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Originally Posted by pEte fiSt iN Ur fAce
BTW, judging by the pomp and circumstance captured in that first photo, I'm guessing it was taken during a Royal visit of some sort. The telegraph poles, those nice looking bicycles (long gone is the penny farthing!) and the fashion (particularly those straw hats) lend further clues. With that in mind, I'd place the photo at 1901 when the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York visited the city. I could very well be wrong, however.
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his description of the building in a company prospectus for the Hamilton Provident and Loan Society.
The first picture looks a bit later than 1901 to me. The streets are paved for one, which they're not in the earlier horsedrawn pic. It looks like there's an American flag flying in it. The clothes though do look Victorian.
The second picture is incredible, I'm guessing it's from the first world war - the sign says 'buy victory bonds' and there's what looks to be a tank riding over a building.