Please be advised: this website contains the names, images and voices of people who are now deceased.

Collections WA has a responsibility to preserve and make accessible the history and culture of Western Australia in all its various forms. The intention of Collections WA is to support research, and to reveal actions of the past that have impacted upon communities, families, and individuals.

In doing so, Collections WA acknowledges the need to respond sensitively and appropriately in cases when accessing this material may be confronting to Aboriginal visitors and clients.

Please also note: Some historical materials within this portal may include language or opinions that today are considered inappropriate or even offensive. Collections WA does not endorse this language and apologises for any distress caused.

Continue

Continue showing cultural advice

Stop showing cultural advice

Collections WA brings together collections from libraries, galleries, museums, archives, historical societies, cultural organisations, community groups and other collecting organisations across Western Australia.

Subiaco Museum > Records

PHOTOGRAPH (DIGITAL): SIGN FOR BEN'S DELI ON FACE

« Prev Item Next Item »

Erica Boyne

2017

Overview

Coloured photograph of original sign for Ben's Deli was uncovered when preparing the street face of the awning for a sign for a new business opening at 151 Rokeby Road. Photograph shows close up of face of awning with original green, white and yellow sign painted on the front. Advertisement for Peters ice cream also painted on sign.

Historical information

Ben’s Deli was a popular speciality shop known for its milkshakes and its long-time owner, Ben Cousins. Mr Cousins survived eight years in Nazi concentration camps, being one of the few to survive three years in Auschwitz and a 600km march between camps near the end of the Second World War. After living in Germany for a couple of years after the war, Mr Cousins moved to Australia. He opened his deli at 151 Rokeby Road and was a well-known face in Subiaco for decades.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-2017.54.1

Item type

Inscriptions and markings

Erica Boyne

Keywords

COUSINS (Kuzin), Ben

Rokeby Road, Subiaco

Shops And Businesses, Subiaco

Year

Statement of significance

Historic: Sign for Ben's Deli a popular shop in Rokeby Road

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Subiaco Museum

Subiaco Museum

Organisation Details
View Collection
Item Feedback

Other items by Erica Boyne

Other items from Subiaco Museum

Close up, Ben's Deli

Close up, Ben's Deli

Media Reuse | View Full Size | Item Feedback

Scan this QR code to open this page on your phone ->

Full size unavailable (you're already seeing this image in its highest resolution available on Collections WA)

Loading...