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Hansom Cabs
Business card - S. Taylor, Hansoms & Waggonettes. Operated at 43 Gipps Street, now the Ola Cohn Centre. The single letter 'J' was added to East Melbourne telephone numbers in 1923; Ola Cohn bought the stables for her residence and studio in 1938; giving a date for the card c.1923...
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Harold Campbell-Pretty
Obituary for Harold Campbell-Pretty who died on 25 May 2014 at his East Melbourne home. Written by Tony Ellwood, director of the National Gallery of Victoria, and published in its magazine, Gallery Magazine.
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Harold Freedman: the big picture
A book on the work of Harold Freedman, artist best known for his painted and mosaic murals. Known in East Melbourne as the creator of The Legend of Fire mosaic mural which adorns the Metropolitan Fire Brigade Headquarters in Albert Street. This work is covered in detail. Multiple...
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Haunted house
Two photographs. One shows house at 35 Powlett Street. The house is almost entirely covered in creeper. The second coloured photo shows the sculpture outside the I.C.I. Building in Albert Street. Also photocopy with inscription by donor.
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Heavenly abode
Newspaper article featuring the home of Greg Ladner, milliner, which he created out of the old Latvian Lutheran Church. Two apartments are also part of the complex. 8 October 2005.
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Height Limits
Newspaper clippings about proposed new height limits to be introduced into East Melbourne by Melbourne City Council. Nov. 2003 to Sept. 2004.
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Helen Macpherson Smith
Newspaper clipping about Helen Macpherson Smith. She left £275,000, the majority of her wealth, to establish a perpetual philanthropic trust to benefit Victorian charitable institutions. In 2015, 64 years after her death, the value of HMS Trust’s investments totalled $104 million...
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Helicopter view of Hotham, Simpson Street intersection - 2007
Photograph taken from a helicopter over East Melbourne in 2007.
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Hello to El Cubano
Review of Hard Pressed, a cafe specialising in Cuban sandwiches and boutique coffee.
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Helmut Newton. From Melbourne to 'King of Kink'
A newspaper article advertising an exhibition of the photographic works of Helmut Newton. Newton was an internationally acclaimed photographer specialising in risque and often polarising images. However his career began in Melbourne as a fashion photographer. He lived at 17 Georg...
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Herald Outdoor Art Show, c.1954
Digital copies of coloured slides. Two photos taken during the Herald Outdoor Art Show which was held annually in the Treasury Gardens for a week each December from 1953. One photo shows patrons enjoying refreshments on the lawns; while the other shows the crowd filing past past...
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Heritage Matters: Seventy Years of the East Melbourne Group 1953-2023
The history of the East Melbourne Group starts with a group of concerned residents who in 1953 fought to save the elm trees lining George Street, East Melboourne, from being axed by the City Council. One block of trees were saved. Seventy years later the EMG is considered a force...
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Heritage listing for J.J. Clark's house
Newspaper cuttings announcing the listing of 104 Gipps Street, the home of J.J. Clark on the Victorian Heritage Register. Also biographical article about John James Clark
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Herschell miscellany
Copy of a letter to Kev Franzi from Lindsay Parker in response to request for informaton about Herschell's. It includes a photo of some of Herschell's staff. Kev has added additional notes about staff members. Copy of Herschell's letterhead. Proof photos (2) printed on non-photog...
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Herschell's Films of Jolimont: A Memoir
An edited extract from an article entitled 'Journeys in time: The VPK - My Key to Adventure' by Kev Franzi. [see VF 354]. In East Melbourne Historical Society Newsletter, June 2005.
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Herschell's old rack and tank processing gear
Photo shows three men in front of old film processing equipment after its replacement.
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Herschells
Photo of 31 Agnes Street, which was the headquarters of Herschell's Films. File also includes small photo of Herschell's previous address in Flinders Street c. 1946-7.
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High water mark could spell end of restrictions
Article by Reid Sexton about the City of Melbourne's new water recycling plant underneath Darling Street, East Melbourne. The plant will collect storm water from neighbouring streets.
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High-rise to top old house
Newspaper clipping from the Herald Sun (14-08-2017) about proposal to redevelop Ascot Lodge, 1081 Hoddle Street by adding to it another seven storeys. Objections have been raised over excessive height, lack of parking and over-development. The article mentions 'Scarfy', a well kn...
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High-rise to top old house
Newspaper clipping about proposal to redevelop Ascot Lodge, 1081 Hoddle Street by adding to it another seven storeys. Objections have been raised over excessive height, lack of parking and over-development. The article mentions 'Scarfy', a well known identity who used to sell foo...
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Hilton Hotel in closure proposal
Newspaper article by Chris Vedelago about the possible closure of the Hilton Hotel in Clarendon Street, East Melbourne. At the time of the article the owners, Brookfield, had the property and two adjoining properties up for sale. Mention is made of development plans for the adjoi...
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Historic East Melbourne: A self-guided walk
Brochure setting out a self-guided walk around the streets of East Melbourne. It was created by Nerida Samson, a long time resident of East Melbourne, and published by the City of Melbourne for distribution through its tourist information channels. It is a two-sided A3 sheet fold...
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Historical Sketch of 179 Gipps Street, East Melbourne as understood in August 1971
A typescript document recording the history of the property at 179 Gipps Street by its then owner and occupier, Winston H Burchett. The history starts with the earliest land grant to the Church of England of the entire block. This was later revised and the land released for publi...
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Historical murder mystery unearthed
Newspaper article by Carolyn Webb about the discovery by staff at the National Trust of Victoria that a murder had taken place at Tasma Terrace, where the National Trust has its headquarters. In 1890 Edith Jubb, manager of the house when it was a lodging house, was shot dead. It...