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Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Greatorex/ Supreme Surgical Hosiery Co. Wodonga
The Greatorex company came to Wodonga in August 1945 under the Cain Government decentralisation policy. It initially had premises in Beechworth Road, around the corner from Tallangatta Road (now Thomas Mitchell Drive). Due to expansion they later relocated to the corner of Tallangatta Road and Anne Street Wodonga in 1952. Greatorex had its main manufacturing plant in Melbourne, Victoria. At their peak Greatorex Pty Ltd. which also operated as Supreme Surgical Hosiery Co., manufactured brassieres, swimsuits, elastic thread, surgical hosiery and employed 90 staff in Wodonga. The company which was operated by Thomas Greatorex with Mr M. P. Brain as Manager, also owned Fulflex Yarns Pty. Ltd. Fulflex produced elastic yarns to be used in the manufacture of garments at Supreme Surgical Hosiery. In 1960, due to the increasing cost of freight charges for moving raw materials and manufactured goods to and from Melbourne, the company was forced to close down. Plant and machinery valued at over £30,000 was moved to Melbourne. Some personnel were given the opportunity to also transfer to the parent company. In 2024, the company still operates as Greatorex Textile Industries P/L in Moorabbin, Victoria.These images are significant because they document an industry which operated in Wodonga in the 1940s and 1950s.A collection of black and white photos of workers at the Greatorex / Supreme Surgical Hosiery Co. in Wodonga.Names listed beneath one of the images.greatorex industries, wodonga industries -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Clothing - Clothing, lady's stockings 'Holeproof', c1950
Holeproof Hosiery was a Milwaukee, Wisconsin textile firm that was founded in 1901.With extensive advertising the brand name became recognized worldwide. The business produced men's and women's hosiery, underwear, lingerie, and men's pyjamas. Holeproof Hosiery began making nylon hosiery in January 1940, starting production on 8 of its 230 machines. The hose were made of a synthetic yarn composed of derivatives of coal and iron manufactured by Du Pont. In the late 1920s, a successful hosiery manufacturer, Staley & Staley Ltd, started making ladies hosiery under licence from the Holeproof Hosiery Company in Milwaukee, USA. The company went public in 1929 and opened the first Holeproof mill at Brunswick, Victoria in 1930, becoming the first manufacturer to produce and market Australian-made self-supporting socks. During the 1930s, Holeproof revolutionised the Australian market by promoting their products as a sought-after fashion accessory. The Australian company is still in business today, owned by Pacific BrandsAn unused pair of lady's stockings, in original box, 'Holeproof', 'Beauty Fit', ' Nocturn' Size 81/2 - 9 Box Cover : HOLEPROOF / Beauty Fit / LADDERPROOF MESH SHEERS STRETCH Inside Wrapper ; HOLEPROOF / Beauty Fit / LADDERPROOF STRETCH NYLONS 8 1/2 - 9clothing, stockings, nylons, hosiery, melbourne, bentleigh, cheltenham moorabbin, brunswick, holeproof pty ltd, lingerie, fashion -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Clothing - Clothing, lady's stockings "Holeproof', mid 20thC
