Flashlights where a vital tool for night time map reading, signaling with coloured lenses and many other uses. The blackout during the war also meant for a extended popularity of flashlights. Many carried them onto the streets to see as the streetlights where very rare and to top that of mostly blacked out. Most flashlights where fitted with blinds or coloured lenses to hide the bright light they produced. These coloured lenses where also used to signal between individual soldiers. Mostly used in the 1940s by the military and civilians alike. A small metal light signal box or flashlight.Petrix No. 678signal box, flashlight, petrix 678

Harry and Emily Leggett second from right. Founders of Leggetts Ballroomblack and white photographMr and Mrs Leggett's Fancy dress Conderella. Town Hall St Kilda 23.6.15. Geo Wall's Flashlight. Phone Windsor 3573. Harry and Emily Leggett Second from Right. Founders of Leggets Ballroom.

Mr and Mrs Leggett's Fancy Dress "Cinderella" Harry and Emily Leggett shown second from right, founders of Leggett's Ballroom. Information on back of photograph: dances were transferred from Prahran TH when it was burned down in 1914.black and white photograph (copy?) unmountedHarry and Emily Leggett Second from right, founders of Leggett's ballroom. Mr & Mrs Leggett's fancy dress "Cinderella", Town Hall St Kilda. 23/6/15. Geo Walls Flashlight. Phone Windsor 3573.

The Balloon flashlight magnifying glass was donated by a resident of Wodonga and is an unusual example of glass magnifiers with an inbuilt light made by the Balloon company.The flashlight magnifying glass has local significance due to its donation by a resident of Wodonga. It also has historical significance as an example of a relatively rare type of vintage Balloon magnifying glass with an inbuilt light.Metal and plastic flashlight magnifying glass, with a light attached to the interior end of the handle, to illuminate the magnified area."TRADE MARK / BALLOON / MADE IN HONG KONG" on the dark brown plastic end of the handle.magnifying glass, flashlight magnifying glass, balloon magnifying glass, balloon hong kong

George Reed was a draftsman living in the City of Moorabbin c 1950 1899, David Misell, invented this "electric device" ( torch / flashlight) powered by "D" batteries laid front-to-back in a paper tube with the light bulb and a rough brass reflector at the end. Misell assigned his invention over to the American Electrical Novelty and Manufacturing Company owned by Conrad Hubert. In 1905, Hubert changed the name again to The American Ever Ready Company, selling torches / flashlights and batteries under the trademark Ever Ready. In 1906 the British Ever Ready Electrical Company was formed for export of batteries; it became independent in 1914. The American Ever Ready Company became part of National Carbon Company in 1914. The trademark was shortened to Eveready. In 1986, Union Carbide sold its Battery Products Division to Ralston Purina Company becoming the Eveready Battery Company, Inc. and in 1992, it bought the British Ever Ready Electrical Company. Prior to March 1, 1980, the company's alkaline battery had been called the Eveready Alkaline Battery (1959–1968), Eveready Alkaline Energizer (1968–1974) and Eveready Alkaline Power Cell (1974–February 29, 1980). On March 1, 1980, it was rebadged under its current name, Energizer. 2019 production plant in Portage, Wisconsin, but the majority of batteries are made in China and there are also numerous production facilities outside the US. This is an industrial strength Eveready Torch made in England and was used by George Reed, a draftsman, who lived in Bentleigh , City of Moorabbin in mid 20th CLarge 'Eveready' industrial hand torch/ flashlight with rubber protective coverEVEREADY /MADE IN ENGLAND clothing, manufactured lace, dressmaking, blouses, theatrical props, lights, torches, lighting, early settlers, moorabbin shire, mechanics institute cheltenham, postworld war 11 settlers, housing estates moorabbin 1950, bentleigh, ormond, moorabbin, cheltenham, , clark judy, reed gladys, reed george

Returned Soldier's Ball held in Wangaratta on 9th August 1937 Captain Mulder and Jim Boyd were floor stewards. A special set of four couples in full regimental dress danced the Quadrilles and other set dances.First Military Ball held in Wangaratta and due to its success it was decided to make it an annual event. Black and white unframed photograph of large group of men and women in front of stage with flags in background mounted on brown cardboardA momento of the Ret. Soldiers Ball Wangaratta 9.8.371937, wangaratta, returned soldier's ball

The people in the photograph were attending a ball organised by the Sunbury School Mothers' Club in September 1936. It was held in the Sunbury Memorial Hall ( formerly the Mechanics Institute) in Stawell Street, Sunbury.Local fund raising social functions held in country towns were very popular and well-supported by the community. In 1936 Sunbury State school was a small two-roomed rural school which catered for the children in the district.A non-digital sepia photograph in post card format of a people in a large hall at a community dance. Details of the event, the maker and the donor have been hand written in pencil; on the back. A Memento of the Mothers' Club Ball Memorial Hall Sunbury 5.9.36social gatherings, balls, memorial hall, sunbury mothers' club, stawell street

