SHIFTING FURNITURE

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1935

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Overview

Black and white photo of a loaded truck diving along a flooded dirt road.
Prominent two storey building in background at left.
In the foreground a lady in a dark coat is watching the truck. She has her back to the camera. Other figures are visible further away on the left. There is a lady wearing light coloured clothes holding a light coloured dog on a lead. Half hidden behind the lady in the foreground appears to be a man in dark clothes.

Historical information

Same image as 2007-13 with slightly different photographic exposure.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2007.12

Item type

Photographs

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

86 mm

Height or length

142 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Written in pencil on reverse of photo: "Shifting furniture at Toodyay. Being on the safe side. Waters came up and covered spot where I stood to take this."

Written in blue ink on reverse of photo: "Truck got stuck in slippery road and had to be pushed out."

Written in black in on reverse of photo: "Harry Webb. Cleaner Rlys [railways?] later M.H.R. Federal Government."

Contextual Information

It is assumed the two storey building is the old boarding house located on Harper Road, originally built as a store and warehouse by the Monger family in the 1860s and located in what is now Duidgee Park, Toodyay.
This building was demolished in 1968 to make way for the Newcastle Bridge.

Year

1935

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Shire of Toodyay

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