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Winn's corner, Hunter and Brown Streets, Newcastle, 1912 / photographer unknown
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Title:
Winn's corner, Hunter and Brown Streets, Newcastle, 1912 / W. Stinson
Creator:
Stinson, W., photographer.
Date:
1912
Format:
1 mounted photoprint : albumen print ; 15.3 x 20.5 cm.
Inscription:
Photographer's blind-stamp 'W. Stinson' below image left and inked on image lower left. Dated in pencil on verso: 1912 and inscribed 'W H Winn". Image is badly water damaged.
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 1912 the firm had become W. Winn & Co. Ltd., general importers, house furnishers, drapers, clothiers, milliners, ooutfitters, with new premises on the corner of Hunter and Brown Streets, Newcastle,expanded even further than the extent shown in a photograph from 1911.
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:
42204
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