Hellyer family correspondence and letters relating to the Buttonhole Fancy Costume Company, 1890-192...
Hellyer family correspondence and letters relating to the Buttonhole Fancy Costume Company, 1890-1928
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Date
1890-1928
Call Numbers
MLMSS 9914
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Physical Description
Contents
0.05 metres of textual material, 2 photographs (1 box) - manuscript, gelatin sliver, cabinet photograph
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Contains 52 letters, mainly correspondence to Eliza Hellyer from her family, customers and friends, with associated documents and 2 family photographs relating to personal and professional matters.
Folder 1
Family correspondences, mainly letters to Eliza Hellyer from her children Elsie, Krissie, Doris and Harold, her husband Robert, and f...
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Full title
Hellyer family correspondence and letters relating to the Buttonhole Fancy Costume Company, 1890-1928
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Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Ancanthe Advance Australiana catalogue, Item 52, 30 May 2016.
Administrative / Biographical history
Eliza Hellyer (d. 1928) had a haberdashery shop at 796 George Street, Sydney from 1895. Her husband, Robert Hellyer, a silversith, jeweller, electroplater and watch-case maker, conducted a business from the same address.
After receiving a large shipment of buttons, Eliza changed the name of her business to The Buttonhole circa 1900, and in...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 9914
Record Identifier
9O4zNEMn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9O4zNEMn
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Reference code
1006370
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