A new book lately added to the Bibliography of Local and Family History Resources for Essendon, Flemington and Keilor is the above biography of E W Cole, by Richard Broinowski. Published by Melbourne University Press, the book is to be launched on 4 September 2020. The Age carried an article about Cole today, "The Man Who Rewrote Retail", pages 4-5 of The Spectrum 29 August 2020.
Other than his fame as the founder of Cole's Picture Book Arcade, Cole was best know locally for residing at the former Coiler McCracken house in Leslie Road, Earlesbrae Hall, which by chance featured in yesterday's blog post about the Essendon Golf Club
An album of photographs of Cole's Book Arcade features a photo of the boss about to travel in style to his place of business. Compiled by Henry Williams in 1923, the album is now in the collection of the State Library of Victoria: Papers of Edward William Cole, MS 10111.
Check out the stylishly dressed coachman!
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