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Shire of Toodyay > Records

OLIVER WHITFIELDS PRODUCE STORE WITH OLIVER WHITFIELD [AND WIFE EVA] AND BICYCLE

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1900

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Buildings / Structures

Retail / Wholesale

Overview

B&W photograph of Whitfields General Store; building appears to be divided into 'shop' & 'living quarters'; sign near the door reads "Wanted: fruit - poultry - eggs - must be guaranteed FRESH".
Lady in long dark skirt and white long sleeved blouse with dark tie at the neck.
Man has a shirt, vest, hat and trousers on. Man is holding a bicycle.
This half of the building since demolished and now site of Chemist shop, next to Wendouree Tearooms.

Historical information

A clearer more complete copy of this photograph is reproduced in 'Toodyay - The Good Old Days' by Wally Chitty on p.168.
The caption dates the photo and notes, ' Mr & Mrs Oliver Whitfield at the front of their general produce store in 1900. When the building was extended in about 1928, this section became the dwelling and the shop was relocated to the western end of the building and renamed the Wendouree Tea Rooms.'

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.1313

Item type

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

205 mm

Height or length

255 mm

Themes

Inscriptions and markings

On back of photo, in pencil: E (d) Oliver Whitfield LARGE 5 (1).

Keywords

WHITFIELD, Oliver

Stirling Terrace

Year

1900

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

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-31.549654907954, 116.46839260835

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