"Chocolate for our boys at the Dardanelles", Griffiths' Teas window display. Photograph.
Ca. 1915. A wonderful real photograph showing a diorama made by the Camberwell Boy Scouts (Melbourne), and other patriotic displays of goods in the window of Griffith's' Teas.
The shop features a large metal name plaque below the window; the windows are painted with Griffith's' Teas signs. The patriotic window display is full of Union Jacks and bunting, and various teas, coffee and chocolate packages are stacked up. Also patriotic posters, such as one proclaiming, "More Men and More Still Until the Enemy is Crushed".
This will be Griffiths' Teas in Melbourne. The company was founded there in 1879 as one of the first tea and coffee distributors in Australia, and then opened a shop in Sydney in 1915. The Sydney shop is a heritage listed landmark building located near to Central Station; it had street level windows filled with goods to tempt passing travelers.
8 x 6" b&w glossy photograph, laid down on board 9 x 7 1/2". Two short cracks in center of image, at top and at bottom edge. Very good overall. Item #24468
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