An invoice with receipt from Emerald Motors, dated 1971, owned by H.A. Sherriff1971 invoice from Emerald Motorsbusinesses, emerald, victoria, australia, service stations, motor vehicles, emerald motors

Small keyholder folding type with press stud fastening metal hooks for four keys insideCompliments of Emerald Motors H Sherriff Phone Emerald 102emerald, victoria, australia, businesses, h a sherriff, emerald motors

Booklet compiled by the Emerald Rural Fire Brigade 'in the interests of public safety' detailing fire prevention measures for domestic properties. Date unkown but would have been before construction of Cardinia Dam in the early 1970s and when Emerald Telephone Exchange was still in use. Advertisements contain useful historical information with names and phone numbers of various businesses in the town. The card is a list of phone numbers to ring in case of fire, with names and addresses of members of the brigade, local doctor (I. S. Murphy) and police.12 page typewritten and roneod booklet with centre staple, pink cover with illustration; includes diagrams and advertisements -white card printed in red with list of phone numbers - some damage to edges of paper; some rusting from stapleemerald, victoria, australia, fire prevention, firefighters, businesses, emerald rural fire brigade, lockyer's, emerald, nobelius & co., webber's self service, elto service station, emerald electrics, peter searle, emerald motors, h.a. sherriff, bill stephens, emerald co-operative society

Further research is required on the right car it is suspected to be a Subaru Brumby. Further research is also needed on the shopfronts shown.This item holds historical significance as it shows several vehicles that are no longer in make as well as how emerald and several of its shop fronts looked in the past. It also holds social significance as these shops would have been a part of how people interacted within the township in the past. All of this is useful; for anyone researching the township or historical cars.Black and white rectangular photograph. The black and white photograph depicts two cars parked in diagonal parking spaces with their drivers standing next to their cars, both on the drivers side of the car. The left car is a Holden HZ Premier wagon, which sits slightly in front of the other car, and also has its driver's side door open. Both vehicles feature luggage racks on their roofs. Behind them, we can seen three different store fronts; Nobelius and Co travel agents, Emerald Post Office, and Emerald Pharmacy.Obverse: ESTATE DANDY DOLLAR SAVINGS EMELD PHARMACY / NOBELIUS / ESTATE AGENTS / NOBELIUS & CO. / PTY. LTD. NOBELIUS & CO. PTY. LTD EMERALD POST OFFICE 3782 Phmacy / AGENT FOR / ANGLE / PARKING / PROPERTY / SALE ESTATE AGENTS / TIONEERS & TRAVEL AGENTS / STATEWIDE / AGENT FOR / NOBELIUS AND CO. / PTY. / LTD. / TRAVEL / BUILD SOCIET / AGENTS / BFK-478 / ANE.666 / VICTORIA /emerald, victoria, australia, nobelius and co., nobelius and co. estate agents, emerald post office, emerald pharmacy, emerald township, vintage car, motor vehicles, holden hz premier

Norm Smith was a former bus driver who worked for U.S. Motors Belgrave in the early 1950s. Formerly known as U.S. Bus Lines, the bus and coach company first formed in Monbulk in 1921. They offered a total of six routes under a contract with Public Transport Victoria, including services to Olinda, Belgrave South, Dandenong to Belgrave, as well as Melbourne to Emerald to Dandenong. As of July 2023, Norm is currently the President of the Gembrook RSL Club; at age 90, he is the oldest sub-branch President in Victoria. Mitzi Ryberg was the daughter of Gus Ryberg OAM; a former employee of the Nobelius and Sons Nursery. Gus was a significant figure in the Emerald community: he played an important role in securing the last remnant of the Nobelius Nursery as a heritage area, and was pivotal in establishing the Emerald Museum as a founding member in 1981. Mitzi passed away in July 2023.The record holds strong historic significance as it offers insight into prominent residents of the local area. This significance is further enhanced by the provenance of the record, having been donated to the Emerald Museum by one of the people depicted in the photograph, thus confirming a strong and reliable chain of ownership.Black and white rectangular photograph printed on matte photographic paper. This photograph depicts three smiling people dressed in formal attire, possibly at a social event. From left to right, the people are: Mitzi Ryberg, Norm Smith, and Helen Williams. Norm is positioned in the middle with his arms around Mitzi and Helen. There are three tall drinking glasses visible in the photograph.Reverse: Mitzi Ryberg. Norm Smith / + Helen Williams / Norm Smith U.S. MOTORS bus driver / VEMUP0961 / JOB6673 3 of 5 /mitzi ryberg, gus ryberg, bus, gembrook victoria australia, helen williams, norm smith

