Physical description

Sepia photograph mounted on grey card shows buildings in Linton's main street. On LHS of photo "J. Shepherd Grocer & Ironmonger", with horse-drawn cart outside. Railway Hotel, James Nelson Undertaker, and library buildings on RHS of photo, people standing outside hotel and children in front of undertaker's. Dating the photo:
James Nelson, whose premises are shown next to the hotel, took over his family's carpentery and undertaking business in 1901.
The original hotel was a timber structure or structures. It is believed these were removed in about 1903 and a new brick hotel built around 1903-1904.