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Retail Sign - Forresters Crumpets, Old Lolly Shop, Carlton North, circa 1955-1996
Reg. No: SH 921120 4
- Summary:
- Celluloid retail sign for Forresters crumpets, used at the Old Lolly Shop, Carlton North, circa 1955-1966. The sign became obsolete with the introduction of decimal currency in 1966.
The Old Lolly Shop was a milk bar opened and run by Elizabeth and Henry Cohen at 314 Rathdowne Street, Carlton North, from 1939 to 1975. - Description:
- Celluloid sign, rectangular in shape, cream in colour. Steel pin attached
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Mr Alan Cohen, 1992
- Acknowledgement:
- Donated in memory of Elizabeth and Henry Cohen.
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 0.50 cm (Height), 10.10 cm (Width), 13.00 cm (Length) |
More information
| Tagged with: | advertising signs, jewish communities, religions judaism, retailing, shops |
| Themes this item is part of: | Old Lolly Shop Collection, Cultural Diversity Collection, Domestic & Community Life Collection, Working Life & Trades Collection |
| Primary Classification: | COMMERCE & RETAILING |
| Secondary Classification: | Milk Bars |
| Tertiary Classification: | pricing |
| Inscriptions: | Text: FORRESTERS/Ye Olde Style/CRUMPETS/PHONE LA 1725. |
| User: | The Old Lolly Shop, Carlton North, Victoria, Australia, circa 1955-1966 |
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