The John E. Hand & Sons Company was founded in Philadelphia in 1873, quickly gaining a reputation as competent manufacturers of nautical instruments and compass adjusters. In fact, John Enos Hand, the company founder, is recognised as the first man in America to adjust a compass aboard an iron ship. The Hand Company built navigational equipment for all varieties of floating vessels, and operated a chain of retail outlets with “service stations” in numerous port cities, including Baltimore and New Orleans, until 1956. Service stations sold Hand instruments as well as other nautical paraphernalia and provided compass adjusting services. Additionally, John E Hand and his two sons, John L Hand and Bartram Hand, were inventors in their own right who patented design improvements for numerous instruments that were employed in the company’s work. Commercial and private contracts dominated the firm’s business until the late 1930s when the United States military began preparations for World War II. Although the Hand Company never completely abandoned its involvement with private industry, after World War II, military contracts monopolised their business. The Company obtained contracts with the Navy, Coast Guard and Marines to develop new instruments, and to build military-engineered nautical equipment. Of note are the wrist compass, developed for the Navy beginning in the 1950s, and the Mark VII Model 5 Navy Standard Binnacle. Although it moved numerous times, the Hand Company headquarters and factory remained in the Delaware Valley, occupying several buildings in Philadelphia and southern New Jersey. Maintaining its central office in Philadelphia well into the 1900s, the factory was moved to Atco, New Jersey around the turn of the twentieth century and subsequently to Haddon field, New Jersey. It moved one last time in the 1960s to Cherry Hill, New Jersey. In 1997, California-based Sunset Cliffs Merchandising Corporation purchased the Hand Company and all its assets for $100,000. "HAND" brand taffrail log by John F. Hand and Sons Co. Register is enclosed in log, has a glass front and 3 dials on an enameled surface, the first dial registers the miles up to 100, the second registers the units up to 10 mile, the third registers quarters of a mile. The item is rocket shaped with a three blade rotor and a rope ring attachment at one end; the rotor will spin when a rope is attached, allowing the apparatus dials to measure the ship's speed when it is dragged behind a ship. Diagram of the 'Hand' trademark with a compass card in the middle, inscription reads "John F Hand and Sons Co" and "PHILA-BALTO" ( Abbreviation for: Philadelphia / Baltimore) flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, bartram hand, john enos hand, john f. hand and sons co, john l hand, john hand & sons instrument makers, john hand & sons of philadelphia, marine instrument, marine service station, mechanical ship log, nautical instrument, nautical navigation, navigational equipment, scientific instrument, ship log, ship log register, ship’s speed, sunset cliffs merchandising corporation, speed log, rocket log, harpoon log, taffrail log, taff rail log

Food/Personal items sent by family to troops serving overseas. Hand made cotton bags were completely sealed. Overseas address was simply made out to "Abroad"Food, personal items and presents were sent by the family or friends to serving troops overseas. Canvas/Cotton bag hand sown together with black cotton.VX 18968 Dvr N.E. Morris A Section no1 Echelon 7th Division A A S C Supply Column 2nd AIF Abroad From M. L. Morris Wilson St Cheltenham Melbourne Australia (Identical information Written on both sides of the bag.parcel present cotton bag vx 18968 morris 2aif 7 division cheltenham

This dress is hand made possibly by a mother for her daughters. It is hand and machine stitched. This style of dress would have been worn for special occasions, eg going to church or special outings.This item is very significant for the following reasons. Historic and social - it shows what little girls wore during the early 1900's of the Kiewa Valley. It also shows fashion of the times and how these styles of dresses were made. All of which is valuable for research on these topics. There are only two of these dresses in the collection of the KVSH, and therefore would be very rare. The condition is good enough to display, therefore it has good interpretive capacity.Brown Cotton Dress. Top and sleeves are lined in calico. Home made, with manual machine stitches and some hand sewing. The dress has a high round neck and long sleeves. There is a band around the waist to which a gathered skirt it attached with hand stitching. Two different shades of brown are used on this dress. Back opens with 8 hooks. Water stains on dresschild, homemade, dress, girl, kiewa-valley