Holeproof Hosiery was a Milwaukee, Wisconsin textile firm that was founded in 1901.With extensive advertising the brand name became recognized worldwide. The business produced men's and women's hosiery, underwear, lingerie, and men's pyjamas. Holeproof Hosiery began making nylon hosiery in January 1940, starting production on 8 of its 230 machines. The hose were made of a synthetic yarn composed of derivatives of coal and iron manufactured by Du Pont. In the late 1920s, a successful hosiery manufacturer, Staley & Staley Ltd, started making ladies hosiery under licence from the Holeproof Hosiery Company in Milwaukee, USA. The company went public in 1929 and opened the first Holeproof mill at Brunswick, Victoria in 1930, becoming the first manufacturer to produce and market Australian-made self-supporting socks. During the 1930s, Holeproof revolutionised the Australian market by promoting their products as a sought-after fashion accessory. The Australian company is still in business today, owned by Pacific Brands. A unused pair of lady's silk stockings in original box. 'Holeproof' 'Truly Yours' Candlelight, size 10Box Cover: Truly Yours / by / Holeproof Side Holeproof 'Candlelight' Size 10clothing, stockings, nylons, holeproof hosiery pty ltd, lingerie, melbourne, bentleigh, cheltenham moorabbin, brunswick milwaukee usa, wisconsin -
Clunes Museum
Photograph, 1939
PHOTOGRAPH OF FLOAT TAKEN AT THE PROCESSION DURING THE CENTENARY AT CLUNES 1939.PHOTOGRAPH OF CLUNES CENTENARY 1939. INTERKNIT HOSIERY CO. FLOAT.INTERKNIT HOSIERY CO. INDUSTRYlocal history, photography, photographs, events and celebrations, back to clunes -
Clunes Museum
Photograph
PHOTOCOPY - PHOTOGRAPH OF 'INTERKNIT HOSIERY CO. LTD. (OLD SCHOOL NO. 136)INTERKNIT HOSIERY CO. LTD. CLUNESlocal history, photography, photographs, schools 136 -
Mont De Lancey
Functional object - Stocking Threads, Creschene, Unknown
'When stockings were first made, black or white were the only colours available. White was usually for Sundays. Lisle was the only type made for many years. Later colours became available'. A brown piece of thick cardboard with five different coloured stocking mending threads wound around branded product cards: white, cream, tan, brown and black. There is a typed explanation piece of paper, see the inscription below. Brands are - 1. The "Creschene" mending Four Strand, Specially made for Lisle, Silk and Art Silk Hose (white thread). 2. Two Steeples Hosiery (black thread). 3. Two samples of Myrene Hose Mending Fashion Shades Superior Quality ( three tan colours). 4. Astor Product Made in Australia, Every Home Super Mercerised Hose Mending. Typed on a piece of white paper, pasted on the card is: 'When stockings were first made, black or white were the only colours available. White was usually for Sundays. Lisle was the only type made for many years. Later colours became available'. As an extra explanation not related to stockings is typed: Pantees for women were not made until the 1800's. A type called "splits" were then made, and improved by Mrs Amelia Bloomer, to the type we know today.'sewing, sewing equipment, stockings, mending -
Federation University Historical Collection
Exercise Book, Lamb's Ballarat Knitting Co. Hosiery Work Books, 1917-1922
Robert Lamb was associated with Lamb's Ballarat Knitting Co.Two exercise books with hand written dates, names and work undertaken for Lamb's Ballarat Knitting Co. The names include Chrissie, Phylis, Annie Haymes, Janie H., May B., Glady, May B., Meta F., J. Hogan, P. McBride, Lily Billman, O. Jolly, V. Bowen, ballarat, lamb, lamb's ballarat knitting co, rash, hogan, mcbride, haymes, jolly, bowen, billman -
Clunes Museum
Document, 1938
COPIES OF SHARE APPLICATIONS OF INTERKNIT HOSIERY CO. FROM DECEMBER 1933 TO 30 AUGUST 1949.A MANILA FOLDER. CONTAINING INTERKNIT HOSIERY CO. LTD. APPLICATION FOR SHARES.APPLICATIONS FOR SHARES 1938local history, documents, commercial, knitting mill, interknit hosiery co. ltd. -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Footwear - Clothing, lady's shoe heel grip, 20thC
