Dormant life 52/27/3 #fp13 #life

Dormant life 52/27/3 #fp13 #life, a photo by Collingwood Historical Society on Flickr.

These wintry trees in Darling Gardens give lie to the dormant life waiting to appear in Spring.

Life of Collingwood Football Club 52/27/2 #fp13 #life

Life of Collingwood Football Club 52/27/2 #fp13 #life, a photo by Collingwood Historical Society on Flickr.

Collingwood Football Club no longer plays AFL games at Victoria Park but various interpretive signage on the site documents their former life there. This one celebrates their last game played there in 1999.

Life saving vehicle 52/27/1 #fp13 #life

Life saving vehicle 52/27/1 #fp13 #life, a photo by Collingwood Historical Society on Flickr.

This mural in Hoddle St Collingwood features a fire engine

St John's #surfaces 52/26/3 #fp13

St John's #surfaces 52/26/3 #fp13, a photo by Collingwood Historical Society on Flickr.

The church of St John the Baptist in Clifton Hill has many interesting surfaces. This one features one of the door surrounds. This photo is submitted by the Collingwood Historical Society for the Flickr Friday Photos challenge under the theme of "Surfaces."

St John's #surfaces 52/26/2 #fp13

St John's #surfaces 52/26/2 #fp13, a photo by Collingwood Historical Society on Flickr.

The church of St John the Baptist in Clifton Hill has many interesting surfaces. This one features the stonework on the walls. This photo is submitted by the Collingwood Historical Society for the Flickr Friday Photos challenge under the theme of "Surfaces."

St John's #surfaces 52/26/1 #fp13

St John's #surfaces 52/26/1 #fp13, a photo by Collingwood Historical Society on Flickr.

The church of St John the Baptist in Clifton Hill has many interesting surfaces. This one features one of the stone gate posts.  This photo is submitted by the Collingwood Historical Society for the Flickr Friday Photos challenge under the theme of "Surfaces."

Punters Palace Hotel #blogjune Day 30

Punters Palace Hotel 365/171 #2013PAD, a photo by Hecuba's Story on Flickr.

The Punters Palace Hotel in Smith Street Collingwood looks welcoming with its evening lights.   You can find out more about the history of the hotel on the Collingwood Historical Society's Hotels database.  But if you have any stories about the history of the hotel we would love to hear from you.  You can comment below or email us.

Sr Mary of Mt Carmel Curtain #blogjune Day 29

Sr Mary of Mt Carmel Curtain 365/173 #2013PAD, a photo by Hecuba's Story on Flickr.

Long term superior of the Good Shepherd Convent in Abbotsford, Sister Mary of Mount Carmel Curtain is actually still buried in the crypt under the Chapel. The site of her burial was open for viewing during the recent Behind the Veil exhibition at the Abbotsford Convent.Sister Mary of Mount Carmel was not among the first group of four nuns who arrived in 1863 but arrived in another of the early groups.  Other early nuns previously buried at the convent were disinterred and reburied here at the Boroondara Cemetery in Kew in 1975. The memorial stone pictured above is in the main aisle of the chapel.

Gahans Reserve Abbotsford #blogjune Day 28

Gahans Reserve Abbotsford, a photo by Hecuba's Story on Flickr.

This peaceful late afternoon image of Gahans Reserve, Abbotsford, gives lie to the bustle and activity going on there with people sitting on benches and families and children playing and walking.

Golden waters in Dights #blogjune Day 27

Golden waters in Dights, a photo by Hecuba's Story on Flickr.

Through the late afternoon winter sun, the water flowing over Dights Fall appears golden.

11 Groom Street Clifton Hill #blogjune Day 26

11 Groom Street Clifton Hill, a photo by Hecuba's Story on Flickr.

This house at 11 Groom Street Clifton Hill was where Rita Jamieson's father lived for a time during the First World World War.  Rita was the first woman Collingwood Councillor,  elected in 1963. You can see more details of an earlier layout in this turn of the century Melbourne and Metropolitan Boards of Works map. You can see the bath, copper and kitchen sink marked as well as the closet.  You can also see the relationship of this single-storeyed, single-fronted house to the related pairs of houses at 3-5 and 7-9 Groom Street and to the shop on the corner.

Croatian Catholic Church Clifton Hill #blogjune Day 25

Croatian Catholic Church Clifton Hill, a photo by Hecuba's Story on Flickr.

