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Koeppe's Shop On The Perth-Fremantle Road

c. 1893
Overview

The Koeppe's Shop on the Perth-Fremantle Road. Small, gabled, weatherboard building on stumps. Doorway from the iron roofed verandah is flanked by six-paned windows displaying goods and posters. There is a cane chair on the right hand end of the verandah and standing on the ground in front of it are Dora Kitchen in dark clothing and white apron and a young child wearing a light pinafore and bonnet. On the far right is a post and rail fence. The left hand end of the verandah is partly obscured by two jarrah trees. Against the furthest tree is propped a noticeboard with handwritten advertising of assorted provisions at town prices.

Historical information

First shop in Claremont, between Leura Avenue and Mary Street on north side of the Perth-Fremantle Road. Building burnt down in 1911. Dora Kitchen, the older girl, is looking after a young child who is thought to be a member of Koeppe family. Claremont Avenue was the section of the Perth-Fremantle Road that passed through Claremont. The Perth-Fremantle Road was renamed Stirling Highway in 1932 after the first Governor of Western Australia, Admiral Sir James Stirling

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Registration number
cwa-org-28--98-64
Item type
Photographs
Themes
Social History
Material
Photographic Paper
Year
c. 1893
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Date of creation +70 years
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First Koeppe Shop On The Perth-Fremantle Road
Dora Kitchen and a younger girl outside Koeppe's shop on the Perth-Fremantle Road 1893
The shop was on northern side of the road betweeen Leura Avenue and Mary Street, Claremont
Source: Claremont Museum 98.64

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