OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Lahy’s Store, c. 1960

DATE1960

MEDIAImage

COLLECTIONHastings-Western Port Historical Society

REG NO.P182

HISTORY

This store was on the corner of Marine Parade and Salmon Street in Hastings. The Hastings Public Library now stands on this site. The shop was previously owned by Miss Reid and was a busy, popular shop specialising in “spiders” - lemonade and ice cream.

DESCRIPTION

This image shows a motor car parked at the front of a general store. The store has a set of windows on either side of the front door and a three post verandah across the footpath. Signs on the building include Coca Cola and Peters. A high wooden fence is on either side of the store and an older building with a brick chimney is directly behind the store. Printed across the bottom on a white border is: “The Rose Series P.10929 Copyright Lahy’s Store at the pier, Hastings, Vic.”.

SUBJECTS

General stores, Shops

KEYWORDS

Hastings, Lahy’s Store, Hastings