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Winn's corner, Hunter and Brown Streets, Newcastle, 1911 / photographer unknown
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Title:
Winn's corner, Hunter and Brown Streets, Newcastle, 1911 / W. Stinson
Creator:
Stinson, W., photographer.
Date:
1911
Format:
1 mounted photoprint : albumen print ; 15.3 x 20.5 cm.
Inscription:
Photographer's blind-stamp 'W. Stinson' below image left. Dated in pencil on verso: 1911 and inscribed 'W H Winn".
Subject:
Newcastle (N.S.W.)
drapers (shops)
milliners' shops
house furnishers
shop windows
W. Winn & Co. Ltd.
Description:
W. Winn & Co. was founded in Newcastle in 1878, and styled themselves as the 'Drapery Palace' of Newcastle, the town's leading drapers and milliners. The first shop was Hunter Street. By the time this photograph was taken in 1911 the firm had become W. Winn & Co. Ltd., general importers, house furnishers, drapers, clothiers, milliners, outfitters, with new premises on the corner of Hunter and Brown Streets, Newcastle. The old shop can just be seen in the far left of the picture.
Provenance:
Gift of Pru Brewer, 2011.
Source:
Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection ; CSL&RC PIC: Box B
Rights:
You may save or print this image for research and study. If you wish to use it for any other purposes, you must contact Museums of History NSW to request permission.
Material Type:
Picture
Record number:
42202
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