The Chicago Flexible Shaft Company was established in Chicago, Illinois, in 1893. Horses were integral to both the agricultural and transport sectors at the time so hand-cranked clippers that reduced the time to remove the excess winter coat of working horses and other large animals (including sheep) that previously needed to be trimmed with hand shears to a job that could be completed in less than twenty minutes was a considerable advancement. This model, the Number 1, was actually the second iteration of the company's hand-cranked devices; it was smaller and lighter to transport and cheaper for farmers to purchase and therefore had a bigger impact on overall agricultural practices than the company's first, pioneering, 'Chicago Clipper'. This item is the stand and power-generation unit of the machine. An attachment on the left-hand side of the item shows where a long, flexible 'shaft' ending in sharp clippers could be attached to the crank unit and powered by manually turning the crank handle. The clippers could then be used to easily remove long hair from animals such as horses, whose winter coats could interfere with their ability to wear a harness or hold sweat which would be uncomfortable for the horse when it dried. The inventors who founded the Chicago Flexible Shaft Company, John K. Stewart (born Terrence O'Brien Junior) and Thomas J. Clark (born Thomas Conlon), went on to design the speedometer used in the Ford Model T car. After Stewart sold his shares in the Chicago Flexible Shaft Company to focus on developing the speedometer concept, the company changed direction to focus on domestic appliances - including clippers for human hair - and rebranded as Sunbeam, a brand still in use today.This item is significant as an example of agricultural technology in use in the Emerald area in the early Twentieth Century. The particular make and model of clipper represented a considerable technological advance as it was significantly smaller in size and easier to operate than previous models from the same company. This smaller size meant it had a much bigger impact on farming processes internationally as it was easier to transport and more affordable for farmers to purchase. It is not known which farm in the Emerald area purchased and used the machine.The item consists of a small metal case, which may house a ball bearing mechanism, powered by a wooden handled metal crank to the right side of the case. A metal handle is provided at the rear. An outlet for a cord is present on the left hand side of the unit. The unit stands on an attached tripod to raise it to working height. The item is the brown of rusted metal all over, though it can be seen that the rear handle was originally red and the wooden handle black, in distinction to the possible original chrome colour of the unit overall.Top: THE / STEWART / CHICAGO / BALL BEARING / No. 1 / CLIPPER / MADE BY / CHICAGO / FLEXIBLE / SHAFT CO / CHICAGO USA / PATENTED BY / U.S.A., ENGLAND / AUSTRALIA / NEW ZEALAND / CANADA / CUBA / ETC Right side: STEWART / CLIPPER / MADE / BY / CHICAGO FLEXIBLE SHAFT CO /1890s, 1900s, 1910s, chicago flexible shaft co, chicago flexible shaft company, agricultural equipment, farm and equipment, farm tools, horses, john k stewart, terrence o'brien junior, thomas j clark, thomas conlon, ford motor company, ford model t, speedometer, sunbeam

unknownBox of 6 Osram motor car light bulbsOsram Automobile Bulbs The safety beam above all. The GEC - your guaranteeemerald, victoria, australia, motor vehicles, osram, brian parberry