The Gisborne Football Club organised a ball, which was held in the local Community Chambers on 26th May 1937. Judging from the number of people in the hall, the event was well attended.Functions like balls organised by local groups such as sporting clubs have been popular and well attended by the people living in country towns across the country.A non-digital sepia photograph in post card format of a group of people in a large hall, posing for a photograph in front of a stage. Streamers are decorating the venue with gumtree branches on either side of the stage.A Memento of the Footballers' Ball inborn 26. 5. 37gisborne football club, football, gisborne, sporting clubs, balls, social gatherings

The people photographed were attending a ball in Sunbury organised by the local Firemen to raise funds for the local fire service. It took place on the 26th August 1936 in the Sunbury Memorial Hall (formerly Mechanics Institute) in Stawell Street.Local fund raising social functions like balls were well supported on country towns across the country and were a way of raising the necessary money for the organisations to keep functioning.A non-digital sepia photograph in post card format of a group of people at a social function, posing for a photograph in a large hall. Details of the event, the donor and maker are on the back of the photograph.A Memento of the Firemen's Ball, Sunbury 26.8.36sunbury firemen, balls, social functions, stawell street, memorial hall

Returned Soldier's Ball held in Wangaratta on 9th August 1937 Captain Mulder and Jim Boyd were floor stewards. A special set of four couples in full regimental dress danced the Quadrilles and other set dances.First Military Ball held in Wangaratta and due to its success it was decided to make it an annual event. Black and white unframed photograph of large group of men and women in front of stage with flags in backgroundA momento of the Ret. Soldiers Ball Wangaratta 9.8.371937, wangaratta, returned soldier's ball

The flash bars were slotted into a clip on the top of an Instamatic Camera and other small cameras used in the 1960's and 1970's. The flash bars provided a flash light attachment for those cameras.A packet of flash bars which provide the flashlight attachment for Instamatic Cameras. The packet contains five flashlights. On the packet there is a picture of a boy in a red T-shirt holding a Snoopy doll. there is also a Coles price tag for $2.88 on the packet."SYLVANIA/FLASH BR/SYLVANIA"1970s, photographers, george evans collection

Black and White Photograph of a group of "Guests of the "Hanro" Girls and Boys. Photograph taken "In commemoration of the Swiss National Day, Aug 1st, 1927". "Favaloro's Cafe, Bendigo" Includes seventeen young women in National Costume plus twenty-two other guests.Percival Pinder, Flashlight. Bendigophoto, group, swiss national day, hanro staff, swiss workers

49.1 Names & images of 18 Returned Servicemen from W W 2. of the Lara District 49.2 Names & images of 18 Returned Servicemen from W W 2. of the Lara District presented to J & J McIntyre and Miss F McIntyre with compliments of the Lara Reception CommitteeLocal to Lara district , a visual record of persons in their home environment again . Also second photo 49.2 under glass 49.1 Oblong/Landscape....Black&White photograph on aged white cardboard....WELCOME HOME banner....Australian & British Flags prominent. 49.2 Photo mounted behind glass presented to the McIntyre FamilyFlashlight photograph September 10 1947. second world war servicemen lara mcintyre 1947 rsl j branch mcclelland

Small rectangular cardboard box containg a black cylindrical metal and rubber flashlight or torch. The outside of the cardboarch container has black ink markings for identification and manufacture. A white printed ID label containing a barcode is attached to the bottom of the box. The pocket light has a metal attachment clip on its side and a rubber covered on/off switch on the bottom of the light. The body of the light has a knurled section for grip. The lens top section of the field pocket light unscrews of the body to enable the top of the pocket light to be unscrewed to enable battery insertion.FPL-3000 Military Pocket Light Made in Australia NSN no: 6230 66 139 1304 Ocean Graphic Pty. Ltd. Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA. *6230661391304023* FPL-3000 Black/Green Filter The field pocket light has the NSN marking 6230-66-139-1304 with the Department of Defence arrow marking at the side of the top of the flashlight.fpl-3000, military, field pocket light, australian military

