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Subiaco Museum > Records

PHOTOGRAPH: 'RAMSAY'S BOOKSHOP, ROKEBY ROAD' 1986

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1986

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Overview

A black and white photograph of Ramsay's Discount Bookshop. The entrance to the building has stairs leading up to it, and there are two windows on either side of these stairs. The windows have awnings over them. The awning over the left window reads 'Ramsay's DISCOUNT BOOKSHOP'. The awning over the right window reads 'CHEAPEST BOOKSHOP IN W.A.' There are also vertical banners hung next to the window that read 'FILM PROCESSING'. There is additional signage in the windows and also over the entrance of the building. There is a man in a shirt and trousers standing outside of the store.
Reverse: A handwritten inscription in ink reads 'Rokeby Rd West Side, Subiaco, Ramsay's, 1986'. Another inscription reads 'Between Forrest Walk + Barker Road'.

Historical information

A photograph of Ramsay's Discount Book Shop on Rokeby Road.

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Registration number

cwa-org-43-2023.287

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Material

Width

158 mm

Height or length

123 mm

Keywords

Rokeby Road, Subiaco

Year

Geotag

-31.948235, 115.823978

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