The township of Emerald was settled after gold was discovered in the area in 1858. Emerald's 'square mile' was established and roads between the township, other towns in the region and Melbourne were established (with alterations to the original layout in the intervening years). From these first years of the settlement roads and services to support the transport of goods (from businesses making and repairing carts and drays to mechanics' workshops to service cars and industrial vehicles) were integral to the economic survival and development of the township. Closely associated with the history of Emerald is the history of the Gembrook or Nobelius Nurseries, which transported trees and other plants to parks and private gardens in Melbourne, in other Australian locations and in many other countries. Impassable roads to transport goods in Winter, and the difficulty of transporting goods by bullock team or horse and cart over a route that at that time went via the railway station at Narre Warren led to Carl Axel Nobelius and other local business owners successfully lobbying the Victorian Government to build the narrow gauge railway to the Ferntree Gully line that is now operated as the tourist attraction 'Puffing Billy.' Puffing Billy was primarily a goods transport service, but did transport passengers in both directions of travel for both everyday needs and recreational purposes. The Puffing Billy service did not remove the need for local families and businesses to provide their own transport options, however, whenever they needed to move smaller loads or to access places not served by the railway lines or stations. In the late Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries transport options included carts of various sizes pulled by horses, oxen or bullocks. In the 1920s and 1930s cars (which had existed in Australia in early forms from approximately 1896) began to replace horses as the primary mode of transportation across Australia. By the end of the Second World War cars dominated transport options in rural areas as well as urban. Correspondingly, businesses to service vehicles shifted from focusing on repairs and maintenance of harnesses and cart structures to the repair and servicing of cars and other vehicles. Museum records indicate that the image was taken in the Shell Service Station in Emerald in approximately 1990. There is still a Shell Service Station in Emerald, located at 336-338 Belgrave-Gembrook Road, though it is now part of the Coles Express network.This image is significant because it provides insights into the development of automotive and engineering workshop businesses in the region, part of the progression from wheelwright and cartwright businesses in the days of oxen drays to businesses servicing cars and other vehicles. As part of this, it also provides insight into the equipment available at the time the photograph was taken, which is speculated to be the late 1980s or early 1990s. Identification of the two men pictured may also help ascertain the significance of the image.Black and white rectangular photograph printed on print media paper. The image depicts two men standing in front of a piece of mechanic's workshop equipment on which a Bridgestone tyre has been loaded. One of the men is wearing long-sleeved overalls, the other is wearing dark trousers and a polo-neck T-shirt. Museum records indicate the photograph may have been taken at the Shell Service Station.Obverse: BRIDGESTONE / SF-340 EAGER /emerald, victoria, australia, transport, automotive services, shell service station, cars, motor vehicles, puffing billy, businesses, local business

Tours prepared in conjunction with Broadbent 'Fifty Miles Round Melbourne' (see VEMU1140). See Tour No. 14, page 45, for tour including Emerald.Soft cover book with maps and black and white photographs. Brown cover with red printing. Staples removed.emerald, victoria, australia, tourism, maps, shell company of australia ltd.

the book is historically and socially significant as it details the sawmills and many of the workers in the timber industry in GembrookGreen cardboard covered book with photo graph of motorised tramway motor.Stamped “K.F.Hogan” and “15 Old Gembrook Rd, Emerald 3782,(059)684508” on front and reargembrook, lumberjacks, timber, sawmils

Essex Super Six was made by the Hudson Motor Car CompanyHexagonal radiator emblem from Essex Super Six automobile - metalESSEX Super Six. On rear: 1929emerald, victoria, australia, motor vehicles, essex super six, hudson motor car company

unknownSmall green tin containing 4 auto fusesSenta Auto Fuses Safety Valve FIVEemerald, victoria, australia, motor vehicles, senta

Electrical lamp cylindrical (oval) on brass base with internal plastic cylinder & slotted metal top resting on a spike to allow it to rotate. Motor cars on outside cylinder depicting 1912 T Model Ford and 1914 Stutz Bearcatemerald, victoria, australia, lamps