This item clearly shows the conditions covering both working conditions and housing in the construction of the Junction Dam in the 1940s. Working conditions were extreme and health and safety legislation was at its infancy. The residential buildings were intended to last only for the period of construction, however greater demand for longevity as a tourist haven prevailedThis photo of the construction of the Junction Dam, with The Bogong village as backdrop, details the harsh conditions faced by construction workers, building dams and villages to accommodate workers in the 1940s to the 1950s. Australia at this period in time, experienced a surge of population (influx of World War II refugees), which was the catalyst for developing and undergoing an enormous hydroelectricity program for the Alpine regions, both in Victoria and New South Wales. This program was initiated to supply electricity to the major southern Australian cities of Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney. It was thought that these developments would reduce, if not eliminate, the requirement for coal driven power stations. However time has demonstrated that these power stations have not matched the demand required by the industries and the populations of the major urban and cities.Black and white photo of original photo with a flashlight reflection in the bottom centre. The photo is on Kodak XtraLife II paper. The paper is semi gloss.This photo is of the construction of the Junction Dam Wall with the Bogong Townshiip in the background.Back of photo is printed " Kodak XtraLite II paperdam construction, bogong village, alpine development, junction dam

The photograph was taken by Alwyn Till for a competition using a flashlight camera. Technical details are attached to the bottom of the photograph.Professional photograph of two Gorsuch children - Judith 5 years and Peter 3 years, seated on a couch. Both are clasping furry toys. The photograph is mounted on card. Taken in 1939gorsuch, peter, fry, judith, gorsuch, judith, till. alwyn

Photograph attached to Card, photographed using flash photographyOld Castlemaine Schoolboys' First Reunion Flashlight Photo., Castlemaine Town Hall, Sept. 18th. 1912.reunion

In the 1890s, American Ever-Ready Company founder Conrad Hubert invented the electric flash light which worked with his dry cell batteries . The first Ever Ready flash light was patented in 1898. The first portable flashlights were hand-made from crude paper and fibre tubes, with a bulb and a rough brass reflector. Because batteries were weak and bulbs primitive, flashlights of the era produced only a brief flash of light- thus the name. This torch is named a Bullseye because of the glass lens at the top.This torch helps to interpret the development of lighting. The collection of whale oil lamps as well as gas and electric lighting. Silver coloured metal torch. It has a body and a lid/top. The body is hip flask shaped. On the side of the body is a silver coloured metal button which can be slid up and down. On both the front and back of the body and the top centre are tow small raised circles. The top, which can be removed has a glass dome on it. The inside of the body has a small piece of contact metal where the slide button on the outside turn the torch on and off. In the centre at the top there is the light bulb. The base of the body can also be removed. The base has the makers mark EVER READY stamped on it.Lid light: FY (within a diamond shape) / PATENT 40092 Base: EVER READYlight, torch, lighting, portland, glenelg shire

Newspaper photo of the Wireless Patrol crew with carbines and tear gas equipment at a siege in 1962Four men standing beside and in front of a car with boot opened. Man front left wearing a gas mask; man in centre getting gas mask ready to put on; man on right carrying a rifle and flashlight; man left rear putting a gas mask on. Circa 1973Wireless Patrol 1962-63. L to R Fred Barnham, S/C Bill McRae, Adrian Lalor, Ron King (driver)police vehicles; wireless patrol; motor transport branch; motor transport section; barnham, fred; mcrae, william; lalor, adrian; king, ronald

Black and white photo on engraved cream card. Studio portrait of forty eight young adults in evening dress. All wearing name tags. Four tennis racquets in front of photo. Inscriptions: Hand written on card at bottom. On card 'Tasma, Flashlight Photo, High Street, Bendigo'. On reverse 'picture frame 3A'.Tasmaperson, group, sports team

photograph on card containing approximately 150 menOld Castlemaine Schoolboys Second Annual Re-Union, Flashlight Photo, Castlemaine Town Hall, October 10th, 1913, Reverse: W.J. Hodgson, Castlemaine

Black and white postcard photograph of large group of people attending a ball.Written on a section of the photo: "Memento of the Hibernian Ball, Rutherglen, 29.9.37" On back of photo: "N. R. McGeehan, (Flashlight Specialist), 154 Hotham St., St. Kilda. S2"ball, dances, hibernian ball

The postcard depicts a large group of young men and women posing inside the Beechworth Town Hall. They are attending the Back to Childhood Ball in Beechworth on 3 November 1937. Joining them is a small goat in the front row.The postcard provides insight into entertainment, leisure and recreation in Beechworth during the 1930s. It enriches the community's understanding of how entertainment has developed in Beechworth since the early twentieth century.Black and white rectangular postcard printed on card.Obverse: a memento of the Back To Childhood Ball "Beechworth" / 3.11.37 / Reverse: 3708 / POST CARD / KODAK / CORRESPONDENCE / ADDRESS ONLY / AUSTRAL / A / AUSTRAL / KODAK / N. R. McGEEHAN, (Flashlight Specialist.) / 154 HOTHAM ST., ST. KILDA. S. 2. /entertainment, entertainment album, beechworth, 1930s, goat, recreation, performance, leisure, back to childhood ball, social

