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Photograph of glass pub sign for the Balfour Hotel advertising Toohey's Stag Lager, 1920 - 1929
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Object statement
Photographic print, black & white, glass pub sign for the Balfour Hotel advertising Toohey's Stag Lager, designed by Rousel Studios, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1920s

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Description
Photographic print, black & white, glass pub sign for the Balfour Hotel advertising Toohey's Stag Lager, designed by Rousel Studios, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1920s

Painted glass pub sign designed for the Balfour Hotel by Rousel Studios which features a painting of "Desmond", a famous white showjumping horse, clearing a high fence. The text at the top of the sign reads, '"FIRST OVER THE BARS"'. Underneath the picture there is a small panel with the name "DESMOND", then the name of the beer, "STAG/LAGER" in large letters, and finally at the bottom right, the name of "Rousel Studios". This was one of the images designed by Rousel Studios for William Westphal, licensee of the Balfour Hotel on the corner of King and Elizabeth streets, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and represented the Studios' first hotel advertising account.
Made: Rousel Studios; Sydney; 1920 - 1929
Marks
In pen on the page of the photograph album, "BALFOUR HOTEL/GLASS".
The Registration Number of an object is a unique identifying number applied by the museum at the point of acquisition. Current numbering format comprises the year of acquisition, followed by a sequential number. For example, '2007/45' is the Registration Number that represents the 45th acquisition in the year 2007. Registration number
2002/105/1-1/10
Production date
1920 - 1929
Height
185 mm
Width
92 mm

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This object belongs to:
Rousel Studios Archive Collection

This object record is currently incomplete. The information available may date back as far as 125 years. Other information may exist in a non-digital form. The Museum continues to update and add new research to collection records.
Subjects
+ Advertising signs
+ Australian graphic design
+ Pub painting
+ Signwriting
+ Balfour Hotel, Sydney
+ Tooheys Limited
+ Alcohol use
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{{cite web |url=http://from.ph/355606 |title=Photograph of glass pub sign for the Balfour Hotel advertising Toohey's Stag Lager |author=Powerhouse Museum |accessdate=26 May 2013 |publisher=Powerhouse Museum, Australia}}


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