Torpedo bottle from group of 1850/1860s bottles dug up at 282 Rouse Street in 1999.domestic life - containers, business and traders - hotels, all england eleven hotel

Torpedo bottle from group of 1850/1860s bottles dug up at 282 Rouse Street in 1999:domestic life - containers, business and traders - hotels, all england eleven hotel

Torpedo bottle from group of 1850/1860s bottles dug up at 282 Rouse Street in 1999:W H Dawbarn & Son, Port Melbournedomestic life - containers, business and traders - hotels, all england eleven hotel, w h dawbarn & son

Dawbarn & Son bottle from group of 1850/1860s bottles dug up at 282 Rouse Street in 1999:W H Dawbarn & Son Melbourne & Sandridgedomestic life - containers, business and traders - hotels, all england eleven hotel, w h dawbarn & son

Dawbarn & Son bottle from group of 1850/1860s bottles dug up at 282 Rouse Street in 1999:W H Dawbarn & Son Melbourne & Sandridgedomestic life - containers, business and traders - hotels, all england eleven hotel, w h dawbarn & son

W H Dawbarn & Son bottle from group of 1850/1860s bottles dug up at 282 Rouse Street in 1999:W H Dawbarn & Son, Patent, Melbourne & Sandridgedomestic life - containers, business and traders - hotels, all england eleven hotel, w h dawbarn & son

Dug from ground at demolished 282 Rouse Street in 1999 and donated by Peter LIBBISLewis & Whitty (Melbourne) milk of magnesium bottle from group of 1850/1860s bottles dug up at 282 Rouse Street in 1999Lewis & Whitty (Melbourne)domestic life - containers, business and traders - hotels, all england eleven hotel, w h dawbarn & son, health - general health, lewis & whitty (melbourne)

Hendry had chemist shop at 291, later 293, Bay Street at the turn of the 20th century. (May have lived in Peckham terrace?)Small, plain glass medicine bottle, vertically inscribed 'P.M. Hendry Chemist Port Melbourne' c1900'M' inscribed on bottomhealth - general health, business and traders - chemists, p m hendry - chemist

Purchased by Peter Libbis at the Williamstown bottle fair 7.2.1999 Small, green bottle vertically inscribed 'T. Obbinson Sandridge'domestic life, business and traders, t obbinson

Medium size clear glass bottle with black lid. Pasted on label with chemist logo and W D Pfeiffer, Ph.C., M.P.S., 364 Graham Street Port Melbourne. Telephone 64 2379Written on ink on label "Friar's Balsam" . On bottom of bottle imprinted RO.No.47,686 1661 23business and traders - chemists, w d pfeiffer

Donated by son Glen Stuart, who because he had originally intended to use the book as a scrapbook in which to mount photos, had glued a colour repro of the 'Icebird' in Antarctica to the front coverLarge ledger used by William Raeburn Stuart of Gladsdale Dairy from June 1941 to February 1947 to record weekly accounts of his milk business at 273 Bridge Street, Port Melbourne. Photo pasted on cover. 287 pp. Bill heading and milk bottle order fom pasted on last page. Dark green with tan leather spine and corners.Mr Stuart's home and business addresses written on first page.business and traders - dairies, william raeburn stuart, glen stuart

Found under floorboards when building demolished, April 1999. Reason for storage under floorboards unknown; found by 'bottle diggers' and sold to Peter Libbis of the Society in April of 1999Packet of 160 smaller sized papers from collection of orders for goods from J.E. Earl, September 1922, handwritten on various bits of paper from scraps to company order forms. Yes!business and traders - timber, built environment, j e earl pty ltd, wormald brothers pty ltd, swallow & ariell ltd, o t box factory, a t harman & sons pty ltd, robert harper & co ltd, a e wearne & son, w c cone & co, joshua brothers distillery

Found under floorboards when building demolished, April 1999. Reason for storage under floorboards unknown; found by 'bottle diggers' and sold to Peter Libbis of the Society in April of 1999Packet of 57 medium sized papers from collection of orders for goods from J.E. Earl, September 1922, handwritten on various bits of paper from scraps to company order forms. Yes!business and traders - timber, built environment, j e earl pty ltd, wormald brothers pty ltd, swallow & ariell ltd, o t box factory, a t harman & sons pty ltd, robert harper & co ltd, a e wearne & son, w c cone & co, joshua brothers distillery