The Croatian Catholic Church in Wellington Street Clifton Hill has been operating since 1961. The foundation stone of this church, a former Wesleyan Church, was laid on 13 December 1886. The parsonage in Hodgkinson Street was built in 1881.  Due to low attendances, the Wesleyan Church closed down in October 1961 but was purchased by the Croatian Catholics and had operated as St Nicholas' Croatian Catholic Church since that date.

Denton Hat Mill 52/25/3 #fp13 #technology #blogjune Day 24

Denton Hat Mill 52/25/3 #fp13 #technology, a photo by Collingwood Historical Society on Flickr.

This 1901 Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works map shows the Denton Hat Mills in Nicholson Street, Abbotsford.  The mill was the first steam-powered hat mill in Australia putting that new technology to good use in the production if hats.  This photo has been produced using the technology of the digitized versions of these maps on the State Library of Victoria website and was taken on an Apple iPhone 5 using further technology. You can read more about the Denton Hat Mills here.

This photo was submitted by the Collingwood Historical Society for the Flickr Friday Photos challenge under the theme of "Technology".

Bus Stop #technology 52/25/1 #fp13 #blogjune Day 23

Bus Stop 52/25/1, a photo by Collingwood Historical Society on Flickr.

Technolgy can be found everywhere in Collingwood.  Here GPS-driven timetables reduce the stress of waiting for buses along Hoddle Street, Collingwood.

This photo was submitted by the Collingwood Historical Society for the Flickr Friday Photos challenge under the theme of "Technology".

Technology for Social Justice 52/25/2 #fp13 #blogjune Day 22

Infoxchange 52/25/2, a photo by Collingwood Historical Society on Flickr.

Technology for Social Justice proclaims the former offices of Infoxchange in Johnston St., Abbotsford. Infoxchange who did ground breaking work empowering people in public housing by providing them access to the internet may not inhabit this building in Abbotsford any more but their message still speaks out.  Infoxchange are now operating from premises in Richmond just behind the public housing highrises.  You can read about them here.

This photo was submitted by the Collingwood Historical Society for the Flickr Friday Photos challenge under the theme of "Technology".

Behind the Veil exhibition #blogjune Day 21

Behind the Veil is an exhibition curated by Rebecca Louise which honours the many women and girls who have been a part of the Good Shepherd history particularly in Abbotsford.  The exhibition was held in the Abbotsford Convent in the Chapel and Crypt on the weekends of 22 and 23 June and 29 and 39 June only. The exhibition complements the exhibits and videos in the interpretive so it is a pity that it was only open for such a short period.

Good Shepherd Festival Day #blogjune Day 20

 The Good Shepherd Festival Day on Saturday 22 June at the Abbotsford Convent celebrated the arrival 150 years ago on the 24 June 1863 of the first four Good Shepherd Sisters in Victoria.  The Chapel, the Chapel Crypt, the Parlour, the Bishop's Parlour, the Community Room and the Linen Room were open for viewing and tours taken by some of the sisters who had lived and worked in the Convent also took participants to some of the buildings where the girls had lived.

It is a great pity that this Festival was only for one day as there was so much to see.  However, the new interpretive centre in the antechamber to the Chapel is open every weekday and there is plenty to view there covering the whole history of the Abbotsford Convent while it was managed by the Good Shepherd Sisters.

Frank Thring(s) and Cr Kreitmayer #blogjune Day 19

A recent reading of Peter Fitzpatrick's biography The two Frank Thrings (Monash University Publishing, 2012) contained more than I had expected.  The Collingwood Historical Society is currently compiling a database of Councillors of the former municipality of Collingwood and I am slogging away compiling that data.  Imagine my surprise when I was in recreational reading mode and relishing Peter Fitzpatrick's research skills only to discover that Frank Thring junior was the grandson of Maximilian Kreitmayer who was a Collingwood Councillor and Mayor in 1892/93!  Frank senior was married to Kreitmayer's daughter, Olive.

It seems Collingwood Councillors are everywhere.  If you have any stories about Collingwood Councillors we would be interested to hear from you for this project.  You can contact us by making a comment on this post or by email at collingwoodhs@yahoo.com.

The Convent #blogjune Day 18

Another novel that you might like to read in the context of the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the Good Shepherd nuns in Victoria on 24 June 1863 is Maureen McCarthy's The Convent published by Allen & Unwin in late 2012.  This is a work of fiction and imagination, as is the Kerry Greenwood title in the previous post, but does draw on the place and the history of the convent and the site and is a good read too.