Heel grips are used inside shoes to prevent the feet slipping and rubbing against the leather and so preventing blisters. They also protected the stockings from wear thus giving them longer life - an important factor when nylons were expensive or difficult to obtain eg wartime, depression.Heel grips help obtain a firmer shoe fit, prevents slipping, chaffing and blisters, restores the worn lining of favourite shoes and give extra life to hosiery. In 1912, Wittners Shoes Pty Ltd started as a family business with one Melbourne retail store and has grown to over 75 Australia wide, dedicated to designing high quality fashion footwear. A 'Superb' velvet heel grip insert for a lady's shoesTHE "SUPERB" / VELVET / HEEL / GRIP / ASSURES COMFORT / AND EXTRA WEAR / FOR YOUR HOSIERYshoes, footwear, moorabbin, bentleigh, cheltenham, hosiery, stockings -
Orbost & District Historical Society
household items, 1935-1960s
These items are from the estate of Norma Adelaide Scott (nee Johnston) ,January 2, 1925 - May 18, 2018 (93 years old) who died in Orbost. Norma was part of the Morris family who came to Newmerella in 1888, had land on Grandview Road and on the flats. Mr Morris had been a school teacher at Lake Tyers Mission before coming to Orbost. "Bobs y’r Uncle" was a nursery rhyme game designed by Frank H. Simpson for John Waddington Ltd. in 1935. The game was especially designed for children. The cards had scenes from nursery rhymes and six cards were needed to make up each rhyme in a set. Games turned out to become an important part in the progress of Waddingtons, who eventually acquired the rights to Monopoly in the UK, and then published Cluedo, opening the way for their supremacy in the toy industry These items are examples of common household items used in an Orbost family in the first - mid 20th century.3228.1 is a wooden tray with handles. The tray is lacquered and hand - painted with green leaves and orange flowers. 3228.2 is a brush with a curved wooden handle, lacquered and decorated in a similar pattern of green leaves and flowers. 3228.3 is a small wooden tray, lacquered and hand -painted with green leaves and yellow flowers. It is a rectangular shape with raised edging attached on the four sides. 3229.4 is a pack of cards in a red box with a cartoon type drawing of a man wearing a checked coat and hat holding two dogs on leashes.3228.5 is an orange / white cardboard box containing a pair of nylon stockings: box labelled " 'KOLOTEX/ Free-n-eezy" stockings.3228,5 - in orange and white print - "KOLOTEX/ Free-n-eezy/ Clings/ 40 denier/ SEAMLESS/ S-T-R-E-T-C-H" and in black - "NEW guaranteed never to ladder"scott-norma cards-playing hosiery-kolotex-stockings trays-wooden household -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Textile, Hilton Hosiery, Hilton 30 denier stockings, 1960s
These nylon stockings are a sample of the type of stockings worn by women between the late 1940s and the early 1960s. Before the Second World War women’s stockings were made mostly of silk, cotton and wool. Nylon stockings became popular with the introduction of nylon in the 1940s and continued to be used (in conjunction with suspender belts) until the 1960s when the pantihose, a thin nylon form of tights covering the legs up to the waist, was introduced and became the favored leg covering for women. Stockings can still be purchased and worn in some circumstances. These stockings are of interest as an example of the items of clothing worn by women in the mid 20th century. They will be useful for displayThis is a pair of beige-coloured nylon stockings. They are folded into a piece of white cardboard and partly enclosed in a clear cellophane wrapping with a decorative pattern on the edges. ‘Hilton Cotton Foot 30 Denier Twin Thread 10½ Average’women’s apparel, warrnambool -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Threads and box
