Price list from Gair's Melbourne, 1938 : Canvas goods manufacturers & warehousemen
- Bib ID:
- 8077115
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Gair Manufacturing
- Printer:
- 306 Queen Street, Melbourne : Wholly set up and printed in Australia by Pelzer & Lee.
- Description:
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- Melbourne : The Gair Manufacturing Co. Pty. Ltd., March, 1938
- 36 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
- Series:
- Australian ephemera collection (Trade catalogues)
- Summary:
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A trade catalogue for Gair’s, offering a huge variety of camping gear such as tents, sleeping bags, and hammocks; kit bags and tool bags; gardening gloves; domestic awnings, verandah blinds and roller blinds; tarpaulins, and flags. —Based on bookseller’s description.
- Biography/History:
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John Gair (1858-1945) established his business at 480 Bourke Street, Melbourne in July 1900. He moved in 1912 to 480-488 Elizabeth Street. Three of his sons were associated with the business. (Based on an obituary, The Argus, 16 May 1945, page 5, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1098892). The Bulletin (23 May 1945, page 9, column d, http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-539147675, viewed 18 October 2019) adds that John Gair was a sailor on windjammers before settling in Melbourne in 1884.
- Notes:
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- Cover title.
- “Price list no. 525.”
- Subject:
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- Gair Manufacturing -- Catalogs
- Canvas industry -- Australia -- Catalogs
- Advertising -- Brand name products -- Australia
- Business -- Australia -- Miscellanea
- Commercial catalogs -- Australia
- Trade literature -- Australia
- Manufactures -- Australia -- Catalogs
- Camping -- Australia -- Equipment and supplies -- Catalogs
- Retail trade -- Australia -- Catalogs
- Printed ephemera -- Australia
- Australian
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Manufacturing industries.
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2055 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary, dramatic or musical work
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1985
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1968
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