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Digital Photograph - Staff & Owner Outside Bush's Confectionery Factory, Richmond, circa 1935
Reg. No: MM 110703
- Summary:
- Black and white photograph featuring thirteen female and two male staff, and Mr Ribush, one of the owners, at far right in a shirt and tie, outside Bush's Confectionary Factory, at 127 Murphy Street in Richmond, circa 1935.
Mr Ribush and Mr Perlman owned the confectionery factory. Mr Ribush was a confectioner who was studying medicine, and was asked to join the business. Mr Perlman was an immigrant from Russia, who was married with a four year old son.
Photograph collected as part of Melbourne's Biggest Family Album in 2006. - Description:
- Digital image file. A digital photograph was taken of the original black and white print.
- Description Of Content:
- Staff group photograph of 13 woman and three men outside Bush's Confectionary Factory. They are standing and sitting on a footpath and driveway with a brick building behind them. A sign hangs on the wall behind saying "Bush's Confectioners Registered Office". The man on the far right is Dolia Ribush; Rosa Ribush stands to his left.
- Acknowledgement:
- Contributed by Mrs Rosa Perlman
| Discipline: | History |
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| Tagged with: | factories, manufacturing, staff, streetscapes, immigration, confectionery, jewish communities, jewish immigration |
| Themes this item is part of: | Immigration Between World War I & World War II in Photographs, Working Lives & Work Places in Photographs, Working Life & Trades Collection, Melbourne's Biggest Family Album Collection |
| Primary Classification: | MANUFACTURING & INDUSTRY |
| Secondary Classification: | Food & Drinks - Confectionery |
| Tertiary Classification: | workers' portraits |
| Inscriptions: | Staff-Bush's Confectionary / circa 1935 Richmond (?) Murphy St |
| People Depicted: | Ribush, Mr Dolia; Ribush, Mrs Rosa; other people unknown |
| Format: | Digital Still Image: Black & White; Tiff |
| Place & Date Depicted: | Bush's Confectionary, Richmond, Victoria, Australia, circa 1935 Place Depicted Notes: Possibly 127 Murphy Street, Richmond. Further research required. |
| Photographer: | Unknown |
| References: | Information on names of people in photo provided by Nick Ribush via Discovery Centre, May 2010. |
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