Two Cards with thread wound around middle:- 1851.1 Thread 1851.2 Mending lisle. Third Card "Rite Tone for hosiery darning. Box (empty) for Hose Mending1851.1 Barbour's Lisburn N.Ireland Trade Mark Flax Linen Thread 15 Yards|1851.2 Della Darn Mending List Fashion Shades For Hosiery 3. Darning. Rite Tone Made in Australiaa. specially prepared for Hosiery/Darning Etc. 4. Box - The Handbag Silk Hose Mending Outfit 12 Fashionable Shades with needle Made in England.handcrafts, needlework -
Clunes Museum
PHOTOGRAPH, THE VALENTINE PUBLISHING CO. PTY. LTD
2 VIEWS OF CLUNES TOWN HALL 1 VIEWS OF DISTRICT HOSPITAL, CLUNES 2 VIEWS OF FRASER STREET, CLUNES 2 VIEWS OF CLUB HOTEL, CLUNES 1 VIEW OF GOLD MONUMENT 1 VIEW OF TULLAROOP RIVER, CLUNES 1 VIEW OF INTERNET HOSIERY CO. CLUNES. (FORMERLY SOUTH CLUNES SCHOOL)SMALL MANILLA ENVELOPE CONTAINING TEN PHOTOGRAPHS - TOWN HALL CLUNES,DISTRICT HOSPITAL CLUNES, FRASER STREET CLUNES, CLUB HOTEL CLUNES, INTERKNIT HOSIERY COY. LTD. CLUNES, MONUMENT AT CLUNES, TALLAROOP RIVER CLUNESPrinted on envelope in blue ink; Valentine's Snapshots, Eight Real Photographs, Clunes. Published by The Valentine Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd. Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaidelocal history, photography, photographs -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Clothing - Clothing, lady's stockings 'Holeproof', c1950
Holeproof Hosiery was a Milwaukee, Wisconsin textile firm that was founded in 1901.With extensive advertising the brand name became recognized worldwide. The business produced men's and women's hosiery, underwear, lingerie, and men's pyjamas. Holeproof Hosiery began making nylon hosiery in January 1940, starting production on 8 of its 230 machines. The hose were made of a synthetic yarn composed of derivatives of coal and iron manufactured by Du Pont. In the late 1920s, a successful hosiery manufacturer, Staley & Staley Ltd, started making ladies hosiery under licence from the Holeproof Hosiery Company in Milwaukee, USA. The company went public in 1929 and opened the first Holeproof mill at Brunswick, Victoria in 1930, becoming the first manufacturer to produce and market Australian-made self-supporting socks. During the 1930s, Holeproof revolutionised the Australian market by promoting their products as a sought-after fashion accessory. The Australian company is still in business today, owned by Pacific Brands. An unused pair of lady's nylon stockings in original box. 'Holeproof' 'For you', 'Precious' size 91/2Box Cover : For You / HOLEPROOF/ SUPERFINE EXQUISITE SHEERS Side : Precious 9 1/2 Package : 60 GUAGE / SHEER NYLON / BY / HOLEPROOF / 9 1/2 Card : Especially / For You / fromclothing, stockings, nylons, holeproof pty ltd, milwaukee usa, hosiery, fashion, melbourne, bentleigh, cheltenham moorabbin, brunswick, lingerie -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Clothing - Clothing, lady's nighdress c 1960, c1960
This lady's nightdress is an example of the material and style fashionable c 1960. Leon Worth Pty Ltd. was a hosiery manufacturer in Melbourne A lady's pink brushed cotton sleeveless nightdress with floral decoration on yoke and lace edging c1960label ; LEON WORTH PTY LTD clothing, hosiery, leon worth pty ltd, nightwear, melbourne, moorabbin bentleigh, cheltenham -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Clothing - Clothing, lady's nylon stockings 'Worth', mid 20thC
Leon Worth Hosiery Manufacturer Pty Ltd made nylon stockings for women from a factory in Melbourne until the business was sold 1989.A pair of unworn lady's brown bri-nylon stockings made by 'Leon Worth Pty Ltd' , in the original box.Inside Lid of box : WORTH / 60 DENIER / SATIN STRETCH DENIER / 2 / months written guarantee. On Stocking top : WORTH / SATIN S-T-R-E-T-C-H / 2 X 30 DENIER SEAMLESS / BRI / Nylon / 10 ½ - 11clothing, stockings, hosiery, leon worth pty ltd melbourne, fashion, nylon, bri-nylon, bentleigh, cheltenham, moorabbin -
Clunes Museum
FRAMED CERTIFICATE, Nov-1944
