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Rundle Street
[General description] Shops on the northern side of Rundle Street between Stephens Place and Gawler Place. Five of these shop fronts comprise Charles Birks and Company. The three storey building also houses Crook and Bookers Iron Mongers and at the other end of the building is situated S. Marshall and Sons. Next door to this is D. Bernard and Company's Framing Depot. Gas lights can be seen attached to telegraph poles. A penny farthing bicycle is parked at the kerb and a horse drawn tram is making its way along Rundle Street. A lady is pushing a pram along the pavement and some ladies have umbrellas to give shade from the sun. Many people are going about their business. [On back of photograph] Acre 44. Rundle Street, North side. Between Stephens Place and Gawler Place. About 1898.
Rundle Street, Adelaide
[General description] Pedestrians stroll past Charles Birks' Department Store. In the background a policeman is on point duty at the intersection. [On back of photograph] 'Acre 44 / North west corner of Rundle Street and Gawler Place / October 22nd 1930 / Shop fronts installed in the Gawler Place frontage of Birks' in 1930 / See B 5919'.
Gawler Place, Adelaide
[General description] Looking south along Gawler Place with Birks' Department store on the left. [On back of photograph] 'Acre 44 / Gawler Place / west side / April 23rd 1931 / Compare with B 5864 / Near side of Birks' is 92.5 yards south of North Terrace'.
Rundle Street, Adelaide
[General description] This is the Charles Birks building before its rebuild completed 1962. A sign (bottom right hand corner of photograph) shows an image of the new building. [On back of photograph] 'Acre 44 / Rundle Street, north side / May 9th 1960 / The right side of Birks building abuts west side of Gawler Place (as at 9 May 1960) and left side of Birks building abuts east side of Stephens Place / For view of the building subsequently erected on this site see B 14541'
Rundle Street, Adelaide
[General description] On the left is the western side of Birks Department Store, on the right is the Rundle Street frontage. [On back of photograph] 'Acre 44 / Rundle Street, north side / May 9, 1960 / Left side of Birks building abuts east side of Stephens Place'
Rundle Street, Adelaide
[General description] Looking along Stephens Place from Rundle Streeet, showing Birks Department Store frontage on the left. [On back of photograph] 'Acre 44 / Rundle Street, north side / May 9, 1960'
Rundle Street, Adelaide
[General description] Traffic in Rundle Street with David Jones and Edments building prominent. The sculpture entitled 'Progress' mounted on the David Jones Building was designed by Lyndon Dadswell and was installed in 1963. [On back of photograph] 'Acre 44 / Rundle Street, north side / 29th November 1963'
Rundle Street, Adelaide
[On back of photograph] 'Published in the "Chronicle" Dec. 16 1922 / Rundle St. looking east / Acres 44, 45, 46' (Another hand) 'Near side of Stevenson's (on extreme left) is 64 yards east of King William St.' [General description] Rundle Street is busy with motor, horse and bicycle traffic. Shoppers are walking past James Marshall Company Ltd drapery store, which is soon to become Myer's; in 1925 Myer SA Stores Ltd began after acquiring a shareholding in Marshall's. Stevenson's large three sided clock can be seen on the left.
Rundle Street, Adelaide
[On back of photograph] 'Rundle Street, north side / Acres 45, 46 / 1881- 86 / Far side of Wigg's (on left of photo) is 41 yards east of King William Street.' [General description] Rundle Street buildings including (from left) the premises of E.S. Wigg and Son, Gault & Co., Donaldson, Andrews & Sharland, James Marshall & Company (with 'Great Summer Clearing Sale'), and J.W. Davis (Watchmaker & Jeweller). Note the gas lamps in front of Marshall's.
Rundle Street, Adelaide
[General description] The premises of Donaldson Andrews and Sharland, Warehousemen. This photograph was probably taken soon after the fire in 1882 which extensively damaged Marshall's, next door on the right, because there appears to be soot and debris in the right foreground. See B 6377 for damage to Marshall's. [On back of photograph] 'Rundle Street, north side / Acres 45 and 46. / 1880- 82 (See conjunction of Photographic Company on left with James Marshall on right. Also C.A. Blakeley and Sudholz reflected in the windows of Donandson's) The left side of the building is 23 yards west of James Place.'
Rundle Street
[General description] Shops along the northern side of Rundle Street between Stephens Place and Gawler Place. The buildings range from three storeys to two storeys high and comprise of such shops as the Coliseum, Stevenson's Watchmakers and Jewellers, Donaldson and Andrews Importers, J. Marshall and Company Importers. A large three sided clock is located in the street above Stevensons Shop. Many pedestrians are shopping in Rundle Street and several horses and carriages and a pony and trap are waiting for the shoppers. [On back of photograph] Acres 46,45,44. Rundle Street, north side. 1908-12. Probably 1909 See B 7787/5. On the extreme right is Galwer Place. A little to the left is Stephens Place. Division between the Coliseum and Stevenson's is 23 and a half yards west of James Place.
