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Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Duirs & Warrell promotional Bottle Opener
... promotional items...This promotional item is associated with the long standing... This promotional item is associated with the long standing Warrnambool ...This promotional item is associated with the long standing Warrnambool spirit merchant and grocery business of Duirs & Warrell. Duirs & Warrell's business was established in Warrnambool in 1857 by the first mayor of Warrnambool, W. W. Jamieson, who was succeeded as proprietor by J.C.A. Kruger. The business was later taken over by Mr J. Duirs who changed the name to Duirs & Warrell and ran it until 1923 when Mr. H Lord became the proprietor. The business ceased trading in May 1971 Metal promotional bottle opener in design of a vintage carDuirs & Warrell Grocer & Wine & Spirit Mchts. Liebig St. Phone 84 Warrnamboolduirs & warrell, liebig street, warrnambool, grocers, spirts and wines, promotional items -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
memorabilia - Flag, Mission to Seafarers, 150th Anniversary, 2006
... The flag is a promotional/celebrational item to commemorate... is a promotional/celebrational item to commemorate the 150th anniversary... melbourne The flag is a promotional/celebrational item ...The flag is a promotional/celebrational item to commemorate the 150th anniversary of MTSV. A thin piece of plastic tubing, about 30 cm long, with a rectangular paper flag attached at the top of the tube. The flag is a promotional/celebrational item to commemorate the 150th anniversary of MTSV. Colours are mostly blue and yellow. Both sides of the flag display the same text and colours. 150th Anniversary The Mission to Seafarers 1856-2006 Celebrating 150 years of caring for seafarers www.missiontoseafarers.org150th, anniversary, flag, hand flag, 1856-2006 -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Souvenir - Bottle Opener - Rundell Caltex Distributor, n.d
... , round black enamelled section, gold print, promotional item... section, gold print, promotional item Souvenir Bottle Opener ...Metal bottle / can opener, silver, metal loop for hanging, round black enamelled section, gold print, promotional itemFront: D.N. & LL RUNDELL CALTEX DISTRIBUTOR PHONE 232581 PORTLAND' - gold lettering on black Back: 'REG DGN' etched into metal -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Souvenir - Souvenir - Notepad N.B Middleton Watchmaker Portland, Victoria, n.d
... attached, perspex cover. Promotional item produced for N.B.... Promotional item produced for N.B. Middleton, Watchmaker, Portland ...Notepad, cardboard, with black surface, self-cleaning strip attached, perspex cover. Promotional item produced for N.B. Middleton, Watchmaker, Portland -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Poster - Book promotion, Mary Mason, Linking Us Together, 2001
... One of three promotional items for Linking Us Together book... Together One of three promotional items for Linking Us Together ...'Linking Us Together' was produced for Day Links by designer Mary MASON who also coordinated the campaign and designed these items.One of three promotional items for Linking Us Together book, 2001: Original poster calling for entries (creased) Ref 1475, the book.publishing, transport, mary mason, south port day links, linking us together -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Tool - Pocket Knife, n.d
... Pocket knife, promotional item from 'Hudson's Stores - Home... business Hudsons Stores Pocket knife, promotional item from ...Pocket knife, promotional item from 'Hudson's Stores - Home of the Old Henty Plow'. Depicitons on handle, mostly worn off, blade rusty.advertising, portland business, hudsons stores -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Invitation to book launch, Mary Mason, Linking Us Together, 2001
... One of three promotional items for Linking Us Together book... Together One of three promotional items for Linking Us Together ...'Linking Us Together' was produced for daylinks by designer Mary MASON who also coordinated the campaign and designed these items.One of three promotional items for Linking Us Together book, 2001: invitation to the book launch, 11 October 2001 Ref 1475, the book.publishing, transport, mary mason, south port day links, linking us together -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Poster - Book promotion, Mary Mason, Linking Us Together, 2001
