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Grenfell Street [B 7963] • Photograph

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Summary

Grenfell Street, south side, frontage of building is 11 yards. Left side of the building abuts Chesser Street. The building contains the wholesale import business of James Robin (1817-1894) (pronounced ROE-bin). He arrived in Adelaide in 1851 and had 5 sons and 3 daughters. He suffered a speech impediment which prevented him from public speaking. Together with Nicholas P Le Bair (died in 1854) he established the prominent business in 1851. Fire destroyed the two storey warehouse in 1910. It stood at the corner of Chesser Street and Grenfell Street.

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Physical description

Photograph; 9.6 cm x 6 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1870

Collection

Part of Acre 145 Collection

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Digitisation information

Date

02/11/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,175 x 1,362 pixels (3.0 MP)

Size

8.92 MB

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