Photograph, Rider & Mercer, Charlton Post Office 1891

Historical information

Charlton Post Office, High St, December 1891, built in 1879 to replace the original Post Office built in Camp St in 1878.

Physical description

Copy of Charlton Post Office High Street 1891 taken from the lithographs of Rider & Mercer. Possibly hand coloured. Brick building with three arched doorways and a clock above the central arch. Picket fence. One person standing in front of the building, a man walking past and a couple walking past a gate. Ruler showing in lower part of photo with KODAK Colour Control Patches written on it.

Inscriptions & markings

Post Office. This picture presented by J. G. Reily, Esq., Postmaster

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