... One of three promotional items for Linking Us Together book... Together One of three promotional items for Linking Us Together ...'Linking Us Together' was produced for daylinks by designer Mary MASON who also coordinated the campaign and designed these items.One of three promotional items for Linking Us Together book, 2001: Second version of poster,.01, stamped in red 'Entries close 29 June 2001' Ref 1475, the book.publishing, transport, mary mason, south port day links, linking us together -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Domestic object - Matchbox, Swallow & Ariell, Gadsden's ?, c. 1930
... Small, tin matchbox (Swallow & Ariell promotional item... (Swallow & Ariell promotional item). Cover has full colour printed ...Belonged to Charles FORBES, Swallows baker and uncle of donor.Small, tin matchbox (Swallow & Ariell promotional item). Cover has full colour printed insert of a swallow superimposed on a Uneeda biscuit - 'with compliments from Swallow & Ariell Ltd - The Uneeda Bakers'industry - manufacturing, charles forbes, swallow & ariell ltd -
Ambulance Victoria Museum
Banner, Rural Ambulance Victoria, Circa 2000s
... Promotional Item... melbourne Promotional Item rural ambulance victoria marketing Rural ...Promotional ItemRed and blue fabric banner with Rural Ambulance Victoria logo.Rural Ambulance Victoria rural ambulance victoria, marketing -
Yarrawonga and Mulwala Pioneer Museum
Thermometer, G. G. (A/Asia)
... Past Yarrawonga business promotional item..., Mulwala Past Yarrawonga business promotional item G & G (A/Asia ...Past Yarrawonga business promotional itemSmall thermometer (broken - missing centrepiece). Glass on metal backing with fahrenheit temperature onleft hand side - 30 - 120degrees Right hand has words indicating freezing heat, blood heat. All mounted on a wooden blockG & G (A/Asia) Numbers and words - "A K Simpson, Drapery, Boot, Shoe, Mens Establishment of Yarrawonga -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Booklet, Text Gilbert P. Whitley. Illustrated by Mary E. Soady, Solvol Fish Book, 1940-1950
... Soft cover book, promotional item for Solvol soap..., promotional item for Solvol soap. Describes life and habitats of 80 ...Soft cover book, promotional item for Solvol soap. Describes life and habitats of 80 Australian fishes, includes colour illustrations. Covers, coloured depiction of typical fishing scene along N.S.W. coast. Front cover: young boy holding two fish. -
Dutch Australian Heritage Centre Victoria
Round tin with lid
... sweets. It was likely a promotional item by the firm Wolters... is empty but once contained sweets. It was likely a promotional ...Round tin with lid decorated with 6 colourful named pictures on both lid and tin. The pictures relate to words used in a series of early readers. The tin is empty but once contained sweets. It was likely a promotional item by the firm Wolters-Noordhof. Noordhoff is a large educational publisher in The Netherlands. Wolters-Noordhof © is printed on the underside of the tin. Also ALLEGRO, Gouderak ℗ -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Event Materials, Colonial Tramcar Restaurant Co, "The Colonial Tramcar Restaurant", c2005
... Full colour folder containing promotional materials... promotional materials and items. "The Colonial Tramcar Restaurant ...Folder possibly produced for a tourism promotional conference or event for the - "The Colonial Tramcar Restaurant". Comprises: 1 - full colour printed folder with a photo of tram 442 with the Arts Centre in the rear and a fireworks display - includes a card for Craig Opie - Managing Director. On the rear lists the awards received up to 2002. 2 - two 2-page printed A4 document titled - "A tram ride to indulgence" - describes the trip 3 - five course dinner menu - two different ones 4 - postcard 5 - single A4 full colour sheet with a photo of W2 442 in Collins St and Spring St 6 - three fold DL Demonstrates Event materials for the "The Colonial Tramcar Restaurant"Full colour folder containing promotional materials and items.trams, tram 442, restaurant tram, travel promotion, colonial tramcar restaurant -
Orbost & District Historical Society
ruler, B.Smith & Sons, first half 20th century
... This ruler was issued as a promotional item by flour... gippsland This ruler was issued as a promotional item by flour ...This ruler was issued as a promotional item by flour manufacturer J.McAlpin & Sons, Abbotsford, whose products were sold under the McAlpin brand,.This item is an example of a commonly used pre-decimal item. McAlpin's was a Victorian company that became pre-eminent in its product range throughout Australia in the first half of the twentieth century.A wooden ruler. It is marked in inches/tenths. On it is "McAlpin's Flour - The rule for Better Baking since 1900".B.S. & S. MELB. AUSTpromotional-item mcalpin-&-sons ruler -
