Coaster showing 'Pannam's Store 1900' is historically incorrect as Pannam did not come to Vermont until c1934. It appears that it was known as 'Vermont Store' in 1900.Boxed set of six square coasters with rounded edges. Gilded alloy surface etched with black line graphics featuring scenes of early of the former municipality of Nunawading. Each coaster is backed with blue foam/felt. Rectangular presentation box with maroon colour lid - label inside.On each coaster-:|Pannam's Store, Vermont 1900|First Nunawading Council Chambers 1925|Backhouse's Dairy 1920|Nunawading Coat of Arms 1872|Blackburn Railway Crossing 1882|Schwerkolt Cottage Pump 1864|On label is typed 'Collector's Item. This is one of only 100 sets of coasters showing early Nunawading, designed by Jean Abbott, for Nunawading Arts Council to celebrate Victoria's 150 anniversary'|Written in ink '75'. Signature in ink 'jean Abbott'.civic mementoes, souvenirs, domestic items, table setting

Black and white photograph of shops in Vermont. Trees in foreground , shops appear to be in a service lane with bus stop and car in front of shops. Pannams' store.vermont shops, shops vermont, pannams' store

A black and white photograph of shops in Vermont. Sign on corner reads Vermont. Sign on building reads general store, car parked out front. Wet day. Pannams' store.vermont shops, shops vermont, general store, pannams 'store

Black and white photo of Vermont corner from Southern fence of old school. Behind the bus is Pannam's Corner Store and Post Officepannam, charles, pannam's store, vermont state school, no. 1022, boronia road vermont, canterbury road vermont

Laser Print of black and white photo of Site of Barnard's Corner Store (2 copies) Boronia Road and Canterbury Road, Vermont. (Mounted) Barnard's Store was on the south-west corner of Canterbury Road and L.L. Vale Road (Boronia Road) Vermont. The old store was run by Miss Barnard. Mr Barnard had a Farriers Shop at the back of the store. The white gates on back centre of photograph in Canterbury Road is entrance to Uplands, home of Edward Bishop and Dr. Stephens. White fence on right hand side of photograph is entrance to home of Mr. & Mrs. Tilson who was a market gardener and orchardist.barnards corner store, uplands, vermont, stephens, dr., tilson, mr., tilson mrs, bishop, edward

Table cloth purchased by donor from Pannam's store in vermont in 1948-49 for her glory box and was used by her in her family home in 6 McDowall Street Mitcham.White cotton table cloth with green patterned border design. The cloth has one hem on the right (top) side and one on the wrong (bottom )side.manchester, table linen, domestic items, table setting

Thaddeus Fairbanks (1796 –1886) was an American inventor. of heating and cook stoves, cast iron ploughs, and other items. His greatest success was the invention and manufacture of the platform scale, which allowed the weighing of large objects accurately. Fairbanks was born in Brimfield, Massachusetts, on January 17, 1796, the son of Joseph Fairbanks (1763–1846) and Phebe (Paddock) Fairbanks (1760–1853). His uncle was Ephraim Paddock, the brother of Phebe Paddock. In 1815 he moved to St. Johnsbury, Vermont, and set up a wheelwright's shop above his father's gristmill. In 1820 he married Lucy Peck Barker and In 1824 he built an iron foundry. his brother Erastus joined him to establish E. and T. Fairbanks, a partnership to manufacture heating stoves, cast iron ploughs a design for which he patented in 1826. In 1830 Fairbanks and Erastus became interested in the raising and processing of hemp. Fairbanks went on to patent a hemp and flax dressing machine and became the manager of the St. Johnsbury Hemp Company. He also built a set of scales that would measure large loads of hemp accurately, as there were no reliable scales at the time. Upon the success of building these scales, his brothers recommended that he make and sell these for general use.  Fairbanks' most famous invention then became the platform scale for weighing heavy objects. These are commonly known as the Fairbanks Scales, for which he patented his original design in 1830.  Before this time, accurate weighing of objects required hanging them from a balancing beam as a result, particularly heavy or ungainly objects could not be weighed accurately. A platform scale, if large enough, could weigh an entire wagon. By placing a full wagon on the scale, unloading it, and then placing it on the scale when empty, it became possible to easily and accurately calculate the weight and value of farm produce and other loads. In 1834 Fairbanks and his brother formed "E. and T. Fairbanks and Company" to manufacture and sell these platform scales. These scales were well known in the United States and around the world resulting in the company doubling in volume every three years from 1842 to 1857. There was a temporary slow down during the American Civil War, however, the business took off again after the war. Their partnership was incorporated in 1874 into a firm known as "Fairbanks Scale Company". These platform scales revolutionized weighing methods of large loads and have been in use ever since. Portable platform scales are found in almost every hardware store, physician's office, and manufacturing factory throughout the United States and the world. The first railway track platform scale patent was granted to Fairbanks on January 13, 1857, as Patent No. 16,381. In 1916 the company was purchased by ”Fairbanks, Morse and Company”. Ownership of the company has since changed several times, but Fairbanks Scales continue to be made in St. Johnsbury Vermont to this day. Fairbanks had received 43 patents in his lifetime with the last one at the age of 91. He died on April 12, 1886, and is buried at St. Johnsbury, Vermont, at the Mount Pleasant Cemetery. An early example of the first type of platform scale that revolutionised the weighing of goods throughout the world made in the USA around the turn of the 19th century. Commercially built platform scale on wheels. Cast iron base supports iron weighing platform with wooden floor. At back, square hollow wooden post supports a hooded rod which bears the weight of the platform and which hooks onto a brass balancing arm, marked in pounds up to 50. There is a cylindrical sliding weight and on the end a loop for a metal weight holder. The holder is designed for three circular pieces of metal with a slit to the centre. The weights used are 50, 100 and 200 lbs.Embossed to base Fairbanks Patent No 11 1/2, flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, platform scales

