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