Rundle Street
[General description] Shops on the northern side of Rundle Street between James Place and Gawler Place. The shops include The Coliseum, Stevensons Watchmakers and Jewellers, Donaldson and Andrews, J. Marshall and Company importers. Gas lamps are positioned along the pavement. Window shoppers are looking at sale items in the windows of J. Marshall. Their sales include shirts, linens, ties, mens clothing, manchester, hats and boots. [On back of photograph] Acres 45 and 46. Rundle Street, north side. Probably about 1911. Further note says probably 1909. See B 7787/5. Near side of Coliseum is 23 and a half yards west of James Place.
Rundle Street, Adelaide
[General description] Rundle street is busy with shoppers, some pausing to look in the windows of Donaldson and Andrews and Marshall and Co. A buggy drawn by a pair of grey horses stands in the foreground and behind it a family are packed into their one horse wagonette. Stevenson's Jewellers with its large clock is seen on the left. [On back of photograph] 'Acres 45 7 46 / Rundle Street. North side / About 1897 / Extreme left is 55 yards east of King William Street. Extreme right is about 2 yards west of James Place.'
Rundle Street, Adelaide
[General description] This illustration shows the premises of John Hodgkiss and Company at Number 26 and 28 Rundle Street, Adelaide. They are elegant two storey buildings with plate glass windows. Ladies and gentlemen wearing the fashions of the day are posed on the footpath in front of the store. The advertising copy underneath the illustration reads: 'John Hodgkiss & Co. / Have large shipments of new goods to hand in every description of winter dress fabrics, shawls, mantles, furs, silks, etc. The carpet and general furnishing department should be inspected by purchasers of such goods. Note the system of business- All goods marked the price for Cash on Delivery. Where credit is given interest on the account will be charged at the rate 15 percent per annum. 26 and 28, Rundle Street.' [On back of photograph] 'Acre 45 / Rundle Street / 1865 / (Date from letterpress on back of picture)'.
Rundle Street, Adelaide
[General description] City department stores seen through a maze of telegraph and electricity wires. On the left is Donaldson and Andrews, drapers, and the buildings in the centre are the premises of James Marshall, importers and furnishers. Part of the Globe Hotel can be seen on the right. Fashionably dressed people walk by and a horse-drawn omnibus stands for a man who is boarding. Note the canopy over the driver's seat. [On back of photograph] 'Acres 45 & 46 / Rundle Street, north side / About 1896 / Extreme left is about 47 yards east of King William St.'
Rundle Street
Lithograph of I.J. Barclay's shop (a 'tailor & woollen draper') on Rundle Street, Adelaide. This image is part of the letterhead of Barclay, and appears on a 1857 invoice. Note on back reads: Acre 45. Rundle Street, northside, ca.1850. 'Alpha Cottage' right side of shop abuts 'Globe Hotel'.
Rundle Street, Adelaide.
[On back of photograph] 'North corner of Rundle Street and King William Street. / Acre 46 / Between 1873 and 1877 (see directories 1874-77)' [General description] A group of people pose in front of the Bee Hive Corner. Shops include a Homeopathic Pharmacy, I. Simmons & Co. (Clothiers), J.T. Fickling (Tailor), Northmore & Dean, (Drapers), E.S. Wigg & Son (Stationery), R.N. Gault & Co. (Drapers) and Nash (Tailor). On the right is a ghostly horse and cart which must have been moving as the image was not completely exposed. The near side of Wiggs is 41 yards east of King William Street. See B 5293 for the new building completed in 1896.
Rundle Street, Adelaide
[General description] A very quiet day on Rundle Street. The building at the Rundle Street corner (Popularly known as the Bee Hive Corner) is at this time the premises for T.A. Cook, Bootseller. On its right is Williams Brothers, Tailors, then Hammer and Co., Photographic Studio. On the opposite corner (centre of view), is Stump and Co.'s Photographic Studio. [On back of photograph] 'Acres 46,47 / Rundle and Hindley Streets, north side, looking west from James Place / 1891-95' (Another hand) 'Near side of Williams Bros. is 19 yards east of King William Street.'
Rundle Street, Adelaide
[General description] The footpath of Rundle Street is crowded with smartly dressed shoppers. It is probably the pre-Christmas rush as a sign displayed outside one of the stores advertises 'Xmas & New Year gifts'. Businesses from right to left include Marshalls and Donaldson and Andrews & Company's drapers, both businesses being forerunners of the modern department store. Stevenson's Jewellers with the clock, J. G Rowell's tailors, Peter Smith & Company and E.S Wigg are clearly seen. [On back of photograph] 'Acres 45 & 46 / Rundle Street, north side / about 1896 / On the left is King William Street. Near side of Donaldson's is 77 yards east of King William Street.'
Rundle Street, Adelaide
[General description] A busy street scene showing crowds of shoppers attending the sales. From the left is Barlows Boot store, Coudrey's Chemists, E.S Wigg Stationers and the Coliseum, Donaldsons and Marshalls department stores. Horse-drawn vehicles are parked at the kerb, and only one car is seen on the right. [On back of photograph] 'Acres 46, 45 / Rundle Street, Looking east / 1909-12'.
