Dr Goode of Peterborough, c. 1920s
Golden wedding anniversary of Mr & Mrs CAH Leahmann of Peterborough. Clip from the SA Chronicle Newspaper, 1 April 1922
Peterborough farmer Mrs Tom Walker holding Patricia Blunsden (daughter of Jim Blunsden), c. 1920s. Walker family photograph.
Peterborough farmer Jack Walker at wheel, c. 1920s. Walker family photograph.
Peterborough Hotel, Main street Peterborough, 1929. Casey family at front.
Jim Inglis, Peterborough builder and master mason, c. 1920s
Early motor vehicle in Peterborough, c. 1920s. Peterborough guard Reg Cook in centre, later train controller.
E Cleary, Pineview, Dawson Road Peterborough, 1927
Peterborough residents Carl Anderson and EH Cleary, 1922
The Cleary children at Pineview, Dawson Road Peterborough, c. 1920s
Peterborough Baptist church minister Rev CR Hawke, c. 1920s
Peterborough men standing in front of the oval grandstand, c. 1920s. Rear L: Harry Earles, H Need, Don Ferguson (bowler), __?, Tom Edmonds, __? Noblett, __?, __?, Noblett, Ray Edmonds, Jack Philp, Oliver Wilson, Gordon Sambell, ?, Fred Edson. Sitting L: __?, J Wilson, Sam Dickson, JW Bowering, W Butterworth, H Richards. Gilbert Sambell in far right standing back with bowler.
Peterborough identities, c. 1920s. Rear L: __?, Tom Edmonds, George Ferguson, Paul Schebella, Heine Koch, ?, Jack Philp, Tom Sheridan, Fred Edson. Sitting L: JW Bowering, __?, Sam Dickson, Sam Jones, __?, James Wilson (chaff shop). Front L: __?, Gordon Sambell, Joe Noblett.
Peterborough residents, c. 1920s. Front L: __?, __?, __?, __? Boehm, James Jamieson, __?, H Koch, Horace Sambell, Gordon Sambell. Back L: __?, __?, __?, __?, George Edson, Bill Mitchell, __?, H Need, Fred Edmonds, __?, __?, George Ferguson, Jack Philp, Sam Jones, Sam Dickson, __?, Paul Schebella
Peterborough’s Dr Aitken’s first car, c. 1920s
The Casey family (and others) out the front of the Peterborough Hotel, 1929. Naish Casey (right), Mrs Tom Rees (second right).
Peterborough Croquet Club, 1927. Left Mrs Jones (President), right Mrs Yeomans.
The Victory brothers of Peterborough, c. 1920s
Peterborough enginemen George Miller and Bill Jordan, early Peterborough T Class locomotive 203, c. 1920s
Peterborough farmers Molti Wehr and Jack Galpin with a horse team, c. 1920s
Peterborough enginemen Harry Pearce and ‘Magic’ Milford, c. 1920s
Locomotive decorated for the visit of the Prince of Wales, June 1920. Engineman Crossman, Bill Savill Leading Hand/Fitter.
SAR Superintendent F Yeomans of Peterborough in front of the loco depot roundhouse, 1925. Note the initial preparation for the introduction of braod gauge to Peterborough, something that didn’t happen for another 70 years.
Lloyd Dwyer’s father, painter/builder of Peterborough YMCA, 1927. (Dwyer photograph)
Grandpa Rasmus who was the postmaster at Ucolta, c. 1927. Wilf Rasmus in cart.
Peterborough farmer Steve Blunsden, c. 1920s
Peterborough resident Catherine Blunsden’s memorial card from July 1923
Members of the Druids Lodge Peterborough, c. 1920s
Peterborough engineman Hurtle Huddleston and his son (in the cabin), c. 1920s.
The McMurtrie family of Ucolta, c. 1920. Rear L: Tom Sambell, Will Sambell (Tom’s son), Edie McMurtrie, Maggie Orr, Jenny McMurtrie, Mrs Ted Mayes, Bessie McMurtrie, __?. Seated: two McMurtrie brothers and sister. Front: Clive Mayes, Sylvia Sambell, Keith Mayes.
Visit of the Prince of Wales to Peterborough, 1920. Far Left: Sam Jones (Mayor), Mr Love (Primary School Headmaster), Prince of Wales, Thelma Dodman.
