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Shoe department in Cribb & Foote's Ipswich store, April 1949

from State Library of Queensland

• Historical Australian Towns said:

  Thank you, I used this wonderful photo on my blog about Ipswich historicalaustraliantowns.blogspot.com/2018/09/ipswich.html

• State Library of Queensland said:

  Excellent! We love it when people put our images to good use.

• Vesna Verencevic said:

  Benjamin Cribb started his London Store business in Ipswich in 1849. In 1854 Benjamin partnered with J.C. Foote, and Cribb & Foote were formed. The business grew to become an indelible part of Ipswich’s commercial history for 128 years. The Cribb & Foote Families familiar involvement with staff and the community ensured that they commemorated their 50th, 80th and 100th Anniversaries in grand style. In 1899 Cribb and Foote celebrated their Golden Jubilee Anniversary, (50 years In May 1929, Cribb & Foote celebrated 80 years of business with an “80th Birthday Bargain Sale’ formally opened by the Mayor. The advertisement in the Moreton Bay Courier read:- ‘May 2nd 1929 being the date that Mr Benjamin Cribb founded the business 80 years ago, 10% cash discount will apply at the sale excepting on groceries, proprietary lines and sale bargains’. It also went on to say that if any child under ten years could provide a ticket for the sale bearing the number 80, that child would receive a piece of the huge birthday cake, a Cribb & Foote anniversary candle and a silver coin. In 1949 Cribb & Foote celebrated 100 years of business in Ipswich. The Queensland Times 2nd May 1949 ran an editorial paying tribute to Cribb & Foote, ‘stressing the friendly co-operation between city and district and between trader and customer with an uplifting effect on community life’. Source: www.ipswichlibraries.com.au/cribb-foote-celebrations/