Physical description
Grantville Show 1907b: Relaxing in the grass at the Grantville Agricultural Show, 1907.
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Grantville Show 1907b: Relaxing in the grass at the Grantville Agricultural Show, 1907.
Row of buildings in forest clearing 'J.T. Paul General Store' on one and Grantville Hotel on another.
grantville;, hotels, post offices, shops
The Bird family built and conducted the bakery on the highway at grantville diagonally opposite the General Store, circa 1930s. Ron Tilley married eldest daughter, Gloria Bird (Tops) in 1945.
grantville; business; bakery
Grantville Show 1908d: Judging hacks at the Grantville Show, January 1908.
Grantville Show 1908c: Crowds at the Grantville show grounds, Grantville Show, January 1908.
Grantville Show 1908b: Picnic at the Grantville show grounds, Grantville Show, January 1908.
Grantville Show 1908a: Andrew Belfrage, Secretary of the Grantville Agricultural Show (4th from the left, holding hat), and a group of officials. Grantville Show, January 1908.
Grantville Show 1907e: A good pair of ayrshires and their owners at the Grantville Agricultural Show, 1907.
Grantville Show 1907d: Competitors in the Pony Class at the Grantville Agricultural Show, 1907.
Grantville Show 1907c: Lady riders and hacks at the Grantville Agricultural Show, 1907.
grantville; agriculture;
Grantville Show 1907a: Andrew Belfrage, Secretary of the Grantville Agricultural Show (in white hat)and Theodore Lyall, Secretary of the Lang Lang show at the Grantville Show, 1907.
grantville; agriculture;
The Grantville Show 1906c: Mr Myles Bunn's (Bena) Prize Ayrshires. It isn't clear which, if either, man is Myles Bunn.
The Grantville Show 1906b: The Lady's Hackney Competition (l-r Miss Alma Chapman (Almurta), Miss Grant (Almurta), Mrs Clare Atkins (Strezlecki Creek), Miss McMahon (Bena)
The Grantville Show 1906a: Show official, judges and members of the Committee. Society Secretary, Andrew Belfrage, in white shirt.
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