Unnatural habits #blogjune Day 17

If you are going to the Abbotsford Convent you might like to celebrate by reading the latest Kerry Greenwood book in the Phryne Fisher series which has recently been turned into a television series greatly acclaimed not only here where one might expect it but also in France and the US.  Number 19 in the Phryne Fisher crime series came out in October 2012 and is called Unnatural Habits.  The Abbotsford Convent is a main character in this book.

Abbotsford Convent 150 celebrations! #blogjune Day 16

Convent Gardens 52/5/2, a photo by Collingwood Historical Society on Flickr.

The Good Shepherd Convent in Abbotsford is celebrating 150 years! There will be a free open day, the Good Shepherd Festival Day, this coming Saturday 22 June 2013 to celebrate the arrival of the first four nuns 150 years ago. So come along and celebrate. Details can be found here and include an historical display and guided tours. Walk, ride or catch public transport on the day! A free shuttle bus will run between Collingwood Station (Stanton St) and the Convent every 15 minutes. And don't forget that the Slow Food Farmers' Market is also on at the Convent that Saturday.

Wind-spoiled game at Vic Park 52/24/3 #fp13 #wind #blogjune Day 15

Wind-spoiled game at Vic Park 52/24/3 #fp13 #wind, a photo by Collingwood Historical Society on Flickr.

There's always an excuse for a loss! This game was lost by one goal by Collingwood to Essendon at Vic Park in 1911. The headline "Wind-spoiled game" says it all.

This photo was submitted by the Collingwood Historical Society to the Flickr Friday Photos challenge under the theme of "Wind".

Collingwood Town Hall clock 52/24/2 #fp13 #wind #blogjune Day 14

Collingwood Town Hall clock 52/24/2 #fp13 #wind, a photo by Collingwood Historical Society on Flickr.

The clock in the Collingwood Town Hall tower is a good example of the complexity of the mechanisms needed to wind and keep going a four faced clock in a tower. The clock was not installed in the tower at the time of the opening of the new Collingwood Town Hall but was installed a couple of years later. It is thought to have been donated by Cr Eade and to have been originally installed in the Melbourne GPO.

This photo was submitted by the Collingwood Historical Society to the Flickr Friday Photos challenge under the theme of "Wind".

Weather vane at Gold St Primary 52/24/1 #fp13 #wind #blogjune Day 13

Weather vane at Gold St Primary 52/24/1 #fp13 #wind, a photo by Collingwood Historical Society on Flickr.

The weather vane at the Gold Street Primary School in Clifton Hill looks a little the worse for wear. But it was a good photo for the Flickr Friday Photos challenge under the theme of "Wind".

Gibsonia hosiery 52/23/3 #fp13 #stitches #blogjune Day 12

Gibsonia hosiery 52/23/3 #fp13 #stitches, a photo by Collingwood Historical Society on Flickr.

Gibsonia hosiery for men, women and children was all produced at Foy and Gibson's in the Knitting Room. Some samples of these products are shown in the photo.

This photo was submitted by the Collingwood Historical Society for the Flickr Friday Photos challenge under the theme of "Stitches".

Gibsonia Knitting Room 52/23/2 #fp13 #stitches #blogjune Day 11

Gibsonia Knitting Room 52/23/2 #fp13 #stitches, a photo by Collingwood Historical Society on Flickr.

The knitting Room at the Foy and Gibson factory produced lots of garments using stitches. This photo was submitted by the Collingwood Historical Society for the Flickr Friday photos challenge under the them of "Stitches".

Magpies' logo in cross-stitch 52/23/1 #fp13 #stitches #blogjune Day 10

Magpies logo in cross-stitch 52/23/1 #fp13 #stitches, a photo by Collingwood Historical Society on Flickr.

Who would have known it? Well if you want to do a cross-stitch version of the Collingwood Football Club logo, there is a pattern available on the internet for it. This photo was taken by the Collingwood Historical Society for the Flickr Friday Photos group under the theme of "Stitches".

Johnston Street alight 52/22/3 #fp13 #illumination #blogjune Day 9

Johnston Street alight 52/22/3 #fp13 #illumination, a photo by Collingwood Historical Society on Flickr.

Johnston Street Collingwood comes alight at night when peak period traffic zooms along it in both directions. This photo was taken for the Flickr Friday Photos challenge under the theme of "Illumination".

Night Lights at Beacon Lighting 52/22/1 #blogjune Day 8

Night Lights at Beacon Lighting 52/22/1, a photo by Collingwood Historical Society on Flickr.

This week's theme for the Flickr Friday Photos challenge is "Illumination" so what is more appropriate than a night view of a lighting shop all ablaze. This night time view of Beacon Lighting in Hoddle Street was taken by Pat Miller.

Night Lights at The Retreat Hotel 52/22/2 #blogjune Day 7

Night Lights at The Retreat Hotel 52/22/2, a photo by Collingwood Historical Society on Flickr.

This photo, Night lights at the Retreat Hotel, was taken by member Pat Miller for the Flickr Friday Photos challenge for the theme of "Illumination". If you want to know more about the Retreat, click into the Hotels section on the side panel of the Collingwood Historical Society website and search for the Retreat.

Rita Jamieson #blogjune Day 6

Rebecca "Rita" Jamieson was the first woman elected to Collingwood Council.  She was elected to Council in 1963 for the Abbotsford Ward and served that ward as a Councillor until her death in 1970.  She was replaced in the ward by Caroline Hogg who was to become the first female Mayor of the City of Collingwood in 1978/79. Rita Jamieson lived at 88 Park Street, Abbotsford.

The Collingwood Historical Society recently obtained the photo above from the Union of Australian Women, whose Vice-President she was at the time of her election to Collingwood Council.  This photo was taken at the inauguration of Collingwood Council in 1963.  Rita Jamieson is someone the Society is researching for the Notables of Collingwood project.  If you knew Rita Jamieson or have stories about her we would love to hear from you.  Please comment below or email us at collingwoodhs@yahoo,com.

28 North Terrace Clifton Hill #blogjune Day 5

28 North Terrace Clifton Hill, a photo by Collingwood Historical Society on Flickr.

When you walk past this house in North Terrace do you ever wonder who lived there in the past? This was the house where Thomas "Tommy" Tunnecliffe lived. Tunnecliffe was born on 13 July 1869 at Coghills Creek, Victoria, son of John Tunnecliffe, a bootmaker from England.  Tunnecliffe followed his father into this trade and gained his education from State schools and the Workingman's College.  

Active in the union movement, he became the member for West Melbourne in 1903 and was MLA for a short time until it was abolished. He stood unsuccessfully for the seat of Melbourne and the Senate but returned to State Parliament in 1907 in the seat of Eaglehawk which he held until his defeat in 1920.  In 1924, after his return to Melbourne, he was returned to Victorian Parliament as the member for Collingwood a seat he held until ill health caused him to resign in 1947.

During this period he served as Chief Secretary, Minister for Railways and Electrical Undertakings, and acting Premier during the 1932 election in Premier Hogan's absence overseas. After Hogan's departure Tunnecliffe was elected leader of the Opposition, a position he held until 1935 when Labor moved to the cross-benches. In 1937-40 he was Speaker and later moved to the back benches. He died at 28 North Terrace on 2 February 1948 and was given a state funeral at Fawkner crematorium. Thomas Tunnecliffe was named in the Wren libel trial as politician Tom Trumbleward in Frank Hardy's Power without Glory, and was allegedly under the Wren influence.

Tunnecliffe is one of the people that the Collingwood Historical Society is researching for inclusion in the Notables of Collingwood database that is being developed for inclusion on the website.   Do you know anything about Thomas Tunnecliffe and his family or do you have stories about his time as Member for Collingwood?  If so, we would love to hear from you.  Please comment below or email us at collingwoodhs@yahoo.com.

Faith hope and charity mural #blogjune Day 4

Faith hope and charity mural, a photo by Collingwood Historical Society on Flickr.

This is the full mural! The mural "Faith Hope and Charity" was created by Colleen Burke and the students of St John's Clifton Hill. You can read more about it here at colleenburke.net.au.

This blogpost has been done by the Collingwood Historical Society as part of the 2013 #blogjune challenge.

Faith and charity mural #blogjune Day 3

Faith and charity mural, a photo by Collingwood Historical Society on Flickr.

This is the third panel of the mural on St John's Clifton Hill. It represents the students's visual representations of Faith and Charity. Part of this representation is of the nuns who for decades provided education at the school, the Sisters of Charity.

Hope 52/21/2 #fp13 #emotion #blogjune Day 2

Hope 52/21/2 #fp13 #emotion, a photo by Collingwood Historical Society on Flickr.

This photo is the second panel of the St John's Clifton mural and represents "hope". The mural is on the Queens Parade frontage of the site on the church hall facade.

This photo is submitted by the Collingwood Historical Society for the Flickr Friday Photo challenge under the theme of "emotion". And the blogpost has been done as part of #blogjune, an annual challenge in which participants aim to blog every day of June.

Love 52/21/1 #fp13 #emotion #blogjune Day 1

Love 52/21/1 #fp13 #emotion, a photo by Collingwood Historical Society on Flickr.

This photo was submitted by the Collingwood Historical Society for the Flickr Friday Photo challenge on the theme of "emotion".

This depiction of Love is the first panel in a recent mural at St John's Clifton Hill. The mural was completed by the school and is on the Queens Parade frontage of the Church hall.

As it is 1 June and the Collingwood Historical Society is participating in in the #blogjune project, this post also forms our first submission for that project.

Earth works 52/12/3 #earth #fp13

Earth works 52/12/3 #earth #fp13, a photo by Collingwood Historical Society on Flickr.

A lot of earth has been removed as part of these excavations in Smith Street. At least there is currently a not-before-seen view of the former Foy and Gibson buildings.

This photo is part of the Flickr Friday Photos group under the theme of "Earth".

Join the Friends of the Earth! 52/12/2 #fp13

Join the Friends of the Earth! 52/12/2 #fp13, a photo by Collingwood Historical Society on Flickr.

The Friends of the Earth in Smith Street are a Collingwood institution. This photo fitted beautifully into the Flickr Friday Photos theme of "Earth".

Mater Street Community Garden 52/12/1 #fp13

Mater Street Community Garden 52/12/1 #fp13, a photo by Collingwood Historical Society on Flickr.

Earth is tilled and is the source of produce here at the Mater Street Community Garden.

This photo is part of the Flickr Friday Photos group as part of the theme of "Earth".

Smith St Collingwood landscape 52/10/1 #fp13

Smith St Collingwood landscape 52/10/1 #fp13, a photo by Collingwood Historical Society on Flickr.

This photo has been submitted by the Collingwood Historical Society as part of the Flickr Friday Photos Challenge under the theme of "Landscape".

This photo is iconic Collingwood. Former Foy & Gibson buildings are seen in the distance over a developer's hole and the whole is brought together with a wall covered with graffiti and event advertising. And there is even a parking meter!

Foy & Gibson Collingwood landscape 52/10/2 #fp13

Foy & Gibson Collingwood landscape 52/10/2 #fp13, a photo by Collingwood Historical Society on Flickr.

This photo is submitted by the Collingwood Historical Society as part of the Flickr Friday Photo Challenge under the theme of "Landscape".

Although the Foy and Gibson factories have long since stopped turning out their comprehensive range of products, the chimneys still dominate the landscape of Collingwood as they have done for a century.

The Star

The Star, a photo by Collingwood Historical Society on Flickr.

The new bar and eatery is using all the ground floor including both the corner area and the shop front.

The Star

The Star, a photo by Collingwood Historical Society on Flickr.

This is the Star Hotel in its latest role, happily back to an eating and drinking place with burgers and sliders on the menu. It all looks delicious.

You can find more information about The Star Hotel here on the Society website.

Collingwood domestic dwelling landscape 52/10/3 #fp13

Collingwood domestic dwelling landscape 52/10/3 #fp13, a photo by Collingwood Historical Society on Flickr.

This photo is submitted to the Flickr Friday Photos Challenge under the theme of "Landscape".

This shot gives a good impression of the Collingwood landscape: Victorian cottages, a Victorian church, cars and a truck all towered over by the public housing towers that resulted from 1970s "slum clearance" and interspersed with greenery.

International Women's Day 8 March 2013

International Women's Day 8 March 2013 365/67 #2013PAD, a photo by Hecuba's Story on Flickr.

Today the 8 March 2013 is International Women's Day.  The colours, Green, Violet and White, shown above in the lavender favours on a white background reflect the heartfelt cry of women for enfranchisement: Give Votes to Women!

On this day it is timely to reflect on the composition of the former municipality of Collingwood's Council.  The municipality of Collingwood, then East Collingwood, came into being in 1855. By 1955 when the municipality celebrated its centenary with great excitement over its achievements there had not yet been a woman elected as Councillor.

Collingwood had to wait another eight years until 1963 when Rita Jamieson was elected as the first woman on Collingwood Council. Rita was an active member of the Union of Australian Women (UAW) and one of a number of women from the Victorian  branch of that organization who successfully broached the male bastion of Victorian local government.  Another example, Nola Barber, who was the first woman Councillor for Chelsea in 1948 (and later stood for Federal Parliament), was a founding member of the Australian Local Government Women's Association.

Rita Jamieson joined the UAW after the Labour Party split when ALP members were accepted.  She was a member of ALP Abbotsford branch, vice President of Waterside Workers' Women's Committee and vice President of Australian Union of Women at the time of her election. She was a Councillor until her death in  1970 when her vacancy on Collingwood Council set the scene for the election of Caroline Hogg who later became first female Mayor in 1978/79. Rita Jamieson fought to improve conditions for working class women and children and was involved in the setting up of an after school program in Collingwood.

Did you know Rita Jamieson or do you have any stories about her that you would like to share with us?  We would love to hear from you.

 

Collingwood Historical Society on Flickr

Did you know that Collingwood Historical Society has been posting photos on the Flickr photo-sharing site in the cloud for over a year?   Members Pat Miller and Anne Holmes have been managing this. The Society has over 280 photographs on the site. Flickr is an image and video hosting website and online community that was created in 2004 and acquired by Yahoo in 2005. It hosts billions of photos. Anyone can freely go to the site to view the photos but you need to set up a free (or paid Pro) account if you wish to post comments or images. You can read more about Flickr in this Wikipedia article.

The majority of the Collingwood Historical photos relate to the Flickr Friday Photos challenge which we participated in for 2012 and are doing again for 2013.  In this group, we are challenged to take three photos each week on a theme that is released on Saturday and then to post them on Flickr each Friday. The themes so far for 2013 have been Socks, News, Water, Faces and Buttons.   So you can well imagine that we have to think out of left field a bit.

But we have also documented events, such as the 2012 Annual History Walk, and all the photos are available to be viewed in sets, such as Streets, Events, Transport, Commercial buildings, Domestic Buildings, Church Buildings.

The other great thing about Flickr is that it provides a very easy facility for loading our photos onto Trove, the National Library of Australia portal which took over from PictureAustralia.  All we need to do is add our photos to the Trove group on Flickr and they are automatically harvested to Trove!  How easy is that!

So how do you get to see our photos on Flickr?  Well, the easiest way is just to go to the link on the top of this blog where our most recent photos on Flickr are displayed. If you are not a member of Flickr, you can view the photos but you can't comment on them.  However, it is very easy to set up a free account that allows you to comment.  Please note that you need to have a Yahoo id and email address to do this.

 If you are a member of Flickr, please use this link and add Collingwood Historical Society as one of your contacts.  Then our new images will come up in your Recent from Contacts folder. And you will be able to comment on our photos and participate in discussions.  An example of this was a recent discussion we had about the history of Clifton Hill railway station. If you already use Flickr and make Collingwood Historical Society a contact, you can also look at the photos on the Flickr iphone app or some of the other third party Flickr apps.  I particularly like the Flickstackr one as it lets me upload photos from my ipad on holidays!

#blog12daysxmas Day 12 Men's & boys' hosiery 52/1/3

Men's & boys' hosiery 52/1/3, a photo by Collingwood Historical Society on Flickr.

Again from the 1923 catalogue, these illustrations show socks for boys, youths and men. Of interest are the Double-clip and Rubber grip suspenders which ensured that men's socks stayed in the correct position all day. 
 
This photograph was submitted by the Collingwood Historical Society as part of the Flickr Friday Photo Challenge under the theme of "Socks".

#blog12daysxmas Day 11 Ladies' & children's hosiery 52/1/2

Ladies' & children's hosiery 52/1/2, a photo by Collingwood Historical Society on Flickr.

Like the preceding illustration this photograph is also taken from the 1923 Foy & Gibson catalogue. This page shows some of the range of children's socks manufactured and sold by Foy & Gibson.

This photograph was submitted by the Collingwood Historical Society as part of the Flickr Friday Photo Challenge under the theme of "Socks".