Main Street Peterborough, c. 1930s. EG Hoffmann liquor store, shed in the centre later became the location of Elder Smith office and the shed was moved to behind Luck’s newsagency, H Winkley mechanic, Johnny Omar shop on the corner opposite the Junction Hotel.
Main Street Peterborough, c. 1930s. G Smart to left and Mrs Whittenbury on bicycle.
Main Street Peterborough, c. 1930s. Post Office and Town Hall to the right.
Bill Smith Motor Garage Main Street Peterborough c. 1930s.
Staff of Pink’s butchers, Main Street Peterborough, c. 1930. Bill Dickson, Ralph Philp, Merv Drew, Marty Clune, Clair Pink, Tom Faulkner, Arthur Pink.
Rasmus Brothers Garage at 115 Main Street Peterborough, c. 1930s
Mrs Margaret Mitchell, wife of Percy Mitchell outside their shoe shop in Main Street Peterborough, c. 1930s
Ted Donnellan blacksmith Main Street Peterborough with C Wade’s carts at the front, 1938. F Clune and A Sandy doing the deliveries.
Motor vehicle accident in Main Street Peterborough, c. 1930s. Gate is the entrance into the east end railway yard. Dan Brennan in white shirt and Harry Koch to the right.
Plaque on Bandstand in Main Street Peterborough. The Bandstand was built during the height of the Great Depression with money raised by the Peterborough Workers’ Benevolent Society.
Peterborough Cycle Club 9 Mile Road race, 1938. George Miller 3rd from right with cap. Taken out the front of Donnellan Blacksmith in Main Street Peterborough (location of later BP service station to right).
Peterborough swagman’s shelter shed near the corner of Main Street and Cotton Road, 1932. Publication source unknown.
Horse parade in Main Street Peterborough as part of the Back to Peterborough celebrations, 15 April 1933. GH Koch marshall, followed by the Peterborough 9th Light Horse Brigade.
Procession in Main Street Peterborough for Back to Peterborough celebrations, 15 April 1933. Front car GH Koch; second car G Matthews.
Brass band in the Main Street of Peterborough, c. 1930s
Cecil Woods Woodyard, Main Street Peterborough, 1934. Woods family photograph.
Cecil Woods Woodyard and transport, Main Street Peterborough, 1934. Woods family photograph.
Baird’s Cash and Carry, Main Street Peterborough, 1935. L: Allan Martin, Joan Forbes, Audrey Richards, Joan Reed, George Baird.
Interior of Baird’s Cash and Carry Store, Main Street Peterborough, 1935. George Baird in aisle and Mavis Meadows centre.
SA Highways Department repairs to Main Street Peterborough at the corner of Main Street and High Street, c. 1934. Photo by Les Rasmus.
SA Highways Department repairs to Main Street Peterborough at the corner of Main Street and High Street, c. 1934. Photo by Les Rasmus.
SA Highways Department repairs to Main Street Peterborough at the corner of Main Street and High Street, c. 1934. Photo by Les Rasmus.
SA Highways Department repairs to Main Street Peterborough at the corner of Main Street and High Street, c. 1934. Photo by Les Rasmus.
SA Highways Department repairs to Main Street Peterborough at the corner of Main Street and High Street, c. 1934. Photo by Les Rasmus.
SA Highways Department repairs to Main Street Peterborough at the corner of Main Street and High Street, c. 1934. Photo by Les Rasmus.
SA Highways Department repairs to Main Street Peterborough at the corner of Main Street and High Street, c. 1934. Rasmus Brothers mechanics and Elder Smith to the rear. Photo by Les Rasmus.
SA Highways Department repairs to Main Street Peterborough at the corner of Main Street and High Street, c. 1934. Photo by Les Rasmus.
SA Highways Department repairs to Main Street Peterborough at the corner of Main Street and High Street, c. 1934. Photo by Les Rasmus.
SA Highways Department repairs to Main Street Peterborough at the corner of Main Street and High Street, c. 1934. Photo by Les Rasmus.
SA Highways Department repairs to Main Street Peterborough at the corner of Main Street and High Street, c. 1934. Photo by Les Rasmus.
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