Historical information

A newspaper article promoting Legacy Week in The Sun on 10 September 1960. The story about the donation of a special bottle of King's Ale to Legacy that was to be auctioned to raise money for Legacy Week in 1960. In 1902 a special brew of ale was made by King Edward VII. In 1960 a bottle of the ale turned up in Melbourne and was donated to Legacy by Mr A W Taylor of 'Old Tin Shed' a motor accessories firm.
The photo shows Mr A W Taylor and Legatee George Cowan. A similar photo was taken by The Age.
The article was cut from the newspaper and pasted into a scrap book of press clippings. For many years Legacy kept scrap books of press clippings that related to their work and publicity.

Significance

A record of publicity photos taken in 1960 for promoting Legacy during Legacy week.

Physical description

Newspaper article of a donor presenting King's Ale to Legacy in 1960 pasted to brown page of a scrap book .

Inscriptions & markings

Title 'King's Ale for Legacy