Apollo Place, Adelaide
[General description] Apollo Place with city buildings, parked cars and the new Myer store. This lane was a side entrance to the Myer store for many years until Myer's major refurbishment in the early 1990s. [On back of photograph] 'Acres 45/46 / Apollo Place, north side / 10 May 1937 / Myers building (on the left hand side at the end of Apollo Place) was erected in 1936 / Buildings on the site were demolished before a photograph could be taken / Site: The near side of building (where 'Myer store for Men sign is suspended) is 37 yards east of King William Street / Frontage is 34 yards'.
Rundle Street, Adelaide
[General description] This building is to be taken over by Myer's. Advertising signs advise that 'Entire stock bought by Myer's, watch daily papers!' This building has been occupied by several different stores over the years, enlarged with the addition of two more stories around 1905. After1905 it became Donaldson's, then became Glassons in 1933, then Myer's in 1938. Next door, in the attractive small three storey building was a smart ladies fashion boutique, Pataux [On back of photograph] 'Acre 46 / Rundle Street, north side / 1937 / The right side of Glassons is 63.5 yards east of King William Street and frontage is 15.5 yards / Frontage of Pataux is 7 yards / Presented by the Myer Emporium (South Australia Ltd.)' (Another hand) 'Cantilever verandah erected in front of Glasson's in 1938'.
Rundle Street, Adelaide
[General description] Downtown Rundle Street with city buildings, department stores and crowds. The footpaths are filled with people in their Sunday best. Perhaps it is sale time or a holiday. Traffic is all horse drawn (except for a couple of youths on their bicycles). The building on the left is the new Bee-Hive Corner, on the right is the Waterhouse Building with tenants Duhst & Biven on the ground floor. [On back of photograph] 'Acres 45, 46 / Rundle Street, north side / Looking east from King William Street / c. 1911'.
King William Street, Adelaide
[General description] An elegant lady with a sunshade poses in the doorway of the Commercial Bank, designed by architect Edward Davis. Constructed in 1889, it is a classic bank design with flamboyant Greco-Roman and French Empire detailing. See B 4715 for a view of the bank taken after alterations in 1927 which added three more floors and altered the facade and roof. [On back of photograph] 'Acre 47 / King William St., west side / Nov. 25, 1902 / Right side of Commercial Bank is 23 yards south of Gresham Place. Frontage of bank: 13 yards.'
Hindley Street, Adelaide
[General description] This view shows city buildings on Hindley Street, with two buses parked in front of Miller Anderson's. This store began in 1839 as Miller and Gale, a small shop in Hindley Street. [On back of photograph] 'Acres 48 and 47 / Hindley Street, north side / May 16, 1926 / Miller Andersons five story building was completed in 1925. Far side of the new building is 12 yards west of Gresham Street. Frontage: 29 yards.'
King William Street, Adelaide
[General description] A busy city streetscape showing commercial buildings, parked cars and a queue of tramcars, with passengers boarding the nearest one. Large advertisements for Chateau Tanynda Brandy and Seppelt's Wines are painted on the side of Kithers building. [On back of photograph] 'Acres 47, 16 / King William Street, west side, looking north from Hindley Street / 1921-22 / For alterations made in 1936 to premises on left (R.J. Chesney's) see B 7047.'
King William Street, Adelaide
[General description] This bank building now has five stories and an elaborate parapet. A man on the footpath is perusing an advertisement for bank rates displayed in the front window of the building. [On back of photograph] 'Acre 47 / King William Street west side / 1928 / The Commercial Bank, formerly a building of three stories was enlarged in 1926-28. / For view showing the bank as it appeared from 1889-1926 see B 2905. / Site: Left side is 40-1/2 yards north of Hindley Street. / Frontage: 12-1/2 yards / Reproduced in "Chronicle", July 7th, 1928'.
Exchange Hotel, Adelaide
[General description] The Exchange hotel when Charles Arthur Goldfinch was licensee. It is a two storey building with a wide verandah upstairs with a balcony decorated with iron lace. There was a hotel on this site since 1839 which underwent several name changes until its demolition in February 1960. Part of the Beehive Corner can be seen on the extreme right. [On back of photograph] 'Acre 47 / Exchange Hotel / Hindley Street, north side / June 27 1930 / On the east corner of Gresham Street / Hindley Street frontage is 17 yards'.
King William Street, Adelaide
[General description] Frederick's Ladies Hairdressers shop has been remodelled in the Art Deco style. Parked cars line the street. [On back of photograph] 'Acre 47 / King William Street, west side / June 5 1937 / Showing alterations made to building in centre in 1936 / Compare with B 4470 / Site of centre building: Left side is 12-1/2 yards north of Hindley Street / Frontage: 5 yards'.
King William Street, Adelaide
[General description] View of King William Street looking through the Government House gates. The South African War Memorial equestrian statue is on the left. The new A.M.P. building is the tall building in the centre, dwarfing the E.S.&A building on its right. The Colonial Mutual Life building in the distance is under construction [On back of photograph] 'Acres 16 & 47 / King William Street west side / Looking from within the gates of Government House / 1936 / Australian Mutual Provident Society's building completed in 1936 / Compare with B 2041 / The A.M.P. Building stands on the south corner of Gresham Place / Frontage is 23 yards'.