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Before the Commonwealth Bank built its Hobart headquarters on the corner of Elizabeth and Liverpool Streets the Nelson Foster butcher shop kept hungry Hobartains fed.
1/20Before the Commonwealth Bank built its Hobart headquarters on the corner of Elizabeth and Liverpool Streets the Nelson Foster butcher shop kept hungry Hobartains fed.
Evans Street, September 1941.
2/20Evans Street, September 1941.
Arthur Circus, Battery Point, in the 1940s.
3/20Arthur Circus, Battery Point, in the 1940s.
Gladstone Street in Salamanca Place with the Tattersall’s barrels on the move.
4/20Gladstone Street in Salamanca Place with the Tattersall’s barrels on the move.
This was Coles’ first home in Hobart, two doors from the present ANZ Bank in the Elizabeth Mall.
5/20This was Coles’ first home in Hobart, two doors from the present ANZ Bank in the Elizabeth Mall.
Postmen with their letter bags in Elizabeth Street, Hobart , in the 1930s.
6/20Postmen with their letter bags in Elizabeth Street, Hobart , in the 1930s.
A busy Liverpool Street, Hobart, with Christmas shoppers out in force in December 1935.
7/20A busy Liverpool Street, Hobart, with Christmas shoppers out in force in December 1935.
Trams heading down Macquarie Street, Hobart, in October 1935.
8/20Trams heading down Macquarie Street, Hobart, in October 1935.
The Nettlefolds building at the bottom of Macquarie Street, Hobart, now the Hotel Grand Chancellor, with the petrol bowsers and service car in front.
9/20The Nettlefolds building at the bottom of Macquarie Street, Hobart, now the Hotel Grand Chancellor, with the petrol bowsers and service car in front.
The Strand Cake Shop on the corner of Watchorn and Liverpool Streets, Hobart, across the road from the theatre of the same name.
10/20The Strand Cake Shop on the corner of Watchorn and Liverpool Streets, Hobart, across the road from the theatre of the same name.
A parade marching along Macquarie Street .
11/20A parade marching along Macquarie Street .
The building next to the GPO in Elizabeth Street with the post office laneway on the right.
12/20The building next to the GPO in Elizabeth Street with the post office laneway on the right.
North Hobart.
13/20North Hobart.
Business as usual for shoppers at Brownells store in Liverpool Street, Hobart, in September 1939.
14/20Business as usual for shoppers at Brownells store in Liverpool Street, Hobart, in September 1939.
Liverpool Street, Hobart, crammed with shoppers in December 1935.
15/20Liverpool Street, Hobart, crammed with shoppers in December 1935.
Double decker tram in Elizabeth Street, Hobart, in the 1930s.
16/20Double decker tram in Elizabeth Street, Hobart, in the 1930s.
Thel 1947 Anzac Day Parade marches along Macquarie Street past the Hobart Town Hall,
17/20Thel 1947 Anzac Day Parade marches along Macquarie Street past the Hobart Town Hall,
A car yard in Argyle Street, Hobart, in August 1942.
18/20A car yard in Argyle Street, Hobart, in August 1942.
Traffic in Murray Street, Hobart, in March 1942.
19/20Traffic in Murray Street, Hobart, in March 1942.
Hardware company Charles Davis’ building in Elizabeth Street, Hobart, in the late 1930s.
20/20Hardware company Charles Davis’ building in Elizabeth Street, Hobart, in the late 1930s.
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