Historical information

West's Research Hotel, Main Road, Research, near site of present pre-school centre. General Store on left. (Destroyed by fire 1931)
Note sign for State Electoral Halls. Most likely taken on Election Day 1907 by Tom Prior, who also took the Election Day photos in Eltham near the Eltham Hotel.

Significance

This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as the 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.'
It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.

Physical description

Digital image
"4 x 5 inch B&W Neg
120 format B&W negative"
Print 15.5 x 25.5 cm