SOURCE: Purchased on eBay I really like this library bookmark I am adding to my collection today. Love all the illustrations and words on it and its colour of deep navy blue on crème. Really like the "Do not use pencils as bookmarks". Certainly not but what about the myriad of other things that can be / are used as bookmarks?! They would need a very long bookmark to list all those please do nots! The bookmark looks quite old and I am guessing its from the 1950s or early 1960s. At first, I did not know the name of the company of which this library is a "staff welfare service" but after some deliberation, I decided the letters in the logo were most likely CAB. Then it dawned on me, CBA, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia! I emailed the CBA archivist and sure enough, my hunch was right. I received this very helpful and gracious reply from him along with some great photos showing the use of the logo. How's that for great service! Dear Debrah You are right about this logo. It was used by the Commonwealth Bank in the 1950s and ceased being used in 1960 when the Commonwealth Bank was restructured as the Commonwealth Banking Corporation, with a new logo. The logo on your bookmark was sometimes displayed on branch buildings and regularly featured in the staff magazine Currency. If you have any more queries about this matter, please feel free to contact Commonwealth Bank Archives again. Regards | Love having this bookmark from an iconic Australian bank in my collection. |
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the BLOGGERDebrah Gai Lewis lives in Lillian Rock, New South Wales, Australia and is a bookmark collector, yoga teacher and SoulCollage® Facilitator (among other things). ABOUT the blogIn this blog I highlight bookmarks from my collection, feature stories about some of my favourite bookmarks (mine and other people's), and share interesting snippets I find on bookmarks and related topics. Thanks for visiting. Enjoy! BLOG
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