Wednesday, April 22, 2015

CUSTOMISED PLATES CIRCA 1930S


A  sample  plate  showing  potential new  customers how they could have crockery bearing   their  own  insignia , trade name . One  is for  Sydney's Hotel Metropole, much used  by Pacific travellers ;  West Australian companies shown  are  State Shipping , York Cafeteria , Albany, Soldiers Welcome Committee  and  perhaps MacRobertson  Miller Airlines ; New Zealand is represented  through the  Seddon Technical College , Auckland , and  the  Rio  Grande Café , Christchurch. South  African  companies shown are the Royal Hotel, Uitenhage , the Pretoria  Normal  College  and the Roan Antelope Copper  Mines , Zambia .   Colombo is  also  there along  with  individual  monograms .