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[[file:800px-Electric_trams,_George_Street,_David_Jones_corner_from_The_Powerhouse_Museum_Collection.jpg|thumb|'David Jones and Coy' store, corner of George Street and Barrack Lane, circa 1900]] | [[file:800px-Electric_trams,_George_Street,_David_Jones_corner_from_The_Powerhouse_Museum_Collection.jpg|thumb|'David Jones and Coy' store, corner of George Street and Barrack Lane, circa 1900]] | ||
David Jones was founded in 1838 by David Jones, a Welsh merchant and future politician, after he emigrated to Australia, and is the oldest continuously-operating department store in the world still trading under its original name. | David Jones Pty Limited, trading as David Jones (colloquially DJs), is an Australian upmarket department store, owned since 2014 by South African retail group Woolworths Holdings Limited. | ||
David Jones was founded in 1838 by David Jones, a Welsh merchant and future politician, after he emigrated to Australia, and is the oldest continuously-operating department store in the world still trading under its original name. | |||
<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Jones_Limited</ref> | |||
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== Gallery == | |||
The following David Jones Sydney pipe is a straight forward canted belge made for the David Jones Department Store/Emporium of Sydney Australia. Who Made That Pipe Entry 6718/Sydney/Prescott (Comoy's)/England. Seems to be a nod to a factory on Prescott Street. | The following David Jones Sydney pipe is a straight forward canted belge made for the David Jones Department Store/Emporium of Sydney Australia. Who Made That Pipe Entry 6718/Sydney/Prescott (Comoy's)/England. Seems to be a nod to a factory on Prescott Street. | ||
<gallery widths= | <gallery widths=300 heights=200 caption="David Jones Sydney pipe, courtesy Eric Kemp"> | ||
DavidJones-Sydney1.jpg | DavidJones-Sydney1.jpg | ||
DavidJones-Sydney2.jpg | DavidJones-Sydney2.jpg | ||
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[[Category:Pipe makers by nationality]][[Category:Australia]] | == References == | ||
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