Thaddeus Fairbanks (1796 –1886) was an American inventor. of heating and cook stoves, cast iron ploughs, and other items. His greatest success was the invention and manufacture of the platform scale, which allowed the weighing of large objects accurately. Fairbanks was born in Brimfield, Massachusetts, on January 17, 1796, the son of Joseph Fairbanks (1763–1846) and Phebe (Paddock) Fairbanks (1760–1853). His uncle was Ephraim Paddock, the brother of Phebe Paddock. In 1815 he moved to St. Johnsbury, Vermont, and set up a wheelwright's shop above his father's gristmill. In 1820 he married Lucy Peck Barker and In 1824 he built an iron foundry. his brother Erastus joined him to establish E. and T. Fairbanks, a partnership to manufacture heating stoves, cast iron ploughs a design for which he patented in 1826. In 1830 Fairbanks and Erastus became interested in the raising and processing of hemp. Fairbanks went on to patent a hemp and flax dressing machine and became the manager of the St. Johnsbury Hemp Company. He also built a set of scales that would measure large loads of hemp accurately, as there were no reliable scales at the time. Upon the success of building these scales, his brothers recommended that he make and sell these for general use.  Fairbanks' most famous invention then became the platform scale for weighing heavy objects. These are commonly known as the Fairbanks Scales, for which he patented his original design in 1830.  Before this time, accurate weighing of objects required hanging them from a balancing beam as a result, particularly heavy or ungainly objects could not be weighed accurately. A platform scale, if large enough, could weigh an entire wagon. By placing a full wagon on the scale, unloading it, and then placing it on the scale when empty, it became possible to easily and accurately calculate the weight and value of farm produce and other loads. In 1834 Fairbanks and his brother formed "E. and T. Fairbanks and Company" to manufacture and sell these platform scales. These scales were well known in the United States and around the world resulting in the company doubling in volume every three years from 1842 to 1857. There was a temporary slow down during the American Civil War, however, the business took off again after the war. Their partnership was incorporated in 1874 into a firm known as "Fairbanks Scale Company". These platform scales revolutionized weighing methods of large loads and have been in use ever since. Portable platform scales are found in almost every hardware store, physician's office, and manufacturing factory throughout the United States and the world. The first railway track platform scale patent was granted to Fairbanks on January 13, 1857, as Patent No. 16,381. In 1916 the company was purchased by ”Fairbanks, Morse and Company”. Ownership of the company has since changed several times, but Fairbanks Scales continue to be made in St. Johnsbury Vermont to this day. Fairbanks had received 43 patents in his lifetime with the last one at the age of 91. He died on April 12, 1886, and is buried at St. Johnsbury, Vermont, at the Mount Pleasant Cemetery. An early example circa 1900 of the first type of platform scales used in a grocery store. This design for accurately measuring goods that were sold over the counter revolutionised the weighing of goods throughout the world. Platform scale metal black with removable tray & pan. Has horizontal brass arm with a brass slide weight black removable weight hook and 2 x 2 lb. weights. Fairbanksflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village

