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The Salvation Army Boys’ Home, The Basin, Vic.

The Rose Series P.3856

Spring Street West between Little Bourke Street and Lonsdale Street, Melbourne

Looking across street towards double storey building, signs at roof read: The Salvation Army Young Women’s Hostel / Salvation Army Social Service Centre.

Melbourne Orphanage, Brighton, Vic.

View from driveway of front facade of orphanage

Methodist Babies’ Home banner

This is an image of a banner made of white stiffened linen with painted red and blue lettering ‘Methodist Babies’ & Children’s Home’. Used around 1929. Holes in top corners suggest it was pinned, perhaps to a table at a street stall; there is no evidence to show that it was ever hung or supported…

Lamp – WT Co, USA, circa 1929 [Methodist Babies’ Home]

This is an image of a kerosene lamp which was used in the Methodist Babies Home in South Yarra, Victoria. It was manufactured by W.T. Co., USA, circa 1929. The lamp would have given a weak light, and was probably used as a night light in a dormitory at the Methodist Babies Home,