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Photograph - Postcard, c1900

  • Sepia-toned photograph of a row of older and younger men and women standing in front of three buildings, two made of wood and one of rendered brick/stone and wood. In the doorway of the rendered building stands a man and woman. Above them, the building is marked as S.S.Jam.C.G.

    3121.1 (obverse)

  • Postcard back showing commercially printed: "Post Card. Correspondence. Address only.", vertical centre-line and stamp placement of rectangular "Kodak.Austral." wordmarks. Hand-written in ink is: "Employees Beechworth Jam Factory about 1900". Hand-written in pencil are: 84-213-1 ; 3121.1 ; 97 2326 ; 10 ; Factories .

    3121.1 (reverse)

  • Uncropped black and white photograph on paper of a row of older and younger men and women standing in front of three buildings, two made of wood and one of rendered brick/stone and wood. In the doorway of the rendered building stands a man and woman. Above them, the building is marked as S.S.Jam.C.G.

    3121.2 (obverse)

  • Back of photograph showing hand-written in ink is: "Employee's Beechworth Jam Factory (previously Allens Brewery) early 1900s". Hand-written in pencil are: 84-213-1 (Repro) ; 3121.2 ; Factories ; plus a yellow sticky-note with 'factories'.

    3121.2 (reverse)

  • Black and white photograph of a row of older and younger men and women standing in front of three buildings, two made of wood and one of rendered brick/stone and wood. In the doorway of the rendered building stands a man and woman. Above them, the building is marked as S.S.Jam.C.G.

    3121.3 (obverse)

  • Back of paper with hand-written in pencil is: SS Jam Factory / B'worth Jam Factory / Railway Avenue / B'worth ; 3121.3 ; 97 2326 ; and in ink: PH 213

    3121.3 (reverse)

  • Sepia-toned photograph of a row of older and younger men and women standing in front of three buildings, two made of wood and one of rendered brick/stone and wood. In the doorway of the rendered building stands a man and woman. Above them, the building is marked as S.S.Jam.C.G.
  • Postcard back showing commercially printed: "Post Card. Correspondence. Address only.", vertical centre-line and stamp placement of rectangular "Kodak.Austral." wordmarks. Hand-written in ink is: "Employees Beechworth Jam Factory about 1900". Hand-written in pencil are: 84-213-1 ; 3121.1 ; 97 2326 ; 10 ; Factories .
  • Uncropped black and white photograph on paper of a row of older and younger men and women standing in front of three buildings, two made of wood and one of rendered brick/stone and wood. In the doorway of the rendered building stands a man and woman. Above them, the building is marked as S.S.Jam.C.G.
  • Back of photograph showing hand-written in ink is: "Employee's Beechworth Jam Factory (previously Allens Brewery) early 1900s". Hand-written in pencil are: 84-213-1 (Repro) ; 3121.2 ; Factories ; plus a yellow sticky-note with 'factories'.
  • Black and white photograph of a row of older and younger men and women standing in front of three buildings, two made of wood and one of rendered brick/stone and wood. In the doorway of the rendered building stands a man and woman. Above them, the building is marked as S.S.Jam.C.G.
  • Back of paper with hand-written in pencil is: SS Jam Factory / B'worth Jam Factory / Railway Avenue / B'worth ; 3121.3 ; 97 2326 ; and in ink: PH 213

Historical information

In 1906, the Anglo-Australian Brewery Company had purchased the Spring Creek brewery after the death of Frederick Allen. A.A. Billson, M.L.A., by then a director of Anglo-Australian Brewery, then converted the premises into a jam and fruit preserving works. The Beechworth District Jam, Pickle and Fruit Preserving Company Ltd started fruit preserving in 1907. In 1912, the jam works was sold to a Melbourne company, who traded as S.S. Jam Co./S.S. Jam Factory until around 1915.

Physical description

Three rectangular photographs - one sepia postcard and two black and white copies printed on paper

Inscriptions & markings

3121.1 (reverse):
Post Card /
Correspondence. [vertical centre-line] Address only. / [stamp placement of rectangular "Kodak.Austral." wordmarks]
Employees Beechworth / Jam Factory / about 1900 /
84-213-1 / 3121.1 / 97 2326 / 10 /
Factories /

3121.2 (reverse):
Employee's / Beechworth Jam Factory / (previously Allens Brewery) / early 1900s /
84-213-1 (Repro) / 3121.2 / Factories / [yellow sticky-note: factories] /

3121.3 (reverse):
SS Jam Factory / B'worth Jam Factory / Railway Avenue / B'worth /
97 2326 / PH 213 / 3121.3 /

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