Ambulance Victoria Museum
Poster, Air Ambulance, Bell 206, Circa 1970s
... .promotional/marketing item... melbourne .promotional/marketing item peninsula ambulance service ....promotional/marketing itemColour photograph of Peninsula Air Service Bell 206 air ambulance helicopter hovering over an F100 ambulance. Mounted on Masonite.Your ambulance service We'll always be therepeninsula ambulance service -
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RANZCOG)
Sculpture - Porcelain figurine of an obstetrician holding a baby, Abbott, 1972
... discontinued. This object was likely produced as a promotional item... discontinued. This object was likely produced as a promotional item ...Enduron (methylclothiazide) was a diuretic used to treat high blood pressure and fluid retention. Its use has been discontinued. This object was likely produced as a promotional item by the manufacturers of Enduron.Porcelain figurine of a doctor holding a baby. The doctor has brown hair, is of male appearance, and is dressed in surgical attire, consisting of a white surgical gown and cap. There are some areas of blue detailing on the gown. Blue trouser cuffs and black shoes are visible below the gown. The doctor is holding a baby by its ankles in his left hand, and is holding his right hand against the baby's bottom. The baby is facing to the side, head pointing towards the ground. The figure is standing on a square plinth. Writing printed on the front of the plinth reads 'OBSTETRICIAN/"I just delivered/a president." Writing printed on either side of the plinth reads 'ENDURON/methylclothiazide'. Writing printed on the back of the plinth reads 'ABBOTT 1972'. Sticker attached to underside of statue reads 'THE COBID CORP'.obstetrics -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Functional object - Brown Gouge clothes brush, 1960s
... Produced as a promotional item by Brown Gouge, a dry... Produced as a promotional item by Brown Gouge, a dry-cleaning ...Produced as a promotional item by Brown Gouge, a dry-cleaning company with agencies across Victoria - including one at Kew - hence the "X3101" labelling (being Kew's postcode, as introduced in 1967).Locally significant. A locally targeted promotional item, albeit a useful and functional item. Most similar items would have had a limited life and thus they are now likely to be uncommon.Clothes brush, with a brown stained / lacquered wooden handle and a single-row of black, stiff brush hairs. Inscribed on one side of the wooden handle: Gouge - The Successful DRY CLEANERS AND DRYERS - X3101clothes brushes, brown gouge -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Playing cards, The Warrnambool Woollen Mill, Mid 20th century
... A souvenir or promotional item for the Warrnambool Woollen... A souvenir or promotional item for the Warrnambool Woollen Mill ...A souvenir or promotional item for the Warrnambool Woollen Mill. Playing cards was a very popular and common pass time in the 20th century with a variety of games being played, some of which survive to this day.A common object which is related to one of Warrnambool's longest running businesses.A green cardboard box containing two packs of playing cards.The sets of cards have the same image of Warrnambool blankets with one set edged in orange and one in blue. With Compliments of The Warrnambool Woollen Mill Co Ltd, on the box. Warrnambool luxury blankets , Warrnambool Paradise on the cards. warrnambool, warrnambool woollen mill -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - 1998 Calendar, Pat Grainger, Historic Port Melbourne, Sep 1997
... Produced by PMH&PS as a promotional/fundraising item. 500... by PMH&PS as a promotional/fundraising item. 500 printed ...Produced by PMH&PS as a promotional/fundraising item. 500 printed.1998 calendar produced by PMH&PS, printed sepia on ivory, 16pp; cover illustration of horses on Town Pier.societies clubs unions and other organisations, built environment, piers and wharves - waterside workers, sandridge lagoon, arts and entertainment - music, transport - shipping, business and traders, william j bellion, pat grainger, thomas edwards, hms hood, hms repulse, ruby congues, port melbourne boys band, wendy morris, port melbourne historical & preservation society, pmhps -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - 1999 Calendar, Pat Grainger, Historic Port Melbourne in the 1930s, Sep 1998