Letter from Lucy Courtney to Nunawading and District Historical Society regarding first bus service from Mitcham to Vermont.Letter from Lucy Courtney to Nunawading and District Historical Society regarding first bus service from Mitcham to Vermont.brockell, tom, willis, jim, willis charles l, pannam's store, bus services, willis bus service, willis and brockell bus service, mitcham - vermont bus service, lucy, owen

Donor developed Educational Programme at Blackburn Lake.Black and white photo of original site of Pannam's Store, Corner Boronia and Canterbury Roads, Vermont.pannam's store, pannam, charles., meagher, dorothy

Black & white copy of a photograph of Pannam's Store on corner of Boronia & Canterbury Roads during late 1800s. Horse drawn carts on right hand store.pannam's store, canterbury road, vermont, boronia road, vermont

Black and white picture - Pannam's Corner Shop on corner of Canterbury and Boronia Roads, Vermont. Vermont sign on corner and horse and buggy under tree.pannam's store, canterbury road, vermont, boronia road

Part of Tim Shambrook's Collection for 'This is Vermont', P. 32.|Mrs. Jennings also pr0vided school lunches, hot soup could be eaten on a closed verandah. She also sold haberdashery items in a small enclosed room of the shop.Black and white photo of Mrs Jennings' Confectionery Store, 1915, in Boronia Road, Vermont.shambrook, tim, jennings, mrs

Part of Tim Shambrook's Collection for 'This is Vermont', but not used.Black and white photo of Chas. Pannam standing in doorway of his General Strore which stood on corner of Boronia and Canterbury Roads, Vermont.pannam's store, pannam, charles., shambrook, tim

Part of The Shambrook Collection for 'This is Vermont', not used.Black and white photo of Chas. Pannam's General Store on corner of Canterbury and Boronia Roads, Vermont,(South-East corner), showing front of Delivery Truck.pannam's store, pannam, charles., shambrook, tim

Part of The Shambrook Collection for 'This is Vermont'.Black and white photo of Chas. Pannam's General Store, South-East corner of Boronia and Canterbury Roads, Vermont. Pannam's Delivery Motor Truck also in photo.pannam's store, pannam, charles, shambrook, tim

Part of The Shambrook Collection for 'This is Vermont'.Black and white photo of Side View of Pannam's General Store in Boronia Road, Vermont.pannam's store, pannam, charles., shambrook, tim

Part of The Tim Shambrook Collection for 'This is Vermont'. P.26.Black and white photo of Betty Pannam & Aunt, Mrs L Wigg, serving customers in their Shop, Pannam's Corner on Corner of Canterbury & Boronia Roads, Vermont.pannam, betty, shambrook, tim, wigg, mrs, l, pannam's store, wallis, wilbur, williamson, ken

Part of Tim Shambrook's Collection for 'This is Vermont'. P.26.Black and white photo of Pannam's General Store on the corner of Boronia and Canterbury Roads, Vermont.pannam, charles, pannam's store., shambrook, tim

Part of Tim Shambrook's Collection for 'This is Vermont'. Not used.Coloured photo of Shell Service Station (since replaced by Convenience Store) on corner of Boronia & Canterbury Roads, Vermontboronia road, vermont, canterbury road, shambrook, tim

Part of Tim Shambrook's Collection for 'This is Vermont'. Not used.Coloured photo taken from Shell Service Station (since replaced by Convenience Store) on corner of Boronia & Canterbury Roads, Vermont, looking towards St. Lukes Anglican Church on corner of Mitcham & Canterbury Roads.st.lukes anglican church, vermont, canterbury road, boronia road, mitcham road, shambrook, tim, shell service station

Part of Tim Shambrook's Collection for 'This is Vermont'. Not used.Coloured photo of Shell Service Station (since replaced with Convenience Store) on corner of Boronia & Canterbury Roads, Vermont. Taken outside St. Lukes Anglican Church on Mitcham Road.shell service station, vermont, boronia road, canterbury road, mitcham road, st. lukes anglican church, shambrook, tim

Black and white photo of Pannam's Corner Store, Boronia and Canterbury Roads, Vermontpannam, charles, pannam's store

Coloured photo of east into cool store and packing shed entrance on Livermore's Orchard, Morack Road, Vermontlivermores orchard, morack road, vermont, livermore, clem, orchards

Coloured photo looking east into cool store and packing shed entrance on Livermore's Orchard, Morack road, Vermontlivermores orchard, morack road, vermont, livermore, clem, orchards