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McCarthy & Co Tobacco Merchants, George & Hay Sts ( northwest cnr), c1901

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Unique IDA-00036176SeriesDemolition Books [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney]DateBetween 1st January 1901 and 31st December 1901Date qualifiercircaFormatPhotograph - PrintDescriptionMcCarthy & Cos heavily painted brick building was a wholesale and retail depot for Dixsons Tobacco. An advertisement for the Dark Yankee Doodle brand features a representation of Archibald M Willards famous painting The Sprirt of 76 (aka Yankee Doodle), which depicts the American War of Independence (information provided by Phil Cuskelly in February 2014). Posters advertise a building materials sale, together with an Intercolonial cricket match at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Workmen stand in the foreground, one reading the advertising material. In the right foreground is a decorative gas lamp, and overhead are electric wires.LanguageEnglish (eng)Author/creatorCity of SydneyDigitised recordYes

Numbering & quantity

Volume number1

Characteristics

Colour depthGrayscale

Identification

Source system ID000\000060Alternative IDNSCA CRS 51/60

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BoxCSA045380

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