Photograph, Lloyd's butcher's truck decorated for Empire Day celebrations in Surrey Hills in 1930s

Historical information

Lloyd family butchers established on the corner of Elgar & Whitehorse Roads (within the Surrey Hills postal area). Emma Atkinson and her husband has a fruit & vegetable business next door. Edward Lloyd also had a butcher shop at 112 Union Road from 1920-1950. Many Union Road businesses decorated carts and delivery vehicles for the Empire Day parades which drew crowds from all over Melbourne.

Physical description

A black and white photograph of a vehicle decorated with streamers.

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