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Photograph - Oat and Grain Store, 1961

  • A black and white photograph of a brick or stone and wood building by a road.

    Oat and Grain Store B&W Obverse

  • The reverse of a printed photograph with handwritten pencil and typed annotations.

    Oat and Grain Store B&W Reverse

  • A sepia photograph of a brick or stone and wood building by a road.

    Oat and Grain Store Sepia Obverse

  • The reverse of a printed photograph with handwritten pencil and blue pen annotations.

    Oat and Grain Store Sepia Reverse

  • A black and white photograph of a brick or stone and wood building by a road.
  • The reverse of a printed photograph with handwritten pencil and typed annotations.
  • A sepia photograph of a brick or stone and wood building by a road.
  • The reverse of a printed photograph with handwritten pencil and blue pen annotations.

Historical information

The oat and grain store was positioned opposite Emerald's original police station at 15 Kilvington Drive, on what is now the railway property near Puffing Billy Playground. The grain store was first built in the 1920s, used by Clyde Stapleton in the 1940s, and demolished not long after this photograph was taken in 1961.

Significance

Oat and grain stores were important to horse-based transportation, the agriculture industry, and food supply until the mid-20th century.

Physical description

The main item is the black and white photograph, with a printed annotation pasted to the reverse; there is also a larger sepia copy. Both depict a stone or painted brick building by the side of the road, with a wooden annexe at the rear. There is no door on the building, which stands beside a road. In the background are several trees. The reverse of the sepia version has Kodak logos and handwritten pen annotations; the black and white copy has, besides the printed annotations, a handwritten title and accession number.

Inscriptions & markings

Black & White, Reverse: "165 Oat & grain Store / P00529 / 165 Oat and grain store, built in the 1920s opposite the police / station (site of [crossed out: present playground] [handwritten: railway property]): [crossed out: Clive] [handwritten: Clyde] Stapleton used to come / from the city to shoe horses here in the 1940s/ The phootgraph was / taken in 1961 before the store was demolished. / [crossed out, handwritten: Legges used it as a store]"
Sepia, Reverse: "Gary Steven's gave me this photo. 1961. / Original Oat & Grain Store / Clive Stapleton shod horses here / when he came up from Town. / Opposite Police Station (where the playground is)"

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