John Oxley Library Allan & Stark Christmas book, 1917 By JOL Admin | 17 December 2017 The 1917 Christmas shopping catalogue from Brisbane's Allan & Stark Ltd department store provides an insight into the types of products on offer to Queenslanders during the festive season. Featured image for blog post 2634802 Allan & Stark Christmas book, 1917. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Allan & Stark Christmas book, 1917. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland This sixteen page shopping catalogue contains products such as toys, perfumes, bath salts, soaps, gloves, hosiery, handkerchiefs, sunshades, umbrellas, ornaments, neckwear, handbags, knitting bags, kimonos, ties, razors and cutlery. Allan & Stark Christmas book, 1917. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Allan & Stark Christmas book, 1917. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Allan & Stark Christmas book, 1917. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Allan & Stark Christmas book, 1917. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Allan & Stark Christmas book, 1917. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Allan & Stark Christmas book, 1917. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Allan & Stark Christmas book, 1917. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Allan & Stark Christmas book, 1917. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Allan & Stark Christmas book, 1917. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Advertisements for the Allan & Stark Christmas Book appeared in newspapers all over Queensland during November and December 1917. Advertisement for the Allan & Stark Christmas Book published in the Cairns newspaper, Northern Herald, December 14, 1917 Advertisement for the Allan & Stark Christmas Book published in the Cairns newspaper, Northern Herald, December 14, 1917 Advertisement for the Allan & Stark Christmas Book published in the Cairns newspaper, Northern Herald, December 14, 1917 Allan & Stark's drapery store on Queen Street, Brisbane, ca.1919. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Image APA-004-0001-0013 Allan & Stark's drapery store on Queen Street, Brisbane, ca.1919. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Image APA-004-0001-0013 Allan & Stark's drapery store on Queen Street, Brisbane, ca.1919. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Image APA-004-0001-0013 This shopping catalogue has been digitised and can be viewed online through our One Search catalogue. Myles Sinnamon - Engagement Officer, State Library of Queensland John Oxley Library (1806) Brisbane (706) Collections (1598) Digitised content (656) Shops (4) Digitised @SLQ (183) Christmas (17) Christmas in Brisbane (4) Sales catalogues (3) Shopping (5) Toys (3) Brisbane in 1917 (6) Clothing (2) Allan and Stark (1) Comments Post a comment Add new comment We welcome relevant, respectful comments. Please read our Comment Policy before commenting. We also welcome direct feedback via Contact Us. You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. Your name Email Comment About text formats Text format Restricted HTMLSLQ comment HTML Restricted HTML Allowed HTML tags: <a href hreflang> <em> <strong> <cite> <blockquote cite> <code> <ul type> <ol start type> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <h2 id> <h3 id> <h4 id> <h5 id> <h6 id> Lines and paragraphs break automatically. Web page addresses and email addresses turn into links automatically. SLQ comment HTML Web page addresses and email addresses turn into links automatically. Allowed HTML tags: <p> <br> <a href hreflang> <em> <strong> <cite> <blockquote cite> <code> <ul type> <ol start type> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <h2 id> <h3 id> <h4 id> <h5 id> <h6 id> Lines and paragraphs break automatically. CAPTCHA Please confirm you are a real person We welcome relevant, respectful comments. Please read our Comment Policy before commenting. We also welcome direct feedback via Contact Us. Be the first to write a comment
Advertisement for the Allan & Stark Christmas Book published in the Cairns newspaper, Northern Herald, December 14, 1917
Allan & Stark's drapery store on Queen Street, Brisbane, ca.1919. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Image APA-004-0001-0013