StampCast iron commercial stamp painted black with two circular stamp plates attached to a handle which is pressed backwards and downwards to activate the stamp. The stamp has "Limited" in the centre and "The Hastings & District Co-operative Cool Stores" around the rim. The label on the stamp reads "P.J. King, general en... die sinker, company seals and rubber stamp maker, 178 Collins St. Melbourne"
Lahy’s Store, c. 1960This image shows a motor car parked at the front of a general store. The store has a set of windows on either side of the front door and a three post verandah across the footpath. Signs on the building include Coca Cola and Peters. A high wooden fence is on either side of the store and an older building with a brick chimney is directly behind the store. Printed across the bottom on a white ...
Building construction, 1965The sign at the front of this construction site reads as follows: “For Sale or To Let 7 Modern Brick Shops with or without Dwellings Shortly to be erected on this corner site For full details contact sole agent John G. Crowder & Son 60 Young St. Frankston & 61 High Street Hastings”. Two workmen can be seen on the top of the building and one man on the ground beside a cement mixer. A large ele...
Street scene, c. 1960This image shows a street with shops on either side. Motor cars are parked on both sides of the street. Overhead electricity wires cross the street. A man is walking on the footpath on the left-hand side. Some of the shop signs read as follows: “Fire Station, Butcher, Estate Agent, Auctioneer, Health and Bulk Foods”. Typed in black on a piece of white paper and glued to the bottom of the p...