• Title
  Photographs of Bushell's Factory workers; and 'Kismet' (Phillip Bushell's home), 1936-1937 / Arthur J. Brown
• Creator
  Arthur J Brown
• Call number
  PXE 1554
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1936 - 1937
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Textual Records, Photographs
• Reference code
  903615
• Physical Description
  20 photographs - black & white - 20 x 25 cm.
  1 folder (15 pages of textual material) - photocopied typescript and photos - 21 x 30 cm.
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  The photographs contain staff and sections of the factory at Harrington St., Sydney, 1936-1937. There are also scenes of Sydney from the factory roof-top and of the coffee roasting dept. at Atherton Place, The Rocks. Atherton Place is off Playfair St., and the site occupied by the Westpac Museum was formerly Bushell's coffee roasting Dept. About 150 metres away is the present "Bushell Place" corner of George and Hickson Road, Sydney.
  
  There are also scenes taken at 'Kismet', Philip Bushell's home at Wylde St., Potts Point. 'Kismet' was demolished in the 1940s during wartime to mak way for the Garden Island extensions for the Navy.
  
  The photographer, Arthur John Brown, was the first electrical apprentice at Bushells from 10.12.1930 to 10.12.1935. He left the company in 1938.
  
  Bushells Pty. Ltd. was located in The Rocks for over 70 years from 1904 to 1975.
  
  (Source: typed notes with collection).
• Scope and Content
  20 black & white copy photographs from original negatives
  
  1. In Harrington St., Philip Bushell's Bentley, Frank beside car
  2. 'Kismet' from the front garden, 1936.
  3. 'Kismet' garden and green house, 1936.
  4. Painter & gardener 'Kismet', 1936.
  5. Lounge room at 'Kismet'. Bushell's home, 1936.
  6. Garden Island from 'Kismet' before reclamation, 1936.
  7. Group from the Coupon Dept., Bushell's.
  8. Two of the Coupon Dept. staff, Bushell's, 1936.
  9. Jack Landy, one of the boys, 1936.
  10. Jimmy, Frank, Andy, Herbert Hillsdon, Jack, in workshop, 1936.
  11. Staff of Bushell's coffee roasting dept. Corner Playfair St. and Atherton Place, 1936.
  12. Staff of coffee packing dept., ca 1936. Jean Faulker, Freda Ashton, Joyce, Flo, Bessie Latta. (L to R).
  13. Office staff.
  14. Floor 2, Frank Kebble, casemaking dept.
  15. Sid Milne, coffee tasting, 1936.
  16. Tea blending dept. staff, 1936.
  17. Bob on royal printing press, July 1936.
  18. Coffee roasting machine, Andy Rae, March 1937.
  19. Unidentified staff at Bushell's.
  20. Unidentified machinery at Bushell's factory.
  
  Textual material
  15 pages of photocopied typed notes and photographs. Many of the photographs are those that have been printed.
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Created before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, and the photographer Arthur J. Brown
• General note
  
  Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.6836 as part of the eRecords Project 2012-13
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Typed notes, including captions supplied by Mr Brown
• Name
  Bushells Pty Ltd
  Bushells Tea
  Bushell, Philip
  
• Subject
  Tea--Australia.
  Factories--New South Wales.
  Adult Females
  Adult Males
  
• Topic
  interiors
  factory workers
  houses
  printing machines
  machines
  Bentley (cars)
  coffee
  gardens
  
• Place
  Harrington Street (The Rocks, Sydney, N.S.W.)
  Bushell Place (Sydney, N.S.W.)
  Kismet (Potts Point, N.S.W.)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE14732161

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