Catalogue - prepared for J. Buck. Established 1759 Hand Tool Preservation Association of Australia Inc. Tools and Machines for Engineers and Woodworkers.Grey heavy Paper cover Black writing and border Catalogue of Tools and Machines 248 pages - Measurements, prices and catalogue Nos of Tools Printed in 1913 - supplied by Frank Ham, HT-PAA Printed in August 2003 by Hand Tools Preservation Association of Australia Incj. buck - established 1759, tools and machines for engineers and woodworkers

Loris BUTTON (27/02/1951- ) Born Melbourne Dr Loris Button grew up in Melbourne, completing undergraduate studies in painting and drawing at the Phillip Institute of Technology, followed by a Master of Fine Arts degree at the University of Tasmania. Her PhD thesis employed self portraiture as a means for reflecting on the self, time and ageing in contemporary culture. From 1981 – 1986 Loris lived and studied in Hobart before returning to Melbourne. She lectured at the University of Ballarat Arts Academy from 1987. Since 1990 she has lived and worked in Ballarat and the nearby town of Creswick. Loris retired from an academic career at the Arts Academy, University of Ballarat (now Federation University) at the end of 2010. Loris has continued a post-retirement association with the Arts Academy through her role as an Honorary Research Fellow. Working with prints, paintings and drawings on handmade paper, her work is regularly shown in both solo and group exhibitions throughout Australia and overseas. This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 2000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.Oil painting on paper depicting a hand holding an egg, mounted on wooden panel.art, artwork, loris button, button, hand, egg, available

Self-reflective piece exploring some people's disposition to certain skills. Boyd argues that the hand has a character of its own.Typewritten, pencil edits, quarto, 2 pageshand, h p schoenheimer, the beast with five fingers, robin boyd, manuscript

Donated to the Camberwell City RSL by Bruce Ruxton in 1995Hand embroidered 'Ode to the Fallen'Hand embroidered by Sister Ailsa Storrer just before she died on the 10 June 1995

An ergonomic keyboard designed for people who need to type with one hand. Typing speeds of 85 WPM are possible with this keyboard. The layout of the keyboard is designed for one handed users to type quickly and efficiently.The shape allows the natural movement of the hand. The company was formed in 1977 and this model was created in 1981. Single handed keyboard with grey and yellow buttons and power cord. Maltronkeyboard, maltron, disability, one handed keyboard, impaired aid, electronic

Hand forged metal spike found along Plenty River.Hand forged metal spike. Some rust.

Hand Operated Rail Saw Out on the track in the old days, it was sometimes required to cut a piece of railway track. Before the use of generators and oxy cutting, the only way to do this was with a hand saw. This is the machine operated by two people, that would cut a piece of rail in half. And when the rail was cut, it was usually required to join it to another rail which required putting in 4 to 6 holes in the rail with a Hand Operated drill. Historic - Railways Permanent Way and Works - track equipment - Hand Operated Rail Saw Hand Operated Rail Saw made of cast metalpuffing billy, hand operated rail saw

This item is hand made possible by a mother for her daughters. It is hand and machine stitched. This style of aprons / pinafore is attached to the two brown dresses that are also in the collection. This item is very significant for the following reasons. Historic and social - it shows what little girls wore during the early 1900's of the Kiewa Valley. It also shows fashion of the times and how these styles of aprons were made. All which is valuable for research on these topics. There are only a few of these aprons in the collection of the KVSH, and therefore would be very rare. The condition is good enough to display, therefore it has good interpretive capacity.Girls apron or pinafore. White linen with crocheted lace around the edge which is continuous around the skirt, sleeve and neck. The shoulders flaps appears that they should be pinned to the dress beneath, and pinned together at the back of the waist. The apron is manual machine stitchedclothing, girls, children, pinafore, apron, kiewa-valley, alpine-shire

