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This photograph shows a flurry of activity on Broadway Avenue. From left: Old Waldegrave building built 1894; Hannahs building, occupied by Leopold and Simmons, seen just before demolition (the new Waldegrave building was then constructed on this and the next two sites); Joe Kwong Lee Fruiterers, in process of demolition; vacant site, formerly occupied by NZI Co.; Collinson and Cunninghame Ltd, originally built in 1904. Broad Street became Broadway Avenue, by a Borough Council resolution, in March 1926, at the instigation of G H Bennett, bookseller, and other retailers. See 2014N_Sq301_008689 for another view of this scene.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Sq 307
Date
1932
Digitisation ID
2014P_Sq307_008931
Held In
Coolstore

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Taxonomy

Tags
broadway lounge,
building society,
central photo stores,
central portrait studios,
collinson & cunninghame ltd.,
dempsey and litchfield,
hannah's,
hannahs,
hutchinson,
photographs,
public accountant,
sale,
shopping,
solicitor,
streets,
waldegrave building,
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