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Shire of Toodyay > Records

URWIN'S (UNWIN'S) STORE

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1973

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Buildings / Structures

Overview

Black and white photo of Urwin's Store, Stirling Terrace, Toodyay, on east side of Freemasons' Hotel.
Three pencil pines on footpath edge.
Hotel has verandah on the second storey. Word 'Bar' on hotel window. Shop front windows; ornate façade with decorations, lower façade on right.
Second shop front; ornate façade with rooms behind façade; three windows across front.
Three cars parked in front, one in immediate foreground. Out of the group of three cars, the first car is a Chrysler Valiant VF 69 model, the second is a Ford Falcon XA 73 model and the third car is a Holden Kingswood HG 70 - 71 model.

Historical information

This shop was originally known as Urwin's Drapery Store and later known as Caddy & Wilshire's Drapery Store.
The façade today (2022) names the building as "Unwins Store" (with an 'n'), but as it was built for Robert Urwin the name on the front is incorrect. This name was applied in error and it is not the preferred name.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.1504

Item type

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

9 cm

Height or length

9 cm

Inscriptions and markings

On back of photo in blue ink - 'Unwin's Store 1973'.

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Primary significance criteria

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Links to additional resources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urwin%27s_Store

Wikipedia page: Urwin's Store

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