... Produced by PMH&PS as a promotional/fundraising item. 600... by PMH&PS as a promotional/fundraising item. 600 printed ...Produced by PMH&PS as a promotional/fundraising item. 600 printed.1999 calendar produced by PMH&PS, printed black on white; cover photo the 'Monterey' approaching Station Pier 1932. Produced with blank protective cover.societies clubs unions and other organisations, built environment, piers and wharves - station pier, centenary bridge, transport - shipping, transport - railways, port melbourne town hall, missions to seamen, garden city, industry, arts and entertainment - film/cinema, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, religion - anglican (holy trinity), transport - tramways, pat grainger, monterey, ps weeroona, r graham carey, faram brothers hardware, george faram, thomas faram, richard faram, herbert faram, wilbraham frederick evelyn liardet, wfe liardet, port melbourne historical & preservation society, pmhps -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - 2000 Calendar, Pat Grainger, Historic Port Melbourne - Pubs and pastimes, Sep 1999
... Produced by PMH&PS as a promotional/fundraising item. 500... by PMH&PS as a promotional/fundraising item. 500 printed ...Produced by PMH&PS as a promotional/fundraising item. 500 printed."Historic Port Melbourne - Pubs and pastimes'' 2000 calendar produced by PMH&PS, printed sepia/black on ivory, 28pp. Cover photo view toward bay of Stokes Street, 1980ssocieties clubs unions and other organisations, built environment, hotels, sport - australian rules football, business and traders, pat grainger, port melbourne glee club, wilbraham frederick evelyn liardet, thomas mccormack, walter 'watty' power, william morley, william may, swallow & ariell ltd, thomas swallow, port melbourne historical & preservation society, pmhps -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - 2001 Calendar, Pat Grainger, "Historic Port Melbourne - The Traders", Sep 2000
... Produced by PMH&PS as a promotional/fundraising item. 600... by PMH&PS as a promotional/fundraising item. 600 printed. Johnny ...Produced by PMH&PS as a promotional/fundraising item. 600 printed."Historic Port Melbourne - The Traders" 2001 Calendar (600 copies printed) . 28 pages with cover photo Demmler's Boot Shop at the corner of bridge and Evans Sts c1910johnny allsorts pawnbroker, business and traders - pawnbrokers, built environment - commercial, business and traders - cobblers and footwear, pat grainger, port melbourne historical & preservation society, pmhps, maclennan's grocery, james herschell & co, bay street, walter 'watty' power, miss jago's corner shop, galatos chocolates, william j bellion, j e earl pty ltd, faram brothers hardware, alfred dowsett, moran & cato, piers and wharves - station pier, business and traders - kiosk -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Domestic object - Bovril cup, c. 1950
... This cup has been produced as a promotional item... has been produced as a promotional item by the makers ...This cup has been produced as a promotional item by the makers of Bovril, a meat extract paste usually used in cooking or stirred in hot water for a hot drink. It was developed in Britain in the 1870s and widely used during the depression of the 1930s and the World Wars when meat was scarce and expensive. Similar products such as Marmite (Britain) and Vegemite (Australia) have a vegetable rather than a meat base. This item is a memento of the times past when hot drinks made from meat or vegetable paste were very popular and it is retained for display purposes.This is a cream-coloured china cup with gold edgings and three gold-coloured Bovril logos (the name 'Bovril' inside a shield outline). The cup is mounted on a china base. Bovril Made in Englandmeat extract products, bovril, vintage china, bovril cup -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Uniform - Cap, The Met, c1985
... folded, promotional or marketing item, printed on yellow card... weight car, punched and partly folded, promotional or marketing ...Sun visor or cap - light weight car, punched and partly folded, promotional or marketing item, printed on yellow card with the "The Met" logo and full name.trams, tramways, marketing, cap, the met -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Magazine, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Metra News", 1980 to 1982