Found under floorboards when building demolished, April 1999. Reason for storage under floorboards unknown; found by 'bottle diggers' and sold to Peter Libbis of the Society in April of 1999Packet of fragile papers from collection of orders for goods from J.E. Earl, September 1922, handwritten on various bits of paper from scraps to company order forms. Yes!business and traders - timber, built environment, j e earl pty ltd, wormald brothers pty ltd, swallow & ariell ltd, o t box factory, a t harman & sons pty ltd, robert harper & co ltd, a e wearne & son, w c cone & co, joshua brothers distillery, port melbourne yacht club

Found under floorboards when building demolished, April 1999. Reason for storage under floorboards unknown; found by 'bottle diggers' and sold to Peter Libbis of the Society in April of 1999From a collection of handwritten orders to J.E. Earl, 1922, handwritten on various bits of paper from scraps to company order forms. This one written on the back of a flyer for a 'Public Indignation Meeting' Princess Theatre 21 July 1922Order in pencil on back of flyerbusiness and traders - timber, public action campaigns, j e earl pty ltd, father jergen

"Australian Preserving and Storage Jars: Pre 1920" by Ken Arnold. Published 1983. Provides a history of bottles and stoneware for 1852-1930. 12 pages.domestic life, business and traders, industry - manufacturing, ken arnold

Large (quart?) brown medicine bottle from Fred G. Nicholas, Chemist (239 Bay Street). Contents originally identified in pencil and ink on printed labelOriginal pencil ' - - - - - - - - - - single strength'; amended in ink: DOUBLE STRENGTH, PHbusiness and traders - chemists, fred g nicholas, bay street

Design was commissioned by Council and resourced by both Council and Coles Supermarket to encourage participation in new recycling scheme. The finished 2 m x 140 cm sign, executed by council signwriter Bob Smith to Pat Grainger's design, featured the actual items to be recycled (bottles, cans, newspapers etc) and was displayed in the supermarket for a year.Designer's presentation rough for approval by Port Melbourne Council and Coles Supermarket of design for large 3D sign explaining household items to recycle under new environmental program, 1993environment, business and traders - grocers and supermarkets, local government - city of port melbourne, bob smith, coles supermarket, pat grainger

Chemist bottle inscribed with 'J.W. Mowat, Chemist, Port Melbourne' - c1940s, clear in colour, bearing price tag $15.00health - general health, business and traders - chemists, j.w. mowat, chemist, j w mowat, bay street

Was purchased on behalf of the Society by Peter Libbis from the Ballarat Bottle Fair, Southern Indoor Tennis Centre, Sebastopol, Victoria, 15 April 2001Broad neck Imperial pint milk Bottle (Spain Bros. Dairy) with wadImprint: Spain Bros. Fernleigh Dairy' 'phone MX4080, MX 2909' 'One imperial pint'business and traders - dairies, spain brothers

From the Woodruff family archives, images of Woodruff's Superior Dairy at Bridge and Derham Sts. A4 lasercopy of 2 interior views a) Bottle washing machine, b) Bottling machineDetails typed on labelsindustry, business and traders - dairies, woodruff's superior dairies

Found in excavations at 34 Crockford Street, next to Mobil Petrol Station (cnr Raglan/Crockford)One from a collection of eight assorted dark green beer and spirit bottles, c1850s, dug up at 34 Crockford Street:domestic life - containers, business and traders - hotels

Found in excavations at 34 Crockford Street, next to Mobil Petrol Station (cnr Raglan/Crockford)One from a collection of eight assorted dark green beer and spirit bottles, c1850s, dug up at 34 Crockford Street:domestic life - containers, business and traders - hotels

Found in excavations at 34 Crockford Street, next to Mobil Petrol Station (cnr Raglan/Crockford)One from a collection of eight assorted dark green beer and spirit bottles, c1850s, dug up at 34 Crockford Street:domestic life - containers, business and traders - hotels

Found in excavations at 34 Crockford Street, next to Mobil Petrol Station (cnr Raglan/Crockford)One from a collection of eight assorted dark green beer and spirit bottles, c1850s, dug up at 34 Crockford Street:domestic life - containers, business and traders - hotels

Found in excavations at 34 Crockford Street, next to Mobil Petrol Station (cnr Raglan/Crockford)One from a collection of eight assorted dark green beer and spirit bottles, c1850s, dug up at 34 Crockford Street:domestic life - containers, business and traders - hotels

Found in excavations at 34 Crockford Street, next to Mobil Petrol Station (cnr Raglan/Crockford)One from a collection of eight assorted dark green beer and spirit bottles, c1850s, dug up at 34 Crockford Street:domestic life - containers, business and traders - hotels