R. BROWN Mfg. Co. Pty. Ltd.
141-8 NICHOLSON STREET
EAST BRUNSWICK, VICTORIA
STRICTLY WHOLESALE
EUROPEAN LABOUR ONLY
Posted by MrsSquiggle
R. BROWN Mfg. Co. Pty. Ltd.
141-8 NICHOLSON STREET
EAST BRUNSWICK, VICTORIA
STRICTLY WHOLESALE
EUROPEAN LABOUR ONLY
Posted by MrsSquiggle
12 Comments
Ugly reminder? Homie, it’s an old piece. The past will always look bad by present standards. It’s racist, but that entire period was.
That address is now part of East Brunswick Village
I don’t see anything ugly or racist by saying “European Labour Only”.
It’s not suggesting Europeans are superior in race. Just the language of the time promoting that it’s made in Europe. Just like how in this day and age we are happy to pay a premium for “Made in France” or “Proudly Australian made”.
Interesting! Here’s the alternative from back then, I found this inside a cupboard I bought a few weeks ago.
https://preview.redd.it/rgsgj7t6g8vg1.jpeg?width=2847&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4664fc012bc94acfc2e267b23ab5426f0fd07d9f
https://www.twma.com.au/channel/tarrawarra-biennial-2023-phuong-ngo/ I was selling a piece with this stamp which was picked up by this artist to repurpose into art.
I’ve got an old dresser that was made in Warnambool in the 1920s that has a similar stamp in one of the drawers, so it wasn’t limited to Melbourne.
These comments really do prove literacy is dead. Did no one pay attention in school?
The modern equivalent is checking for “Made In Australia” over “Made In China”.
Ftr – that’s not a cabinet. It’s a desk.
Angus Taylor out here wondering why that’s bad.
I have the same cabinet it needs some restoration – any suggestions? Yours looks very neat
I shouldn’t be shocked by this, but here we are. It still blows my mind that the white Australia policy officially ended only four years before I was born.