« Previous 1 … 10 11 12 13 14 15 Next »View by:lightboxlistTMA2021.00033; Singer Sewing Treadle Machine; The Singer Manufacturing Company; Manufacturer; This singer sewing machine was donated by the Klinger family. It belonged to Kassia Klinger’s sister, Celia, and is thought to have originally belonged to their mother, Lucy Hutcherson, born in Newcastle in 1924. The first Singer sewing machines were developed in 1851 by Isaac Singer and help revolutionise the production of garments. It operated quickly and accurately thereby surpassing the productivity of a seamstress or tailor sewing by hand. Interestingly, the spread of sewing machine technology to industrialised economies around the world meant the spread of Western style sewing methods and clothing styles as well. Further developments during the 20th century made sewing machines such as this particular model affordable to the most households. Women who had become accustomed to seeing the latest fashions in magazines could now make their own garments at an affordable price using paper patterns (American tailor and manufacturer Ebenezer Butterick met that demand with paper patterns that could be traced and used by home sewers). During the 1950s sewing for domestic purposes was very popular and this machine is a fine example of that period. It speaks to an era when women were less likely to work once they married and had children and society, still recovering from the second world war, saw the economic benefits of making and mending one’s own clothes. In the later decades of the 20th century this practiced declined when ready-made clothing became a necessity. Women joined the paid workforce in larger numbers and the low price of ready-made clothing in shops meant that home sewing was confined largely to hobbyists, except for cottage industries in custom dressmaking and upholstery. ; 1952; North and Central America, United States, New Jersey; AppliancesTMA2021.00035.3; Glass Bottles; Unknown; Glass Bottles C.1905-1920 These bottles are an example of early machine blown glass c. 1905 – 1920. The “V-shaped bubbles in the glass (the narrow end of the “V” points toward the bottle finish) seem to be found only in machine-made bottles and while it is unknown exactly what causes this shape of bubble, it is presumed that it is the result of much higher pressures that a machine can exert over a man's lungs. It is common for an early 20th century machine-made bottle to have a couple of the inverted "V" bubbles, with the rest being normal round or oval shaped as seen in these examples. ; Utensils; Sand, recycled glass, sodium carbonate and calcium carbonateTMA2021.00141; "Sea Hawk" ; Reg Hyde, Stockton Shipyard; Shipwright; "Sea Hawk"- 27 foot Fishing Vessel used in the Oyster Farming. "Sea Hawk" was powered by a 453 Series GM 10 foot beam. Tim and Barry Sheppart and Eric Evens pictured on board.; Oceania, Australia, New South Wales, Stockton; Fishing VesselTMA2021.00139.3.3; "Dianna" ; Rooke - Roy and Lenny; Shipwright; Dianna"- built by Leonard Royal "Roy" Rooke and son Lenny in their backyard in Salt Ash. "Dianna" was 31 foot 6 inches in length with a Lister motor to push her along. "Dianna" was named after the first grandchild, daughter of Beryl. Pictured here moored off the Salt Ash wharf.; Oceania, Australia, New South Wales, Port Stephens, Salt Ash; Fishing VesselTMA2021.00139.3.2; "Dianna" ; Rooke - Roy and Lenny; Shipwright; Dianna"- built by Leonard Royal "Roy" Rooke and son Lenny in their backyard in Salt Ash. "Dianna" was 31 foot 6 inches in length with a Lister motor to push her along. "Dianna" was named after the first grandchild, daughter of Beryl. Pictured here loading timber at the wharf at Windy Woppa. ; Oceania, Australia, New South Wales, Port Stephens, Salt Ash; Fishing VesselTMA2021.00139.3.1; "Dianna" ; Rooke - Roy and Lenny; Shipwright; Dianna"- built by Leonard Royal "Roy" Rooke and son Lenny in their backyard in Salt Ash. "Dianna" was 31 foot 6 inches in length with a Lister motor to push her along. "Dianna" was named after the first grandchild, daughter of Beryl. ; Oceania, Australia, New South Wales, Port Stephens, Salt Ash; Fishing VesselTMA2021.00138; "Nancy" ; Shipwright; "Nancy" tied up at Salt Ash Wharf. "Nancy" was a 22 foot launch owned by Leonard Royal "Roy" Rooke. It was his first launch originally owned by Mick Date, a fisherman and store owner from Lemon Tree Passage. "Nancy" had an International Reo to push her along which was cranked and ran off a magnito. The launch is tied up at the old Salt Ash Wharf near Rookes Road. In the background is the home of oyster farmer Keith Evens and family. Apart from oystering Roy Rooke owned the Lemon Tree boatshed, hire boats and the General Store.; Fishing VesselTMA2021.00136; "Riptide"; Bowden Evens; Shipwright; "Riptide" owed by Charles Robert Brayden "Charlie" Pratt. A 20 foot vessel built by Bowden Evens for Charlie. Bowden Evens and the Lilleys taught Charlie the basics of farming oysters, his first lease at Tahlee known as "Jack in the Box" and a lease in Swan Bay eventually selling to Stan Phillips. Charlie the purchased leases on the Tea Gardens side of the Bay which came to be known as "Pratty's" along with leases in the Karuah River towards Allworth.; Oceania, Australia, New South Wales, Port Stephens; Fishing VesselTMA2021.00134; "Flatty"; Bowden Evens; Shipwright; "Flatty" owned and built by Bowden Evens. A small working boat used in the oyster industry. This oyster flatty is pictured in the Swan Bay stone groyne built by the original Evens family in the mid 1800s. (A groyne, built perpendicular to the shore, is a rigid hydraulic structure built from an ocean shore or from a bank that interrupts water flow and limits the movement of sediment.) Bowden Evens was a master boat builder and built many punts and small work boats known as 'flatties' which were keenly sought by oystermen throughout Port Stephens.; Oceania, Australia, New South Wales, Port Stephens; Fishing VesselTMA2021.00127; Isis and Stirling M; Patton Brothers; Shipwright; Isis and Stirling M - Fishing Vessels - Oyster Industry working boats owned by the Moffat family. The Isis was 28 foot with a 6 cylinder Perkins engine. She was lost in Stockton Bight in 1972. The Sterling M was a 32 foot built by Patton Brothers in Sydney, launched in 1953 and driven by a 6 cylinder Cummins engine. The Sterling M is now a pleasure boat on Port Stephens. ; 1953; Oceania, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney; Fishing VesselTMA2021.00124; Ada - Ferry and fishing vessel ; Shipwright; Ada, owned by the Diemars was previously a ferry o Sydney Harbour. It was 90 years olf when purchased and brought to Port Stephens. Ada was built of Kauri and powered by a 40hp Hanomag German diesel engine.; Unknown; Fishing Vessel; Kauri woodTMA2021.00123; Kuvana - Fishing Vessel ; Shipwright; Kuvana, owned by Mark Diemar was launched at Nelson Bay in 1949; 1949; Unknown; Fishing Vessel
