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James Allen [B 6975] • Photograph

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Summary

James Allen was a chemist. His chemist shop stood on the corner of Hindley and Morphett Streets. The Hindley Street pharmacist, James Allen (1815-1881), who bought seven acres of land in Thomas Street, Unley in 1851 established there a kitchen garden devoted to the 'useful', and noted in his diary in October 1852, 'Bees swarmed'. In April 1854 he noted, 'Have at length got some honey from the Bees, I suppose about Twenty Pounds' [nearly 10kg]. By early 1856 he had attended Horticultural Society meetings; had a thatched and lime washed bee house built, made an 'unsatisfactory' stand for his bee hives, and also 'put [?mud] mortar on the bee shed'." [From Bridget Jolly's paper 'First flights in South Australia's systematic beekeeping and honey harvesting'.

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Physical description

Photograph; 12.2 cm x 8.8 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1880

Photographer

Caire, Nicholas John

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Allen, James, 1815-1881
Chemists -- South Australia

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Digitisation information

Date

04/10/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,326 x 3,180 pixels (7.4 MP)

Size

7.42 MB

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