Barber's shop, Hastings, 1914

The image shows a double fronted single storied timber building with a corrugated iron roofed verandah. Above a window in the building is a sign on which the words “Hairdresser Tobacconist” can be made out. There is another sign which reads “The Peninsula Post ... sold here”. Leaning against the verandah is a bicycle. In front of the building are, from left to right, a man leaning against a verandah post, a man seated with another man standing behind him cutting his hair, a man seated with a football, a man standing holding a cricket bat, a man standing in a white coat holding a doctor’s bag, a man standing holding an open book, and a man standing playing a mouth organ, with a music stand in front of him. Written in ink at the bottom of the image is “Hastings 1914”

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OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Barber's shop, Hastings, 1914

DATE1914

MEDIAImage

COLLECTIONHastings-Western Port Historical Society

REG NO.P8

HISTORY

The image is on a post card which has postage “half-penny stamp inland, penny stamp abroad” but no stamp. On the back is written in ink “L to R against post? (1) E.G. Jones (chair) (2) L. Sparks (barber) (3) A. Lothian (4) F. Spence (5) G. Bickley (6) R. Lewis (7) F. Marrabella”

DESCRIPTION

The image shows a double fronted single storied timber building with a corrugated iron roofed verandah. Above a window in the building is a sign on which the words “Hairdresser Tobacconist” can be made out. There is another sign which reads “The Peninsula Post ... sold here”. Leaning against the verandah is a bicycle. In front of the building are, from left to right, a man leaning against a verandah post, a man seated with another man standing behind him cutting his hair, a man seated with a football, a man standing holding a cricket bat, a man standing in a white coat holding a doctor’s bag, a man standing holding an open book, and a man standing playing a mouth organ, with a music stand in front of him. Written in ink at the bottom of the image is “Hastings 1914”

SUBJECTS

Barber shops, Barbers, Hastings, Vic., Historic buildings

KEYWORDS

Bickley, G., Jones, E. G., Lewis, R., Lothian, A., Marrabella [i.e. Mirabella], F., Peninsula Post, Sparks, L., Spence, F.