Historical information

Composite of views of High Street and Cotham Road, Kew, commercial centre of Kew. Photographs taken at different periods, late 1940s to 1960s, as shown by cars — 1930s car in middle left, 1940s Chevrolet ute in top left, 1950s VW Beetle and FJ Holden in top right, 1960s cars in bottom right. Many of the buildings and shopfronts shown have since been demolished.
Subject/keywords: High Street (Kew), Cotham Road (Kew), Streetscapes (Kew), Shops (Kew), Miller’s Furniture, [former] Council Family Hotel, Clifton Hotel

Physical description

Colourised composite of seven photographs, arranged in two columns. Top left: green 1940s Chevrolet ute parked on bluestone pitchers, empty footpath, shop sign “Millinely’s Furniture Bedding”. Top right: blue VW Beetle in foreground, 1940s and 1950s cars parked in street, shops and power pole. Middle left: dark blue 1930s car in foreground, High Street looking west towards Junction and Clifton Hotel, shops, 1940s-1950s cars. Middle right: Cotham Road with tram tracks, green 1940s car, white 1950s Holden, shops on right with “Alexandra” sign, Kew Post Office in background. Lower right: former Council Family Hotel, cream two-storey shops with “Chemist” sign, white small car in street. Bottom left: large building with columns, “Miller’s Furniture”, “Shoes Repairs”, “Modes” sign at left. Bottom right: long view of High Street, pink building at right, 1960s cars parked.