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Government Place E. showing Scott Thomson's Corner, 1905

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022AA/59

Scope and Contents

306x186mm. View looking N. from the corner of Government Place East and Esplanade Row. The premises seen in Y3022AA/58 are visible in this photograph, with the addition of R. Scott Thomson's Medical Hall and Walter Bushnell's optician's shop on the corner in the right foreground. The firm of Walter Bushnel was founded in 1901. With the rebuilding of Scott Thomson's Corner the business moved into Grosvenor House at 21 Old Court House Street. A photograph taken after 1902 (when electric trams were introduced) and before the start of rebuilding work in c.1910. (Photographer unknown, probably Johnston and Hoffman).

Dates

  • Creation: 1905

Conditions Governing Access

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Language of Materials

English

Date information

DateText: The date is approximate..

Finding aid date

2011-01-24 11:56:40+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

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