c. 1872, Photograph, B 2496
Rundle Street, Adelaide, north side, corner of Pulteney Street, showing the premises of R. Cottrell & Son's. The notice of removal on Cottrell's side wall fixes the date as the early 1870s. Cottrell purchased the lease of the Imperial Hotel corner in King William Street in September 1870 (Register, September 23rd, 1870, 4c). The 1873 directory shows him as still in Rundle Street, but Mr. Sanders says that Cottrell moved to King William Street soon after the purchase of the lease. The poster on the right with its date, 'Monday, December 30th', suggests late 1872 or early 1873, which would tally with the directories. See B 2468 for the building soon to be constructed on this site. For continuation to the right, see B 2498.