Hand Rail Drill Out on the track in the old days, it was sometimes required to drill some holes in a piece of rail so that two rails may be joined together by a metal joiner – called a fishplate. Before the use of generators and oxy cutting, the only way to do this was with a hand drill. This is the machine operated by two people, that would drill a hole in the rail. With two to three holes to be drilled in each rail end (ie 4 or 6 holes), it was a tiring, back breaking job. And then there was usually the rail on the other side of the track to be done! Historic - Railways Permanent Way and Works - track equipment - Hand Rail DrillHand Rail Drill made of metal puffing billy, hand rail drill

Bricks from "Willis Vale' home of the Partington family of Greensborough. Built in 1840, Willis Vale was owned by the Partington family from 1878 to 1947. It was a 2 storey house overlooking the Plenty River and set in 150 acres of farmland. The Partingtons moved out in 1947 and the house was vandalised shortly after. It was destroyed by fire in the 1960s.The bricks are a link to pioneer homes and farms in the area.Hand made clay bricks, light red in colour. All faces are flat.. One brick is chipped. Accompanying note: Hand made bricks from Partington house in Greensborough. Donated by Alan Partington.willis vale, partington family, greensborough, alan partington, bricks

Two M26 hand grenades were issued to each Patrol Member.A replica hand grenade olive drab in colour, with firing pin and ring intact. m26 hand grenade, sas, replica

hand written diary from Able Seaman Josep Frederick Thomas Chapman of his account of activity in the Dardenelles in WW1. Includes drawings, diary entries and details of active campaign in the Dardenelles in WW1.CD of hand written diary from WW1 landing at GallipoliJ26729 Able Seaman CHAPMAN, Joseph Frederick Thomas

Hand-painted hand mirrors featuring portraits gained significant popularity during the Victorian era. They were originally a feature of an upper class lady's boudoir. As production techniques were streamlined and allowed for mass production, they became a common feature in most households.This item is significant because it is representative of personal items used in the home from the Victorian era onwards.A small hand mirror featuring a painting of a young woman on the back of the mirror and a man on the handle.personal toiletry items, vintage mirror

The B I Hand-Book by British Insulated Cables Fly page has stamp that reads F. ST. G. D. Ho;yman insdie front cover hand written reads "Richard A. Golding - April 1927" warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, the b i hand-book, british insulated cables

Instruction manual for the Dubied Type M or MR hand knitting machine.A4 sized instruction book. Green stapled book with black text for headings on front page. Contains instructions and diagrams for the knitting machine. 64 pages.Dubied Neuchatel (Switzerland) Instructions for the Hand Knitting Machine Type M or MRknitting, machine, instructions, dubied

Used in tramway power supply overhead.Yields information about the details of a the point frog used in the overhead in Geelong. Similar equipment used in Ballarat and Bendigo.Blueprint of SEC drawing No. GE-T6-7380 "Geelong – 7 1/2o left-hand frog", dated 31/1/1943. Details of the point frog used in the overhead in Geelong. Similar equipment used in Ballarat and Bendigo.Has “107” in biro in top right-hand corner. Has "Recorded in Drawing" office stamp on lower left-hand corner of rear.overhead, trolley wire, equipment

1907 photoghraph of Eliza Hand (Grandma Hand), Florence Hand (Aunt Florrie) and little Gert on the verandah of the Beulah Tea Rooms at FiveWays (The Gap). This photograph has a detailed inscription on the back handwritten by John Lundy-Clarke in 1974.1907. Eliza Hand on the verandah of her shop at Kalorama gap with her daughter Florence. Opened as "Beulah Tearooms" it was made a post office in 1909 and Florence Hand became post mistress. It remained active till 1923 when, the building having been sold to Miss McPhee she built the Fiveways store alongside and moved the post office to another room. The verandah was pulled down but the room is still there (1974) facing Ridge Road at the west end of the complex. Eliza died 1918. Florence died 1968.beulah tea rooms, fiveways, the gap, florence hand, eliza hand, miss mcphee, post office

