auctioneers

GSV. maps.app.goo.gl/qVsW4w9Be1ksZgHq9

I saw this photo yesterday when trying to find out about the auction rooms, and wondered if it had something to do with anything. Is this the same Walsh? Was the auction photo taken in the rebuilt building - see the iron beam holding the chandelier clamp, which might not have been in the handsome older building. There are a couple of 'Similar Items' not yet digitized which have a "ca. 1898" date for the "burning"... "Walshe's House back window after burning" - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000713806 "Walshe's House after burning" - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000713807

I'm thinking it's the same Walsh on The Mall.

Newer Walsh building evident in this 1910 one - also the fancy script writing on Poole's premises -

the window cleaners are a bit vicious ...

Joseph S McIntyre, Mayor of Toowoomba in 1880, was an auctioneer and valuator. Born in Glasgow on 13th September 1842, Joseph McIntyre arrived in Brisbane in 1862 on the “Flying Cloud”. Two years later he came to Toowoomba, first settling at his uncle’s station on the Warrego, and then trying his luck on the Queensland goldfields. He returned to Toowoomba in 1870 and set up business as an auctioneer and valuator on Ruthven Street near the present-day Australia Arcade. He remained there for 25 years, building up extensive connections. McIntyre then moved to Margaret Street where he remained in business for 14 years until ill health forced him to retire. Besides his term on Council as Mayor, he also served as an alderman from 1877 to 1879 and in 1881 and 1882. Historian Mr. Ron Douglas said Joseph McIntyre built and lived in a house named “Roslyn” on Herries Street. Later named “Nundora”, this house still stands and is located behind the Toowoomba Ten Pin Bowling Centre. Mr. Douglas said records show the property, which extended to West Creek, had its own racecourse. McIntyre later moved to Llewelyn Street where he established a vineyard. He won numerous prizes for his wines at the Toowoomba Royal Agricultural Show. A street at the back of his Llewelyn Street property has been named in honor of him. Joseph McIntyre died on May 25, 1910. Source: www.tr.qld.gov.au/our-region/history/notable-characters-m...

30 October 1901 was a Wednesday. The day before the auction.

www.chippendales.com/ Or, is this the wrong Chippendale?

Wotcher, me old china!

That wooden bucket would be worth a few €€€€ these days!!!!!

the dates on the poster itself could be " antique" - the loud and clear date could be a red herring.....

Is that the original image? It looks like it's been run through a sharpen filter.

I don't think it's '30s, btw. There'd have been fewer postwar cars about then.

derangedlemur I think it's 1940s (from skirt lengths and girls' hair dos), and I tweaked shadow/highlight because the shadows were so dark. This'll give you an idea of original...

Men without hats!

IM 6248 is no help (IM 1 to IM 9999 (Jan 1904 – Oct 1950)