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The woman on the RIGHT* can't be Susan B. Anthony--she might be another Miss Anthony, but Susan B. died in 1906. *fixed on advice of Wystan.

That's Anna Shaw on the left . . . .

Whoops, yes, of course. I'm never good at left-right (don't give me driving directions or ballroom dance classes, it's hopeless). Should have double-checked myself. The woman on the left certainly is Anna Shaw! Now who's on the right?

Anna Howard Shaw (February 14, 1847 – July 2, 1919) was a leader of the women's suffrage movement in the United States. She was also a physician and the first ordained female Methodist minister in the United States. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Shaw Florence Jaffray "Daisy" Harriman (July 21, 1870 – August 31, 1967) was an American socialite, suffragist, social reformer, organizer, and later, a courageous diplomat. “She led one of the suffrage parades down Fifth Avenue, worked on campaigns on child labor and safe milk and, as minister to Norway in World War II, organized evacuation efforts while hiding in a forest from the Nazi invasion.” In her ninety-second year, U.S. President John F. Kennedy honored her by awarding her the first “Citation of Merit for Distinguished Service.” She often found herself in the middle of historic events. As she stated, “I think nobody can deny that I have always had through sheer luck. . . a box seat at the America of my times.” Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Jaffray_Harriman The photographer was fooled by the name on the banner she was carrying. Does everyone agree it is Harriman? I recognize her as Harriman, but I can be wrong.

Thanks. Next time we update the record we'll change the title to give the names of the persons in the picture.

These are great pictures!

These really are awesome......do you have a year for these......

: ) that's before the old school! yeah i like it! : )

The street really widens here.

Pre 1899 (no tram lines). Post 1885 - see iron arcade holding and hiding telephone cables on west / right side of George Street. (ref.- www.telephonecollecting.org/lightpoles.htm )

i think the lady in white makes the photo.

rumplestiltskin, she looks wonderful - did you notice she is carrying a child (see Persistent URL)?

"Before" - www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/3023707402/

The same crossing years later: (Discovered it already a year ago, now just wanted to connect the two pictures.)

The parcels Post Office at Railway Square (opened 1913) is under construction - see Persistent URL. Which implies this photo is c.1912. Also the tram pylons in the centre of George Street are no longer there. They were removed in about 1908 to enable wider bodied trams.