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King William Street, Adelaide [PRG 631/2/566] • Photograph

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Summary

[General description] The South Australian Insurance Company's building dominates this view of the street corner on a wet day. Some people are standing on the pavement whilst others are crossing the road. The two-horse wagonette standing at the kerb is probably a cab. Note the two signs on the telegraph pole reminding horse riders and drivers to 'walk round corners.' [On back of photograph] 'Acre 170 / North east corner of King William Street and Pirie Streets. 1894 / Left side of S.A. Insurance Co.'s premises is 14.5 yards north of Pirie Street. On the right is Manufacturers Place.' (Another hand) 'For view of this corner in 1957 see B 13962.' The building contains the offices of W.A & J.E. Ewens, Sharebrokers and Licensed Landbrokers, on the ground floor. Wolford Albert Ewens (1861-1895) and John Ernest Ewens (1865-1894) were grandchildren of William Ewens and Sarah (nee Spiller), whose famileries arrived on the 'Prince Regent' on 25 September 1839.

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Physical description

Photograph; 20.5 cm x 15.4 cm

Dates / Publication details

1894

Photographer

Gall, Ernest

Collection

Part of Acre 170 Collection

Subject

South Australian Insurance Co. (Adelaide, S.A.)
Horse-drawn vehicles -- South Australia -- Adelaide

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Digitisation information

Date

03/05/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,124 x 2,355 pixels (7.4 MP)

Size

22.10 MB

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