... news, including new staff, promotions, overseas items;... news, including new staff, promotions, overseas items; "Metra ....0 - Autumn 1980 - Passenger counting, Survey provides data, We lead the way with Z3, Wattle Park, transport in Moscow, Spike Milligan, Melbourne's decorated trams, transporting art, sports, training, and Raymond Stock, Assistant Traffic Manager Revenue .1 - Winter 1980 - Bourke St Mall is popular, Senior citizens help design new tram (Z3), A bus-only lane in Johnstone St., Depot Employees' Social and facility Melbourne. Has a profile on Mr R. C. Drummond, Traffic Manager. .2 - Spring 1980 - Christmas Message, supporting those children with polio in 1938, Trolley buses, Z3 trams being built, use of parafil in overhead, cleaning truck. Has a profile on Ken Hall, Assistant Chief Engineer - Mechanical and Reg Robinson who was the organiser for the 1938 polio event - bus driver / instructor. .3 - Summer 1981 - MMTB involvement with Australia Day pageant, note involvement of TMSV, Bendigo, BTPS 27 (26 Jan. 1981), film on apprentices, tram stop shelters, resilient track work, trolley buses, the supply and systems department including Hawthorn clothing workroom and printing department (photos) and profile on Mr Jerry Compton, Supply and systems department. (Two copies held) .4 - Autumn 1981 - new buildings at Footscray, South Melbourne, trolley buses for Melbourne?, building MAN buses, why join the Tramways Benefit Society, article that looks at the Engineering Branch and profile of John Grigg, Chief Engineer. (Two copies held) .5 - Winter 1981 - New passenger shelters, image of the Elizabeth St shelter proposal, where do old trams go?, "Around the Clock" Emergency Service (item on R10) (See Reg item 1004 for photo), formation of Tramway's Sporting Associations, retirement of Board's driver Peter Savage, bus driving school transferred to Hawthorn, Apprentices and Profile on Bill Sibbison, Depot Manager North Fitzroy. .6 - Spring 1981 - 8 pages - Making of Squizzy Taylor film - Flinders St station, Engineering Amenities at South Melbourne opened, traverser at Preston Workshops, track work - pressing curves at South Melbourne, Conductresses re-union, model tramway at the Royal Show, retirements, sporting association, tramway band, AVM, reducing noise levels, lists Editorial committee. .7 - Summer 1982 - 8 pages - Its Christmas Party time, want to charter a tram or bus?, portable radios, MMTB role in Paraplegic Games, MMTB Architect Gene Marshall retires, photo of WW2 most popular conductresses ball, MMTB Highlights, O-Bahn. Has a profile on Rob Downing - Deputy Chairman. Also Dick Newnham - lift operator at head office, Bob Moffatt - driver turned actor. Also has a follow up on the making of the Squizzy Taylor film "What's wrong with Squizzy" and a photo of the Editorial team and their names. .8 - Autumn 1982 - 8 pages - item on "Taking Melbourne by Storm", photo of Austerity bus 500, Radio Centre, Clifton Pugh tram 504, Essendon Depot (see Reg Item 1005) includes of photos of managers, revenue etc, story on the most popular conductress photo by Win Gibson (see Reg item 180 and 181), new apprentices, John Murdoch model train (Diamond Valley) builder, Sunday vintage tram service (V214) and L class to the zoo. Has a profile on Mr. Peter Saul, Architect. (two copies held) (see image 1178i5 for cover) .9 - Winter 1982 - 8 pages - changes to Doncaster bus - Eastern Free extension, changes to Ministry will affect Board - Steve Crabb, new uniforms, Footscray Depot, apprentice awards, follow up on Austerity buses, Norm Cross and Destination City, Profile on Alan Nolan Runningsheds Engineer, and Mike McLeod MMTB Photographer. (two copies held) .10 - Spring 1982 - book - see Melbourne by tram, Bundoora tramway work, new articulated vehicles (B class trams), Elizabeth St modal interchange shelter, Brunswick depot, demise of the F class bus (Mark VI), profile of Daryl Meade bus engineer, Joe Saccasan carpenter building branch and a list of Jargon. (two copies held).Demonstrates a MMTB employee newsletter, early 1980sMagazine, two colour printed on A2 sheet, folded to A3, "METRA News", published by the MMTB. Each issue unless noted otherwise four pages. Major items listed. Each issue has personnel news, including new staff, promotions, overseas items;trams, tramways, mmtb, z3 class, bourke st, track equipment, overhead, most popular conductress competition, hawthorn depot, clothing, trolley buses, fund raising, footscray, welfare, sale of trams, recovery, r10 vehicle, flinders st, films, radio centre, essendon depot, theatre, transporting art, austerity buses, footscray depot, doncaster, minister for transport, shelters, bundoora, brunswick depot, buses, mont albert, route 42 -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - 1997 PMHPS Calendar, Pat Grainger, Historic Port Melbourne, Sep 1996
