Visit of the Prince of Wales, Main Street Peterborough, 1920
Main Street Peterborough, 1929. Peterborough Hotel to the right, Railway Hotel centre and Capitol Theatre in the distance.
Main Street Peterborough, c. early 1920s. To the left is von Bertouch grocery and Cox Brothers Drapery. To the right is the Post Office and the old Town Hall. The new town hall and YMCA had not yet been built.
A Peterborough band in Main Street Peterborough, opposite the Federal Hotel, c. 1920s. Hage’s liquor and fruit, Shed which later became the site of Elder Smith, Rasmus Brothers mechanic, Johnny Omar and Junction Hotel.
Advertisement for Dickson Brothers grocery and boot store, Main Street Peterborough, c. 1920s
Cecil Woods confectionery store, Main Street Peterborough, c. 1920s. Woods family photograph.
Aftermath of fire at JW Bowering’s Main Street shop, 1923
Aftermath of fire at JW Bowering’s shop in Main Street Peterborough, 1923
Aftermath of fire at JW Bowering’s hardware and carpentry workshop, 1923
JW Bowering’s second shop built on the same site as the first in Main Street Peterborough, c. 1920. This shop was burnt down in 1923.
Interior of Matthews Emporium, Main Street Peterborough, 1925. Assistant Vera Groves.
Matthews Emporium Main Street Peterborough, 1925. Proprietor Gresham Matthews (far right), Mrs Matthews (next to him), Miss Mole first left.
Working on Main Street Peterborough near the Quorn crossing, c. 1920s. Old Loco depot in the background. Photo by Les Rasmus.
Advertisement for Chinner and Brown Drapery in Main Street Peterborough, c. 1920s
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