The mining class visited the Last Chance on the afternoon of Thursday, 8th June, under the guidance of Mr Kirby, the mine manager. Mr Campbell, the photographic instructor, also dared the perils of the deep in order to take some flashlight photos. As this was Mr Campbell's first visit below, several difficulties which he did not now existed prevented success. The students all ranged themselves in poetic and heroic attitudes for the first flashlight, but the development of the plate showed only the light from the candles and the moisture on the lens. The next two tries were better, but were under-exposed, and of no value, except as experience. Two gentlemen from England also went below with the students, but history repeated itself and Australia won the "test." The Englishmen left early. Mr Hart secured a fine specimen of arsenopyrite and indicator slate; also a bootlace, the property of a much-vexed miner, whose boots Mr Hart had borrowed. Horrors! Mr Hart steal a bootlace! Impossible! However, a tragedy was averted by the miner securing a new lace, and he was at once all smiles - so were the students. Mr Campbell took a photo of the students dressed for the occasion, and some were flattered, and some looked very like the universal "Weary Willie". (Ballarat School of Mines Students' Magazine, July 1899, p.2.)Over 24 men pose for a photograph outside the Last Chance mine. Some of the men are members of the visiting Ballarat School of Mines mining class. Thomas Hart (beard) stands at the back right. Verso: Copied from Annual report 1898, Thomas Hart - back Row, 2nd from right with beard.ballarat school of mines, last chance, thomas hart, john rowe, hart, mining, mining alumni, rowe, charles campbell

The general public was fascinated by the nightly 'Penguin Parade' on Phillip Island. Many articles have been written about the birds and the Penguin Parade attraction since the 1930s. So many people spent their summer holidays on Phillip Island in one of the many guest houses, then caravan parks and holiday homes and a visit to the Penguin Parade by them and their visitors was very common during their holidays. Articles tended to be a mix of basic penguin behavior information and anthropomorphic descriptions. Accompanying photographs were almost invariably taken by flashlight (now illegal), or of penguins taken from their burrows during daylight hours for photo opportunities. The article provides evidence of the level of knowledge about Phillip Island's Little/Fairy Penguins at this time. (approx 1960?)Photocopy of 2 page magazine article. Black print. Images poor quality due old photocopy.little penguins, fairy penguins, eudyptula minor, phillip island penguin parade, dorothy vernon, penguin rookery, penguin behaviour, phillip island tourist attractions

Originated from HollandTorch used by Air Force personal During Second World WarSmall brown torch with activating lever Type A9TROPICALIZED FEBRUARY 1945 DAYTON ACME CO. CINCINNATI , OHIO., U.S.A. PATENT APPLIED FOR LAMP ASSEM., FLASHLIGHT (HAND ENERGIZED) TYPE A9 SPECIFICATION No.32454 MFR'SNo.16 3-B ORDER No 2084-PHILA-45-54 PROPERTY - AIR FORCES .U.S. ARMY

Black & white, rectangular picture of a large group of people. Across the front lower section the words "A memento of the Catholic Ball Streatham 23.8.38. Stamped in black ink on rear "Post card, Correspondence, Address Only, Kodak Australia, N.R. McGeeman (Flashlight Specialist.) 154 Hotham St. St.Kida. S. 2. Written in blue pen are the words " Des Meek and Hall. On the front the words A memento of the Catholic Ball Streatham 23.8.38.

The general public was fascinated by the nightly 'Penguin Parade' on Phillip Island. Many articles have been written about the birds and the Penguin Parade attraction since the 1930s. So many people spent their summer holidays on Phillip Island in one of the many guest houses, then caravan parks and holiday homes and a visit to the Penguin Parade by them and their visitors was very common during their holidays. Articles tended to be a mix of basic penguin behavior information and anthropomorphic descriptions. Accompanying photographs were almost invariably taken by flashlight (now illegal), or of penguins taken from their burrows during daylight hours for photo opportunities. This article, written in the 1950s, describes the management of the Penguin Parade at that time as being run by the Penguin Preservation Committee. This was before the Phillip Island Council took over running the Penguin Parade. The article provides evidence of the level of knowledge about Phillip Island's Little/Fairy Penguins at this time. (1957)single full-page magazine article, black ink on white paper. Photocopied from original, so photos appear as black and white.little penguins, fairy penguins, eudyptula minor, phillip island penguin parade, dorothy vernon, penguin rookery, penguin behaviour, phillip island tourist attractions