moore, j s lang, ron laing, beverley lewis, andy libbis, peter libbis, emily lock, may lowe nee irving, wendy lowenstein, micael lucas, ted mccarthy, laura mcgill nee irving, vin mcnamara, elsie median nee mccabe, maree menzel, marie mills, marlene mitchell nee sharp, david moloney, ari pipilikas, ada polson nee bellion, les profitt, ted rohan, elizabeth saunders, vanessa savvaidis, prudence sheil, chutathip silpiphat, voula skourakis, flo stark, ted tobin, thelma todd, barbara villani, erica wilson, harry bocquet, nott street state school, port melbourne library, port melbourne temperance hall, swallow & ariell ltd, business and traders - hotels, vintage port - worth preserving project

Found under floorboards when building demolished, April 1999. Reason for storage under floorboards unknown; found by 'bottle diggers' and sold to Peter Libbis of the Society in April of 1999Packet of 160 smaller sized papers from collection of orders for goods from J.E. Earl, September 1922, handwritten on various bits of paper from scraps to company order forms. Yes!business and traders - timber, built environment, j e earl pty ltd, wormald brothers pty ltd, swallow & ariell ltd, o t box factory, a t harman & sons pty ltd, robert harper & co ltd, a e wearne & son, w c cone & co, joshua brothers distillery

Found under floorboards when building demolished, April 1999. Reason for storage under floorboards unknown; found by 'bottle diggers' and sold to Peter Libbis of the Society in April of 1999Packet of 57 medium sized papers from collection of orders for goods from J.E. Earl, September 1922, handwritten on various bits of paper from scraps to company order forms. Yes!business and traders - timber, built environment, j e earl pty ltd, wormald brothers pty ltd, swallow & ariell ltd, o t box factory, a t harman & sons pty ltd, robert harper & co ltd, a e wearne & son, w c cone & co, joshua brothers distillery

Found under floorboards when building demolished, April 1999. Reason for storage under floorboards unknown; found by 'bottle diggers' and sold to Peter Libbis of the Society in April of 1999Packet of fragile papers from collection of orders for goods from J.E. Earl, September 1922, handwritten on various bits of paper from scraps to company order forms. Yes!business and traders - timber, built environment, j e earl pty ltd, wormald brothers pty ltd, swallow & ariell ltd, o t box factory, a t harman & sons pty ltd, robert harper & co ltd, a e wearne & son, w c cone & co, joshua brothers distillery, port melbourne yacht club

"Ten Arabian Nights" Official Souvenir programme . Black and white with drawing of a machine gun and two soldiers on front cover. Names of Council Officials at bottom and "price 3d". Back cover advertising future events ; a baby show; 50-50 dance; boxing and wrestling; comedy motor car act; and greasy pig race. Inside includes list of Port Melbourne men enlisted in second AIF 1939-40.Port Melbourne Ten Arabian Nights. Street illuminated carnival in aid of comforts fund. Australia will be there.celebrations fetes and exhibitions, war - world war ii, james peter crichton, h v mays, c h wright, sydney sims anderson, port melbourne boys band, second aif port melbournee, rook's shoes, station hotel, dick krawley, albion hotel, d l hart, david bell, faram brothers hardware, rose & crown hotel, g legge, m bond, j e earl, j mowat, fountain inn, hausens ball, george westwood, william howe, mrs howey, mrs smith, mrs mccall, mrs cuthill, mrs whitford, mrs aanensen, mrs hart, mrs thompson, mrs law, mrs sinclair, mrs walsh, a & a parson, galatos chocolates, flower hotel, j w henley, mrs edward, mrs couslan, mrs white, mrs dunn, mrs brown, elizabeth branton crichton nee portbury, bert gardiner

Part of Ron LAING's collection of photographs recording Port Melbourne over a thirteen year period. Donated to the PMH&PS by the photographer.A set of 7 colour photographs taken by Ron LAING of sites shown in the Historic Port Melbourne 2001 calendar (early traders), as they are in 2001. Includes::Demmler's:MacLennan's:Davenport's:Coles Supermarket:Miss Jago's:J.E. Earl's:Faram Brosbuilt environment - commercial, built environment - domestic, business and traders, ron laing, demmler's boot store, maclennan's grocery, davenport's, coles supermarket, miss jago's corner shop, j e earl pty ltd, faram brothers hardware

J.E. Earl closed in the 1990s and was used as a video shop for several years before being rebuilt as shops and flats.One of five colour photographs of Port Melbourne streets: Homeshow Video, Bay Street - formerly J.E. Earlbay street, built environment - commercial, j e earl pty ltd, home show video

Compiled of photos taken as reference by the Engineer's office before redevelopment began.Composite photo of market shops in Bay Street 1980s, prior to redevelopment as Coles supermarket. Made up of six photos.built environment - commercial, business and traders - grocers and supermarkets, messina (stove and merchandise trader), jeff lanagan (men, swear dealer), mensland, cassidy's (wool shop), port sport store (formerly newsagent), hogan's pie shop, j. e. earl (hardware and timber)

Produced by PMH&PS as a promotional/fundraising item. 600 printed."Historic Port Melbourne - The Traders" 2001 Calendar (600 copies printed) . 28 pages with cover photo Demmler's Boot Shop at the corner of bridge and Evans Sts c1910johnny allsorts pawnbroker, business and traders - pawnbrokers, built environment - commercial, business and traders - cobblers and footwear, pat grainger, port melbourne historical & preservation society, pmhps, maclennan's grocery, james herschell & co, bay street, walter 'watty' power, miss jago's corner shop, galatos chocolates, william j bellion, j e earl pty ltd, faram brothers hardware, alfred dowsett, moran & cato, piers and wharves - station pier, business and traders - kiosk