Peterborough residents Eric and Mona Roberts (Howell) and daughter, 1921
Peterborough lawyer Guy Halcombe, c. 1920s
Ucolta Church, 1924. Percy Clapp second from right at rear. Two down from Percy with the big hair is Avice (Muff) Clapp. Far left middle with flower on hat is Nellie Clapp (nee Perkins). Tom Sambell left sitting with stick.
Ucolta resident Henry Rasmus and family, c. 1920s.
Peterborough resident Rachel Fidge with her son Noel, c. 1920s. Sylvia Day, Mrs Tom Price, Tom Price, son Rex, Mr Woods from Quorn.
Peterborough residents Vera Brimage (right; person to left unknown), c. 1920
Children of the McKeough family of Peterborough, c. 1920. Front L: K Lang, Leo McKeough, ‘Kit’ McKeough, R Lang, A Edmonds, R. Edmonds. Back L: W Lang, K Joss, L McKeough, I McKeough, B Lang.
The Clapp family of Ucolta, 1922. Back row – Percy Clapp & wife Nellie Perkins, Janie Clapp, Annie Rasmus – wife of Ern, Albert Clapp (Bert), Ern Clapp, Esther (Matron) & William (Willy) Clapp, Florence & Wes Clapp, Hilda & Bert Newton, Rudolph & Eva (Clapp) Scholz holding twins Olga and Vonda. Next row: Hetty Rasmus nee Clapp holding Wilf, then the Mother Elizabeth along with Rita Scholz, daughter of Rudi & Eva, then Lizzie Clapp. Front row: Ivor Clapp (Ern & Annie), Roy Scholz (Rudi & Eva), then Cedric & Ted Clapp (Willy & Matron) and Ron & Colin Clapp (Ern & Annie). Photo by Les Rasmus.
Jim Lang and Frank Edmonds in Buick. Jim paid 425 pounds for the car in Adelaide in 1923. Mrs Frank Edmonds (left) and Alma Lang (right). The Lang twins – Laurie and Doug – are in ribbons.
Original Petersburg settler Johann Koch laying the foundation stone for the new Town Hall in Main Street Peterborough, March 1927
Peterborough farmer Heine Koch and family, 1929
T Class locomotive prepared for the visit of the Prince of Wales, 1920. L: Fred Smith (engineman L), __?, Teddy Eddy (fireman).
Peterborough residents, c. 1920s. Rear: __?, Jeanie Choat. Seated: Laurie and Bill Choat. Photo was taken at the Choat’s house in Kitchener Street. Laurie is Bill and Jeanie’s son. The older lady is possibly Jeanie’s mother.
Peterborough Methodist Church Band of Hope, c. 1920. L to R: Gwen Dodman, Mary Melbourne, Rhoda Polglase, Doris Noden, Jean Dodman, Doris & May Hamlyn.
Peterborough farmer Steve Blunsden carrying milk to the house, c. 1920s
Peterborough railway guard Syd Meaney, c. 1920s
Peterborough railway employees, Syd Meaney on right, c. 1920s
Peterborough residents Frank Peters and Gordon Miller, c. 1920. Photo from Rae Miller.
The Ahrns family from Petersburg, c. 1920s. Carl Ahrns was a local blacksmith. Ahrns family photo.
Forth Carriers of Peterborough, c. 1920s
Railway porter Strath Carthew, c. 1920s. Possibly taken at Cockburn.
Children of Peterborough’s JW Bowering, c. 1920s. Barry Bowering, Jessie Bowering and Beth Bowering. Bowering family photograph.
Peterborough railway fitter, Bob Millington, Lorace Millington, Connie ?, c. 1927. Boys’ Brigade shed in background which was relocated during the Depression and became the swagman’s shelter shed.
The Perkins family of Ucolta, c. 1920s. Front L: Percy Clapp, Nellie Clapp, Rene Wehr, Mervyn Wehr, Jean Lloyd, Arthur Lloyd (baby), Molt Wehr. Middle L: Mattie Lloyd, Job Hamlyn, May Perkins (Mrs Hamlyn), Grandpa and Grandma Perkins, Laura Perkins, Mrs Molt Wehr, Doris Wehr. Back L: Fred Lloyd, Mrs F Lloyd, Eva Perkins, Bert Newton.
Father of Ucolta farmer Stan Cummings at the family farmhouse near the Dowd’s Hill tunnel, c. 1920s
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