Showing 4 items matching "victorian era hobbies"
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Wodonga & District Historical Society IncFunctional object - Flower press, c1900
... ...Victorian era hobbies...Flower drying Victorian era hobbies Henry Buck Pty. Ltd. Label on back: Left hand side around red shape with HB in the centre "THE SIGN OF/ EXCELLENCE" On right hand side: "LONDON/ Henry Buck PTY LTD. / MELBOURNE" A flower press made from timber with metal clasps and screws. ...The preservation of plants and flowers for both decorative and scientific purposes dates back to ancient times. Drying and pressing flowers became a popular hobby and preservation method in Victorian England. The flower press was readily available to buy or simple and inexpensive to create. This flower press was marketed through Henry Buck Pty. Ltd. in Melbourne, Victoria. Henry Buck migrated from England and established his store in Melbourne in 1890. The business dealt primarily in menswear, but also had other domestic lines. The business, trading as Henry Bucks, still operates in Melbourne and several other locations.This item is representative of a popular hobby of the Victorian era.A flower press made from timber with metal clasps and screws. The front is decorated with a parquetry flower design. There are 2 metal strips screwed onto the timber horizontally. These are secured by wing screws which can be adjusted to hold the back and front together. They allow pressure to be adjusted depending on what item is being compressed.Label on back: Left hand side around red shape with HB in the centre "THE SIGN OF/ EXCELLENCE" On right hand side: "LONDON/ Henry Buck PTY LTD. / MELBOURNE"flower drying, victorian era hobbies, henry buck pty. ltd. -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - Stamp Album, CF Lucke, publisher, Illustrated Postage Stamp Album, ca 1900
... The stamp album is of Victorian vintage and shows that at the end of the 19th century people collected stamps. It represents the hobbies and past times of the people of that era. flagstaff hill warrnambool shipwrecked-coast flagstaff-hill flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum maritime-museum shipwreck-coast flagstaff-hill-maritime-village illustrated postage stamp album postage stamp album stamp album book postage stamp stamp Edwin J Dale May 13th 1901 stamp collecting German stamp album Spottiswoode & Co Ltd Germany CF Lucke Leipzig CF Lucke Leipzig Inscription: Edwin J Dale, May 13th 1901" Cover: "Illustrated POSTAGE STAMP ALBUM" Inage on cover: "within a floral border, a robed figure wearing a winged helmet, holding a staff with two snakes in one hand, and a sealed letter in the other." ...The inscription in the book indicates that it once belonged to Edwin J Dale, who may have received it May 13th 1901, the date on the inscription. The album was made in Germany and has English, German, French and Spanish language on the fly page. It has 2000 pockets for holding stamps and is illustrated. The printer, Spottiswoode and Co., was established in 1738 by William Strahan, with premises in New Street Square, London. The growing firm advertised as Printers, Lithographers, Stationers, Electrotypers, Publishers, and Booksellers and by 1914 there were 1,000 employees.The stamp album is of Victorian vintage and shows that at the end of the 19th century people collected stamps. It represents the hobbies and past times of the people of that era.Illustrated Postage Stamp Album. Publisher: Lalso by CF Lucke, Leipzig, Germany Printer: Spottiswoode & Co Ltd, London Date: 1908 Red hardcover, illustrated with a robed figure image and text in English, German, French and Spanish. Book has information, advertising and pages divided into blank squares for attaching stamps. Some pages have cutouts where squares would have been, perhaps holding stamps. An inscription with the name Edwin J Dale, 13 May 1901 is on the first turned page..Inscription: Edwin J Dale, May 13th 1901" Cover: "Illustrated POSTAGE STAMP ALBUM" Inage on cover: "within a floral border, a robed figure wearing a winged helmet, holding a staff with two snakes in one hand, and a sealed letter in the other." Fly: "Registered" "Schaubeks Postage Stamp Album" "Victoria" "Briefmarken"[German - stamps] "Pour Timbres-poste" [French - for postage Stamps] "Para Selloyde Correo" [Spanish - for postage stamps] "With 1070 reduced illustrations, 2200 blank cases for stamps" (also in German, French and Spanish) "Made in Germany"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, illustrated postage stamp album, postage stamp album, stamp album, book, postage stamp, stamp, edwin j dale, may 13th 1901, stamp collecting, german stamp album, spottiswoode & co ltd, germany, cf lucke leipzig, cf lucke, leipzig -
Victorian Railway History LibraryBook, Gee, Neville, Railmotor Profile: New South Wales Railmotors, 1999
... Victorian Railway History Library 39 St Edmonds Rd Prahran Prahran railmotors - New South Wales - pictorial railroad operations - New South Wales - history A photographic profile of the Tuscan Red era of the railmotors of the New South Wales Railways from 1950s to 1980s. ill, p.56. Railmotor Profile: New South Wales Railmotors Book Gee, Neville Sargent, John Martin, Steve Campbell, Jean Neville W. Gee Pantlin, Graeme Atkinson, Keith Barnes, Geoff Cross, Frank Dee, Gerald Evans, Graham Kerr, Bill MacMicking, Jack McLeod, Colin Ralph, Peter Reed, Noel Saxon, Fred Schrader, Michael Tollow, Ross Train Hobby ...A photographic profile of the Tuscan Red era of the railmotors of the New South Wales Railways from 1950s to 1980s.ill, p.56.non-fictionA photographic profile of the Tuscan Red era of the railmotors of the New South Wales Railways from 1950s to 1980s.railmotors - new south wales - pictorial, railroad operations - new south wales - history -
Hymettus Cottage & Garden BallaratFunctional object - Bookmark, With Kind Wishes
... hobby for collectors. However many came to the Australian colonies in the Victorian era Bookmark Stevengraph Silk Weaving Coventry With Kind Wishes Functional object Bookmark ...Stevengraphs are today a popular hobby for collectors. However many came to the Australian colonies in the Victorian erabookmark, stevengraph, silk, weaving, coventry
