Metal tin, dark green, gold writing. On side of tin 'Mutual Tea, the house stands behind the packet. Mutual Tea, pure economical delightful flavor' Mutual Tea was a Melbourne Company. See research tab.tea caddy, mutual tea

This tin contained bulk tea which came from the Melbourne Mutual Store. Established in 1872 as a profit-sharing co-operative of shareholders and staff, Mutual Store Ltd was situated at the corner of Flinders and Degraves Street, Melbourne. Fire destroyed the building in 1891 and the new building erected is an important heritage building today. In 1961 Peter Kaye Consolidated Ltd bought the business and it then traded as Mutual Store Holdings Ltd. In 1964 Cleckheaton (from England) took over the business and closed the store in 1965. Tea tins such as this one would have been distributed by the Mutual Store to smaller businesses such as cafes or repackaged for sale at grocery shops etc. Bulk tea can still be bought but the main tea sales are now in the form of tea-bags. This tin is retained as a memento of the days in the 19th and early to mid 20th centuries when tea was sold only in bulk and provided in tins such as this by the importers to small grocery shops and the like. This is a tea tin, cylindrical in shape. It has a tight-fitting lid with a metal clip. There is blue and cream painting around the sides of the tin with images of Greek figures and a wreath with a ribbon. The tin is much scratched and rusted. There is cream printing on the tin.‘Mutual Tea’ ‘Mutual Store Ltd Flinders Street Melbourne Aust. ‘ ‘5 lbs nett’ mutual store, melbourne, warrnambool

The colour print shows Malop St Geelong near Mercer St. An eastbound tram is just visible. Has the National Mutual, Franklin tea rooms and a printer in the view. Possibly a Kodak print.Yields information about the Malop St and Mercer St intersection late 1940s.Colour photograph titled "Malop Street Geelong - No. 5"On rear is the Ken Magor stamp. tramways, trams, geelong, malop st

Chromolithograph Sandhurst in detail 1877 by Francis Williams Niven. View Point icons including George S. Bissett Draper, Clothing & Millinery, Manning & Co. Drapers, Milliners and Tailors; Pall Mall icons Bent Photographers, W. Lunn Painter and Decorator, J.B. Edwards Watchmakers, John Ingram Hatter and Lyceum Mutual Store & Co; High Street icons T.J. Connelly & Co. Ironmongers; McCrae Street icons Rea & Co Locksmiths and Gun Makers; Williamson Street icons Albert Bush Groicer and Tea Merchant; Bridge Street icons Cohn Brothers Soft Drink and Confectionery; Mitchell Street icons, MA Palk & Co Mourning Attire.Francis Williams Niven, Sandhurst.bendigo, history, mid to late 19th century bendigo

Postcard - titled "Sturt St Ballarat Vic" showing the view along the south side of Sturt St from Grenville St looking west. Has tram No. 12 in the view, part way fitted with dash canopy lighting - c1960. In the view are the 8-hour monument, the T&G building, the Mechanics Institute advertising Davies Bread and Robur Tea, the Odeon Theatre, the National Mutual building, and the Town Hall. Yields information the buildings, buildings and scene along Sturt St from Grenville St.Postcard printed by Kodak and a copy photograph of Rose Stereograph Co. postcard, No P 13491 with trimming marks along the top edge.ballarat, trams, tramways, sturt st, town hall, tram 12

Set of five photos by Chris Wurr in January 1971: 1 - 42 ready to depart Sturt St for Sebastopol. - with the National Mutual building in the background. Shows the tram stop signage. 2 - 42 shunts into depot from Wendouree Pde. 3 - 42 stops for inbound passengers in Drummond St South. Tram has a briquettes roof advert. 4 - 43 boarding a passenger at Mt Pleasant terminus, with the general store in the background advertising Robur Tea and the Women's Weekly. 5 - 43 turning north into Drummond St North at Hospital Corner. Tram has an electric cooking roof advert. Yields information about the Ballarat tramway system, trams 42 & 43 and its operations Jan. 1971.Digital - Black and white image - set of 5tramways, trams, wendouree parade, sebastopol, depot, tram 42, tram 43, sturt st, drummond st south, drummond st nth