Old Melbourne

1950s45 photos

Shop window, John H. Frost, tobacconist and hairdresser, 340 Collins Street, c. 1952c. 1952Interior crowd men and women in store for a manequin parade (models out of picture) Bourke Street Store No. 12, 19521952Robert Esler, chemist, 553 Station Street, Box Hill, c. 1953c. 1953Steel grocery shelving by E.T. Brown, furniture manufacturer of 14 Alexandra Pde., Clifton Hill, 19531953Steel grocery shelving by E.T. Brown, furniture manufacturer of 14 Alexandra Pde., Clifton Hill, 19531953Manton's, drapers, 226-36 Bourke St., Melbourne, c. 1953c. 1953Manton's, drapers, 226-36 Bourke St., Melbourne, c. 1953c. 1953Staff tearoom dining tables and lockers and settee and kitchenette Mentone Store No. 182, 19531953Exterior decorations and crowd at the Coles Coronation Party for Queen Elizabeth II Bourke Street Store No. 12, 19531953Interior merchandise with dolls and Little Golden Books and Christmas decorations Mentone Store No. 181, 19531953Interior view back to front-merchandise and Christmas decorations Mentone Store No. 182, 19531953Shopfront window displays featuring women's clothing and cane baskets and decorated with Christmas greetings Mentone Store No. 181, 19531953Staff tearoom dining tables lockers and settee Mentone Store No. 182, 19531953Interior merchandise with dolls and Little Golden Books and Christmas decorations Mentone Store No. 181, 19531953St. John Ambulance women giving first aid to people hurt in crush coronation of Elizabeth II Bourke Street Store No. 12, 19531953[Coles Store, Bourke Street, Melbourne, decorated for Royal Visit], 1954?1954?Lit up facade of Ball & Welch store, Bourke Street, Melbourne, 19541954Decoration on the facade of the Coles Store, Bourke Street, Melbourne, 19541954Decorated facade of James McEwan & Company store in , Bourke Street, Melbourne, 19541954Part of the decorative boarding over Coles Department Store, Bourke Street in Melbourne, 19541954Illuminated crown and lettering on the facade of the Coles Store, Bourke Street, Melbourne, 19541954Australian display greeting the Queen above Coles department store in Bourke Street, Melbourne, 19541954Christmas decorations on exterior of Coles Bourke Street store with seasonally greetings message Store No. 12, 19541954Men working on the construction of the Christmas Facade of Coles Bourke Street Store No. 12, 19541954Men working on the construction of the Christmas Facade of Coles Bourke Street Store No. 12, 19541954Exterior diorama and crown on display during Queen Elizabeth's Royal Visit Bourke Street Store No. 12, 19541954Interior of Coles store St. Kilda showing counters of merchandise including toilet paper, 19541954Confectionery counter with prices tickets displayed at Coles Box Hill Store No. 44, 19541954Two girls looking at Christmas decorations on the Coles Bourke Street Store No. 12, 19541954Shop front display windows featuring 'Xmas Gifts' Sydney Road Coburg Store No. 21, 1950s1950sShop front display windows featuring 'Coles Brassieres' Sydney Road Coburg Store No. 21, 19541954Shop front double storey building display windows featuring clothing and crockery Acland Street St. Kilda Store No. 64, 1950s1950sChristmas decorations on exterior of Coles Bourke Street store with seasonally greetings message Store No. 12, 19541954View of gardening section in Coles Box Hill Store No. 44, 19541954Exterior front of Coles Store 463a High Street Preston with teaspoons priced at 9d in the windows Store No. 20, 19541954Interior of Coles Bourke Street store showing a crowd watching a mannequin parade Store No. 12, 19541954Men working on the construction of the Christmas Facade of Coles Bourke Street Store No. 12, 19541954Men working on the construction of the Christmas Facade of Coles Bourke Street Store No. 12, 19541954Interior showing tables of merchandise High Street Ashburton Store No. 183, 1950s1950sExterior front view of Coles store in High Street Ashburton Store No. 183, 19541954Interior of Coles store Bourke Street showing counters with merchandise on display including Colgate toothpaste for 2/4'd Store No.12, 19541954Interior showing tables of merchandise-jewellery in foreground High Street Ashburton Store No. 183, 1950s1950sExterior view of Coles store in Bourke Street Melbourne displaying a big Santa Claus 25' high with a waving left arm Store No. 12, 19541954Elevated view of rows of counters displaying Easter eggs and sign advertising Lenten Food Coles Box Hill Store No. 44, 19541954Female employee working at a wooden bench packaging sweets in Coles Box Hill Store No. 44, 19541954

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465 historic photos for Shops and shopfronts, taken between 1850 and 1959, gathered from across the suburbs by what their catalogue titles say. They span 11 decades, with the most from the 1940s (197). All are from State Library Victoria; each photo links to its original record.