... Produced by PMH&PS as a promotional/fundraising item. 500... by PMH&PS as a promotional/fundraising item. 500 printed ...Produced by PMH&PS as a promotional/fundraising item. 500 printed, then errors discovered. Recalled, de-stapled, reprinted (8 pp), collated and redistributed. Sold in Bay Street from Town Hall, Library, newsagent, Sandridge Gallery, Emerald Hill Bookstore, Sweet Port and Yorkville Kangaroo1997 calendar produced by PMH&PS, printed sepia on ivory, 16pp; cover photo 'Gem' at Railway Pier from foreshore. Revised printing with April and May correctedsocieties clubs unions and other organisations, built environment, piers and wharves - railway pier, sandridge lagoon, beacons, arts and entertainment - film/cinema, hotels, business and traders, pat grainger, faram brothers hardware, ps gem -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Booklet - Australian Defence Industries (ADI) - 38 assorted brochures covering Defence Technology
... Government Munitions Factories and promotional material..., Australian Government Munitions Factories and promotional material ...Australian Defence Industries (ADI) - Thirty-eight assorted coloured brochures covering Defence Technology, Australian Government Munitions Factories and promotional material for manufactured items.adi history -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Functional object - Lamp, Bradley & Hubbard, 1900-1919
... . The Rayo was given away to customers for free as a promotional item... for free as a promotional item by the Standard Oil Company ...One of the most common centre draft kerosene lamps one can find in the USA and Canada is the Rayo. Large and sturdy, simple to use, but also notorious for being a fuel hog. This lamp was made by Bradley and Hubbard Metalworks in Chicago also Bradley and Hubbard made the “Perfection” brand lamps that look like the Rayo and are pretty much the same lamp with all parts interchangeable. The Rayo was given away to customers for free as a promotional item by the Standard Oil Company. The lamp’s huge appetite for fuel meant a hefty increase in sales of kerosene for the company and increased profits. The Rayo is a classic centre draft lamp that uses a widely available tubular wick that measures 62mm flat. It employs a simple and reliable mechanism for securing wicks in the burner along with a brass tube with many small teeth at its end. The tube is attached to the toothed rack that’s moved up and down by the adjuster knob.This type of lamp was used in most households and on rural properties before the introduction of electricity and is an early example of a promotional. The lamp was given away to customers of Kerosene oil as a means of increasing the Standard Oil Company sales of Kerosene during the late19th to early 20th century.Lamp of metal without shade. Mantle burner, plated light metal base. Ornate shade holder. Broken glass.Marked "Rayo Junior"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, lamp, mantle lamp, metal lamp, lighting, oil lamp, bradley & hubbard -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Domestic object - Lamp, Bradley & Hubbard, Early 20th century
... . The Rayo was given away to customers for free as a promotional item... for free as a promotional item by the Standard Oil Company ...One of the most common centre draft kerosene lamps one can find in the USA and Canada is the Rayo. Large and sturdy, simple to use, but also notorious for being a fuel hog. This lamp was made by Bradley and Hubbard Metalworks in Chicago also Bradley and Hubbard made the “Perfection” brand lamps that look like the Rayo and are pretty much the same lamp with all parts interchangeable. The Rayo was given away to customers for free as a promotional item by the Standard Oil Company. The lamp’s huge appetite for fuel meant a hefty increase in sales of kerosene for the company and increased profits. The Rayo is a classic centre draft lamp that uses a widely available tubular wick that measures 62mm flat. It employs a simple and reliable mechanism for securing wicks in the burner along with a brass tube with many small teeth at its end. The tube is attached to the toothed rack that’s moved up and down by the adjuster knob. This type of lamp was used in most households and on rural properties before the introduction of electricity and is an early example of a promotional. The lamp was given away to customers of Kerosene oil as a means of increasing the Standard Oil Company sales of Kerosene during the late19th to early 20th century.Kerosene Lamp, side lifting arm to light.Inscribed "Rayo" and "Made in the USA"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, kerosene lamp, lighting, hurricane lamp, storm lamp, rayo ltd