CERTIFICATE ISSUED 27TH NOVEMBER 1944FRAMED CERTIFICATE OF MEMBERSHIP OF THE VICTORIAN CHAMBER OF MANUFACTUERS FOR INTERKNIT HOSIERY COMPANY LIMITED.local history, documents, certificates, knitting mill - interknit hosiery co. ltd. -
Greensborough Historical Society
Card, Mendate, Mendate mending lisle, 1950s
This card contains 7 shades of brown thread for mending lisle stockings.Card with selection of different coloured mercerised threads for mending lisle stockings and "all hosiery".thread, lisle stockings, stockings -
Clunes Museum
Photograph
COLOUR PHOTOGRAPH OF THE INTERKNIT HOSIERY FACTORY. THE BUILDING WAS FORMERLY SOUTH CLUNES SCHOOL 136.INTERKNITlocal history, photography, photographs, buildings (interknit) -
Clunes Museum
Document - JOURNAL, NORMAN BROS 60-62 ELIZABETH STREET, MELBOURNE
JOURNAL WAS STARTED 1ST JULY 1938 UNTIL 30H JUNE 1980.JOURNAL FOR TRANSFER OF SHARES ON INTERKNIT HOSIERY COMPANY LIMIED - BLACK COVER WITH RED LINEN BINDINGTRANSFER JOURNALlocal history, documents, commercial, knitting mill -interknit hosiery co. ltd. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Financial record - Invoice - Kayser to Campbell's Cash Store's, Portland, Aug-39
Invoice, dated 28 August 1939, from Kayser, to Campbell's Cash Stores Portland, for silk hosieryportland trade -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Financial record - Invoice - Campbell's Cash Stores, Aug-39
Invoice, dated 28 August 1939, from Kayser, to Campbell's Cash stores, Portland for silk hosiery -
Clunes Museum
Book - BANK PASSBOOK
PASSBOOK WAS USED BETWEEN DECEMBER 1942 UNTIL MARCH 1951UNION BANK OF AUSTRALIA LIMITED PASSBOOK FOR INTERKNIT HOSIERY CO. LTD. DIVIDEND ACCOUNTS NUMBERED 3 - 9.local history, commerce, banking, knitting mill, interknit hosiery co. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Financial record - Invoice - Campbell's Cash Stores, Portland, Aug-39
Invoice for silk hosiery mediums, from Kayser, to Campbell's cash stores, Portland, dated 28 AUG 1939invoice, good, portland trade -
Clunes Museum
Financial record - BANK STATEMENT
STATEMENTS FROM OCTOBER 1ST. 1951 TO JULY 8TH 1959CARDBOARD FOLDER CONTAINING BANK STATEMENTS FROM ANZ BANK LTD.INTERKNIT HOSIERY CO. LTD. IN ACCOUNT WITH A &N.Z. BANK LTD.interknit, anz bank -
Clunes Museum
Book - BANK PASSBOOK
PASSBOOK WAS USED BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 1940 UNTIL JANUARY 1943UNION BANK OF AUSTRALIA LIMITED PASS BOOK FOR INTERKNIT HOSIERY CO. LTD. DIVIDEND ACCOUNTS NUMBERED 1 AND 2local history, commerce, banking, knitting mill, interknit hosiery co. -
Clunes Museum
Equipment - BOX OF WEIGHTS AND TWEEZERS, GRIFFEN & TATLOCK
WEIGHTS USED IN DYEING THE MATERIAL (WOOL) BEFORE KNITTING HOSIERY AT CLUNES INTERKNIT HOSIERY MILL.BLACK BAKELITE BOX CONTAINING NINE BRASS MICRO.0 METRIC WEIGHTS 100. 50. 20. 10. 10. 5. 2. 2. 1 GRAMS DIFFERENT WEIGHTS ON INSIDE LID AND BASE OF CONTAINER AND SET OF TWEEZERS. CONTAINER OF WEIGHTS HOUSED IN GLASS CABINETlocal history, textile, equipment, weights and scales, knitting mill interknit hosiery co. -
Clunes Museum
Newspaper - NEWSPAPER CUTTING, 1986
NEWSPAPER CUTTING REPORTING CLOSURE OF INTERKNIT HOSIERY CO.LTD. OF CLUNES, ENDING ITS 48 YEARS OF ASSOCIATION WITH CLUNES. RELOCATING IN BALLARAT. 22.10.1986local history, document, newspaper, knitting mill - interknit hosiery co. -
Clunes Museum
Photograph
FIVE PHOTOGRAPHES OF CELEBRATION OF CLUNES 1839 - 1939 WITH FLOATS FROM INTERKNIT HOSIERY CO. CLUNES BUTTER FACTORY, CLUNES DAIRY , A BANNER ACROSS THE FLOATclunes 1839-1939, 100year celebration -
Clunes Museum
Document - AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT BETWEEN UNION BANK OF AUSTRALIA LIMITED AND THE VICTORIAN RAILWAYS COMMISSIONERS GRANTING CREDIT IN RESPECT OF SERVICES AND CHARGES RENDERED TO INTERKNIT HOSIERY COMPANY LIMITEDlocal history, document, agreements, clunes knitting mill