Summary
16 page booklet promoting household appliances sold by John Danks & Son Pty Ltd stores in Melbourne and Sydney. The booklet was printed by Gibbs Brothers Printers Melbourne.
The products advertised, with prices attached, include solid fuel stoves, portable furnaces, copper boilers and water heaters.
Danks product departments included Brushware and Leather Goods; Builder's Hardware; Domestic Hardware; Electric Fittings; Engineers' and Plumbers'; Gasfitting; Heating and Ventilation; Irrigation; Kerosene Lamps; Motor Accessories; Pipes and Fittings; Plating; Sanitary Ware; Silver Plate and Glassware; and Tools.
Physical Description
16 page booklet, with grey cardboard cover. Front cover features line drawing of a woman standing at a Lux stove. Back cover features a list of departments at the stores.
Title
'JOHN DANKS AND SON PTY LTD ... STOVES ... PORTABLE FURNACES, COPPERS ...'
More Information
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Collection Names
Various Donors Trade Literature Collection, Domestic Technology Trade Literature Collection
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Collected from Unknown Source, by 1996
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Manufacturer/Distributor
John Danks & Son Pty Ltd, 42 Bourke Street West, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Publication Date
1900 circa
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Printer
Gibbs Bros., Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1900
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Brand Names
"DANKS" (Household Appliances) , "ORB" (Slow Combustion Stoves) , "GLOBE" (Slow Combustion Stoves) , Lux (Slow Combustion Stoves) , Bobs (Slow Combustion Stoves) , Coo-ee (Slow Combustion Stoves) , Emu (Slow Combustion Stoves) , Latest (Slow Combustion Stoves) , Orb (Copper) , Newberry & Walker (Portable Furnaces)
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Number of Pages
16
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Page Size Format
180 x 120 mm
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Primary Subject
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Illustration Types
Line Drawings; Instructional Drawings; Black & White
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Printing Types
Monochrome
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Publication Types
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Classification
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
12.5 mm (Width), 18.5 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Advertising, Cooking, Copper Boilers, Laundry Equipment, Marketing, Retailing, Slow Combustion Stoves, Stoves