https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=old+timaru+photos&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=PkA3U7zEIYmMkwWB0IDAAQ&ved=0CD8Q7Ak&biw=1093&bih=496 On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Cynthia McCaughan & Steve Ingle < mccaughan-ingle@paradise.net.nz> wrote: > The street does not appear familiar to me, having looked at a lot of old > early Timaru shots. > > A couple of more clues: I think this may be near the sea, as in the far > distance there is a mast/flag pole that probably had signal flags hoisted > on > it, to be visible from ships at anchor? > > Also to the ladies immediate right is a significant architectural detail > in > the form of a wall with iron embellishments. My first thought that this was > similar to the customs house wall, Strathallan Street, Timaru, but the > remainder of the background buildings are not consistent, especially if > this > was near the railway station. > > Another clue lies in who the photographer was. Possibly a street > photographer who was unknown to the ladies? Street photographers were > prolific during the 1940s-50s, taking candid and posed shots of people > passing by, and then relying on the vanity of the subjects to purchase a > print. Such street photographers tended to operate where there were a lot > of > passers by, ie, main streets. > > cheers > Cynthia > (Timaru, NZ) > > -----Original Message----- > From: graham dixon > Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2014 8:49 AM > To: NEW-ZEALAND@rootsweb.com > Subject: [nz] [RE:] Who knows Timaru? Where is this photo taken? > > The name on the shop behind the left two ladies might be a clue - > especially if it is applied to other sources such as newspaper ads or > business directories. > > cheers > Graham > > Message: 10 > Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 17:36:32 -0700 > From: Olwyn Whitehouse<olwynbw@gmail.com> > Subject: [nz] Who knows Timaru? Where is this photo taken? > To: new-zealand<NEW-ZEALAND@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: > <CALhxcQYLE=C4id-zLR3cmgTo7EEO0ivs6uVcVMQVMgXhLDg6QQ@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nzlscant/#photo > > Thanks. > > Olwyn > > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NEW-ZEALAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NEW-ZEALAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >