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Photograph - Staff Fundraising at Mutual Store Limited, Melbourne, 9 Nov 1917
Reg. No: MM 93127
- Summary:
- Black and white photograph of female staff from the Mutual Store Limited dressed for a fundraising event, 'Lucky Bag' Day. Dated 9th November 1917.
- Description:
- Black and white photograph.
- Description Of Content:
- Female staff from the Mutual Store Limited dressed for a fundraising event. They are wearing white bonnets and dresses. Each holds a wicker basket and 'Lucky Day Bag' coin collection box. The woman in the centre wears a 'MUTUAL' headband, an apron featuring a Mutual Store Limited emblem and holds a larger basket full of flowers. A street stall displaying handbags is behind the group and a section of the Mutual Store Limited building facade is visible in the background at the right. The facade of the Elizabeth Street entrance of Flinders Street Station can also be seen in the far background.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Mr Douglas Graham, 2000
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 147 mm (Height), 210 mm (Width) |
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| Tagged with: | working life, wars conflicts, retailing, community organisations services, fundraising, community groups, community organisations, war effort, retail workers, 1 or 1 1, 1 1, 1 and 1 1, or 1 1--, order by 1000, or a a |
| Themes this item is part of: | Domestic & Community Life Collection, Public Life & Institutions Collection, Working Life & Trades Collection |
| Primary Classification: | MILITARY HISTORY |
| Secondary Classification: | Civilian Life |
| Tertiary Classification: | fundraising |
| Inscriptions: | Handwritten text on reverse in blue ink reads: '9th November, 1917. / Photograph of Mutual Store Ltd staff outside the store / premises at 256-262 Flinders Street, cnr Degraves Street, / Melbourne. / Note 6th girl from left is wearing a headband, ... apron / advertising the Mutual Store Ltd. Note footwear. / Coin Collection boxes are signed 'Lucky Bag Day' / Mrs Grace Graham nee Hodson is fifth from left. / The Mutual Store was a Department Store of similar / standing to its contemporary Buckley & Nunn / or David Jones. / The original of this photograph held by / D J Graham'. |
| Format: | Photograph: Black & White |
| Person Depicted: | Mrs Grace Graham (nee Hodson), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9 Nov 1917 |
| Place & Date Depicted: | Mutual Store Ltd, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9 Nov 1917 |
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