ARCHIVE & RESEARCH SERVICES

Access to Eamon Donnelly's rare private collection of Australian food retail and advertising history is available for research and reference for historians, media producers, brands, advertising agencies, designers, journalists, students, and collectors, with material from the collection previously supplied to Peters Ice Cream, ABC TV (Back in Time for the Corner Shop, 2023), and private researchers and collectors.

THE COLLECTION INCLUDES:
— 100+ years of digitised industry trade journals and food retail business materials. Topics include: ice cream, confectionery, soft drinks, mixed business, convenience stores, cafés, restaurants, takeaways, fast food, soda fountains, small business history. Trade news and advertising for Australia’s confectionary, soft drink and ice cream brands and products including: Hoadley’s, Rowntree, Peters, Tarax, Lifesavers, Streets, Pauls, Red Tulip, MacRobertson’s, Cadbury, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Schweppes, McNiven’s, Cook’s, Cain’s, C.S.R., Pura, Small’s, Allen’s, Shelley’s, SweetAcres, Nestlé and more.
— Accurate brand and product history: prices, releases, news, packaging, point of sale, company history, personnel and various business materials.
— Australian TV commercials: food, snacks, confectionery, soft drinks and food retail.
— Rare vintage print advertising (magazines, newspapers, trade publications).
— Food service and retail business photography: shopfronts, interiors, displays, packaging reference, streetscapes, signage and advertising (1900s — 2025).

HOW TO REQUEST MATERIAL:
To request scans, clips, or custom research from the archive, please use the contact form or email info@eamondonnelly.com and describe the material you're looking for (e.g. brand, location, name, topic, decade, product, medium); we will check the archive for matching results, if we've got it, we'll send a custom quote based on the request, the usage, and type of material.