Fancy goods retail company with premises at 112 Riddford Street, Newtown, Wellington, ca 1914.
E Back & Company
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[Postcard]. Corner of Rintoul and Riddiford Streets, Wellington South, N.Z. Published b...
Date: 1911 - 1914
From: [Postcard album of cards collected by Joye Eggers / Taylor. 1905-1970s].
By: Tanner Brothers Ltd (Publishers)
Reference: Eph-B-POSTCARD-Vol-8-049-3
Description: Shows the wedge-shaped building on the corner of Riddiford and Rintoul Streets, housing the Langham Private Hotel, and a Dominion branch office attached to the premises of E Back & Company. There is a tram in the left foreground, and two small girls standing beside an open-topped car in the right foreground. Behind the tram a horse-drawn cart can be seen. Likely to date around 1911-1914. The Dominion newspaper began publication in 1907. The firm of E Back and Company occupied this corner site from about 1911 (after E Cramp & Co.). Handwritten note to Joye Eggers on verso. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard.. Physical Description: Sepia photolithograph, 90 x 139 mm.