Main Street looking West, Hastings, Vic., c. 1950

OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Main Street looking West, Hastings, Vic., c. 1950

DATE1950

MEDIAImage

PHOTOGRAPHERRose Stereograph Co., Armadale, Vic.

COLLECTIONHastings-Western Port Historical Society

REG NO.P14.2

HISTORY

Rose series, The ; no. P. 3082. One copy of the postcard has the name “Ed Mawson” on the back, and the other has the name “Jean Peters” on the back. Main Street was formerly Pike Street, and changed its name to High Street in 1998.

DESCRIPTION

This image shows Main Street, Hastings, looking west. Hastings Hall is in the left foreground and the hotel is on the right. Several cars are parked on either side of the road, there is a man walking beside the hall and another crossing the street. Stevens Bros. store is on the corner of Main Street and Salmon Street.

SUBJECTS

Cars, Hastings, Vic., Historic buildings, Streetscapes

KEYWORDS

Hastings Hall, High Street, Main Street, Mawson, Edwin, Peters, Jean, Pike Street, Rose series, Stevens Bros.