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107 photos and 6 illustrations tagged float, from 18 members of Flickr Commons.
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Butchers posing in front of their Labor Day float, Brisbane, 1920 from State Library of Queensland uploaded September 2025
Crowd watching the Peace procession in Queen Street, Brisbane, ca. 1919 from State Library of Queensland uploaded April 2023
Six hour day procession turning out of Park St, Sydney NSW from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection uploaded August 2019
The Horse that didn't run... from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded August 2019
Carnival, Nice (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded November 2018
curatorial image from SDASM Archives uploaded June 2018
Parade floats, Shannon Chapter of the I.O.D.E. from Halifax Municipal Archives uploaded October 2017
View of the Tyne Bridge from Gateshead from North East Museums uploaded May 2017
The new bridge rises over the River Tyne from North East Museums uploaded May 2017
Training Ship 'Wellesley' on fire at North Shields from North East Museums uploaded April 2017
Aerial view of the River Wear, 1948 from North East Museums uploaded March 2017
An exotic arrival in Sunderland from North East Museums uploaded February 2017
First World War Patrol boat on sea trials from North East Museums uploaded January 2017
Launch of the cargo ship ‘Thursobank’ from North East Museums uploaded October 2016
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Butchers posing in front of their Labor Day float, Brisbane, 1920
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Vesna Verencevic said:
Ninety-state butcheries were established in Queensland between 1915 and 1929. The peak number of state butcheries totaled 72 in the years 1922-23. The majority of the state butcheries utilized existing butcher shops that were acquired by the Commissioner for Trade in Queensland. Only seven of ninety state butcheries were purpose-built and to an individual design. Initially, the state butcheries continued to obtain their meat from privately owned meatworks but this changed in 1921 when state meatworks began supplying the butcheries. But the state butcheries, as a whole, were a drain on the state economy, losing £6,000 during the 14 years that they were in operation. Commencing in 1926, the Labor Government began disposing of the majority of the state butcheries and after the 1929 election of the Country, Progressive and Nationalist Parties coalition government, the remaining 39 butcheries throughout Queensland ceased operating as state enterprises on 30 June 1929. Source: heritage.brisbane.qld.gov.au/heritage-places/1146#:~:text...
Tankers built for the Normandy Landings
from North East Museums
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Glenmore1971 said:
Very interesting local history. Thanks for sharing.
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Tóth Imre said:
Well done!