Mrs Gleeson pours a beer for a customer at the Drouin Hotel, Drouin, Victoria
Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-
Title devised by cataloguer from caption on label.; Condition: Good.; Inscriptions: "U429/27. Wife of Drouin publican (Mrs. James J. Gleeson) pours beer for customers. A pot like this (11oz.) costs 81/2 d. about half of which goes in excise to Australian government. Australian beer has 8% alcohol - heavier than American beer but about the same as British. Mrs Gleeson has two sons fighting the Jap; says she has never had a customer she could not handle in her 23 years at the Drouin Hotel. Main service ..." --Printed on label.; Part of the collection: Drouin town and rural life during World War II.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an24206377. Left to right: Mrs. Eileen Gleeson, Bill Croll, Stan Peterson, Jack Hoskins, Ormond Thomas, ?, Cyril Glennon, Frank Venables.
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Mrs Gleeson pours a beer for a customer at the Drouin Hotel, Drouin, Victoria
Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-
Title devised by cataloguer from caption on label.; Condition: Good.; Inscriptions: "U429/27. Wife of Drouin publican (Mrs. James J. Gleeson) pours beer for customers. A pot like this (11oz.) costs 81/2 d. about half of which goes in excise to Australian government. Australian beer has 8% alcohol - heavier than American beer but about the same as British. Mrs Gleeson has two sons fighting the Jap; says she has never had a customer she could not handle in her 23 years at the Drouin Hotel. Main service ..." --Printed on label.; Part of the collection: Drouin town and rural life during World War II.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an24206377. Left to right: Mrs. Eileen Gleeson, Bill Croll, Stan Peterson, Jack Hoskins, Ormond Thomas, ?, Cyril Glennon, Frank Venables.
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