Historical information

The store in this image belonged to W. M. Anderson, near an Emerald Station which as of 1901 would have been open for less than a year. Anderson moved to a new and more lasting location - the corner of Kilvington Drive and Heroes Avenue, where until recently a bookshop was located - at the start of the 1920s, but this older store was in a different location closer to the station.

Two other photos of the same scene are in the collection: VEMUP1011.2 is identical, and VEMUP1011.1 is from a different angle.

Significance

This image captures an important Emerald institution from the turn of the century, displaying the nature of the town at that time.

Physical description

This black and white photograph features a wooden shop with a corrugated steel roof and porch awning. The shop takes up the left half of the photograph, while the landscape on the right half continues past a wire fence to a flat field, with trees in the far background. In the centre of the foreground, a tree with few leaves stands in front of the building, between it and the road the photographer is standing on. The photograph is printed on modern photograph paper.

Inscriptions & markings

Reverse, Pen: "Emerald Grocery, Anderson's 1901 Near Station"
Reverse, Pencil: "EMERALD GROCERY"