HAND MADE ALUMINIUM WORK BOX MADE BY AUSTRALIAN POW IN CHANGI 1942 A SOUVENIR TO "MOLLY" MAYBE WIFE OR GIRLFRIENDA UNIQUE PIECE OF HAND MADE AUSTRALIAN POW ART WORK FROM CHANGI SINGAPORE 1942Hand crafted aluminum presentation box with wooden base. Hinged lid. Small handle on either sideTop: Changi POW Feb 15th 1942. Front: Military Insignia. Malaya. Singapore. Left side: Elephant. Right side. Buildings, Jasin Johore. Back: Workbox Souvenir With Love To Molly

Hand Pump. Reticulated water did not reach Diamond Creek until 1914. This beautiflly restored hand pump raised water from the outside domed well to provide cool clear water for domestic use.The Hand Pump is a well preserved example of equipment used domestically in the Diamond Creek areaHand pump used for pumping water from shallow wells. Restored by Kim Howard in 1996. Green. Column is screwed to base which is mounted on Redgum planks.PATENTED 1842, W & B DOUGLAS, "MIDD'A CONN.#handpump, #waterpump, #domesticuse

Danks Catalogue - Tool Section of General Catalogue Joseph Dixon - Standard Tools for Saddlers, Leather and Plastic workers Reprinted via courtesy of The Hand Tool Preservation Association of Australia Inc.Red book with black writing. Danks Catalogue - Tool Section of General Catalogue John Danks & Son Pty Ltd, 391-403 Bourke Street, Melbourne Telephone m2381 (12 lines) and at 3211-330 Pitt Street, Sydney With picture of building with John Danks on front. Enclosed is a small booklet 'The Joseph Dixon Tool Co. Ltd Standard Tools for saddlers, leather & plastic workersAs abovejohn danks & son p/l, tools, the joseph dixon tool co. ltd.

This book was owned by the late Dr Elizabeth Kerr and was donated to the Museum by the executor of her estate, Margaret Cameron. It was produced by the Villawood Textile Company of Sydney and contains knitting patterns for womens garments. It is the first edition of 'Hand Knits' and is dated Autumn / Winter 1959. This introduction mentions "the continued trend of quick-to-knit casuals, partly attributable to television...", thus the models used are TV personalities and stage actors (Bettina Welch, Pat Firman, Ronald Frazer, Lyle O'Hara, Wilson Irving, Kevin Colson, Del Cartwright) and some of the photography took place in the studios of Channel 7 in Sydney. The photography was by Herbert Brown of the Max Dupain Studios and Ingrid Robinson Pty Ltd provided the slacks and skirts.Hand Knits / by / Villawool / 3'6knitting handicrafts - history, villawood textile company ingrid robinson pty ltd, brown, mr herbert, knitting, handicrafts - history

Braille hand frames and styluses were the primary way to produce Braille for over a century. The stylus was used to make a separate indentation for each dot, and the hand frame to keep dots within the same cell. Braille rows are produced from right to left. The process was very time consuming. Volunteer transcribers for the library could take an average of ½ hour to produce one page of Braille using this method. For example: “Oliver Twist” required approximately 600 sheets equating to 300 hours of work! This wooden slate, which was used to make the system portable, served as a firm base needed to sustain puncture pressure. The frame can also be slotted into both sides of the slate, thereby ensuring that the lines of Braille were straight across the page. The metal clasp at the top of the frame held the wooden which kept paper from slipping. In this example, the Rules of Membership for the Victorian Braille Writers were attached to the board.1 wooden back board with metal hand frame and stylus156 carved into wooden framevictorian association of braille writers, braille equipment

Catalogue of Tools and Machines for Engineers and Woodworkers. Book describes tools, with components and measurements for various parts. This catalogue is a reprint by HTPAA (Hand Tool Preservation Association of Australia Inc) from the original catalogue produced by J. Buck 56 Holborn Viaduct E. C. which was established 1750.J. Buck 56 Holborn Viaduct E. C. tools & machines, j. buck, engineers & woodworkers