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Night's Ease Advertisement, St Quentins Avenue

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1974

Overview

The Coles New World carpark between St Quentins Avenue and Gugeri Street, Claremont. On the left side is a large brick building with advertising sign on the side [Leave the rest to/Nights-Ease] [The Big name in Bedding]. A windmill is visible in the background. On the north side of the car park is a building with a sign [Richmonds/Party/ICE].

Historical information

St Quentins Avenue, Claremont is a street between Bay View Terrace and Stirling Road and parallel to Stirling Highway. Originally named Divers or Diver Street after Dr Edward Divers a scientist and uncle of PA Gugeri. The street name was changed 1925-01-19 in recognition of an Australian victory in France in 1918 during the Great War. St Quentin was a town near the River Somme in Northern France, part of the 1918 offensive called 'The Second Somme'.

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cwa-org-28--98-206

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Photographic Paper

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Claremont Museum.

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Life of creator +70 years

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Claremont Museum, Town of Claremont, Western Australia, 6010

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Night's Ease Advertisement, St Quentins Avenue, Claremont
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