Pictorial material from the S. Hoffnung & Co records, ca. 1885-1978

PXD 1234/Boxes 1-3

fonds

ca. 1885-1978

Graphic Materials, Textual Records, Photographs, Drawings, Ephemera

911174

75 photographic prints - albumen, silver gelatin - 34.5 x 25.5 cm. (48 x 35.5 cm. mounted) or smaller
4 drawings - pencil - 15.5 x 28 cm. or smaller
1 print - 21.5 x 22.5 cm.
7 items of ephemera (invitations, advertising flyers) - 31 x 21 cm. or smaller
2 volumes of textual material (published, printed)

S. Hoffnung & Co Limited., established in 1852, was a wholesale merchandiser and importer and also operated a number of retail hardware and builders' supplies stores and manufactured plastics. It operated principally in Australia, New Zealand and Fiji before being taken over by Burns, Philip & Co. Ltd

Boxes 1-2
75 photographic prints relating to S. Hoffnung & Co. including portraits of individuals involved with the firm, group portraits taken at functions, portraits of firm cricket teams, photographs of company premises in Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide and photographs inside labs and factories

Box 3
4 pencil drawings of S. Hoffnung & Co. premises including the interior of the Ground Floor of the Clarence Street office in Sydney, outside of 163 Pitt Street, Sydney, outside of 153 Clarence Street and outside of 278 Kent Street, Sydney

1 print of 2 pencil drawings of S. Hoffnung & Co. buildings by Cedric Emmanuel

7 items of ephemera being 3 copies of an invitation to celebrate the new year in the new S. Hoffnung & Co. warehouse in Pitt Street, Sydney, 1939. 1 advertising flyer for Tallerman and Co. 2 copies of a flyer for a commercial property auction in Alexandria, NSW, 6 March 1970 by Richardson and Wrench

Copy of an issue of Australian Sportsgoods and Toy Retailer magazine, April 1972 and a copy of Australian Hardware Journal, July 1978

Forms part of MLMSS 3860

Research & study copies allowed

Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.4910 as part of the eRecords Project 2012-13