The site of H A ("Herbie") Sherriff's business, Emerald Motors, was a former blacksmith's shop on the corner of Main Road and Kilvington Road. The sign over the shop bears the word "PLUME": This was a "motor spirit" (fuel) produced by Standard Oils and sold in Australia 1916-1954.The signage and the two cars visible (one late model and one early) establish the time the photograph was taken. Black and white photograph of shopfront of H A Sherriff's Emerald Motors business. White car (Austin?) visible in workshop entrance, dark older car in profile on right. Sign over garage shows Mobil "Pegasus" logo and word "PLUME" . Five men and a dog standing around casually, a sixth man (Herbie Sherriff?) posing next to white car. emerald motors, herbie sherriff

Sherriff's Garage started in the Blacksmith's shop (originally Stapletons Blacksmith) , cnr. Kilvington Drive (the Beaconsfield Road) and Main Road. Early history of the commercial district of EmeraldSmall sepia photograph depicting Emerald Motors with (possibly) owner Herbie Sherriff standing out front of businessNo inscriptions, but Kodak manufacturing mark on backemerald motors, herbie sherriff, mobiloil signage

F.A. Roberts' 1920s motor service transported a small number of passengers from Emerald to Melbourne and back daily. The weekday service left Emerald at 8am and left Melbourne at 5:30pm - this might have served the role of an early commuter service for a small number of Emerald residents with work in Melbourne, but more likely allowed Emerald residents to travel into the city occasionally, conduct business there, and return. The weekend service leaves Melbourne earlier than normal on a Saturday and returns (whether to Emerald or to Melbourne) late on a Sunday. This timetable would have been constructed to allow for Melbourners to visit Emerald on the weekend as tourists, or for Emerald residents to spend a weekend in the city whether on tourism or business. This service appears to have cost significantly more than a train journey; however, taking a direct route may have significantly cut down the travel time allowing for a more reasonable commute. This item provides information and an image of Emerald's first regular motor service.This item is a photograph and paper cutout pasted together on a card backing. A handwritten caption is also written directly onto the card backing. The photograph is a black and white image of a 1920s Paige 'Larchmont Sport' 6-55 automobile, a seven-passenger touring car. It sits on a road, with only the driver - likely F.A. Roberts - within. Behind it is a wooden fence and a forest in the background.Handwritten on Card: "Emerald's 1st motor service / operated by F.A. Roberts 1920's" Printed on Pasted Cutout: "EMERALD TO MELBOURNE / MOTOR SERVICE / Leaves Emerald 8 a.m. Daily / Leaves Melbourne 5.30 p.m. / Flinders Street (Cathedral) / Saturday.—Emerald 8 a.m., / Melbourne, 1.30 p.m. / Sunday.—Emerald, 6.15 p.m., / Melbourne, 8.30 p.m. / Fare 5/- Each Way. / ROUND TRIPS CAN BE ARRANGED / F. Roberts."emerald, 1920s, transport, tourism

Calendarnon-fictionPictures of The Corner Store Emerald; Andersons Store; The Emerald Butcher; The Paper run Clematis Store; Emerald Motors; Nobelius Packing Shed; Couper's Store and Abattoir; Leggetts Dairy Cart; Emerald Country Club; George A'Vard's Bullock Team and Early Emerald streetscape.emerald (vic.), emerald businesses

Caravanning Guide to Australia 1956. Emerald Lake Park is on page 79.Green hard cover, with 240 pages.caravaning, keith winser, 1956, motor manual

This photo was taken facing south-east on the intersection of Main Street, Kilvington Drive, and Ferres Street in Emerald. Visible in the background of the photograph are the Emerald Pharmacy (now the Emerald Wellness Pharmacy) and the Post Office (now Melbourne Pathology). Alongside the traffic on the road in front of the shopfronts, a US Bus Lines coach is parked. US Bus Lines, initially the Belgrave United Motor Service, operated in Melbourne between 1921 and 2009 when it was acquired by Ventura. The likely route it may have been following was the 695 between Belgrave and Gembrook, which continues to operate along Main Street and Belgrave/Gembrook Road.This image demonstrates the degree to which a central road, such as Main Street, can change over a span of fifty years.This colour photograph features a busy street lined with greenery. In the background, a row of shops is obscured by traffic of cars and a waiting bus. In the foreground of the image, slightly obscuring the cars and buildings, stand two tall trees. The tree on the left is slightly shorter and its branches and leaves fill the upper third of the image. On the photograph's reverse are a few handwritten notes.Reverse, handwritten in ink, crossed out: "Outside Ladders / Emerald 1979" Reverse, handwritten in pencil: "OUTSIDE REECE" emerald, 1970s