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that looks like a Morris Minor MM driving towards the camera, which would put the picture post-1948

Likewise with the Hillman Minx estate (see note) - 1948 +

GoogleVanTootle Streetview - goo.gl/maps/ESBM8 - Tralee, tra-la. tralee, tra-la, la la la ...

The Square is to the left at the Tralee Races sign. Denny Street is to the left mid way where a sign points to Town Hall and Ashe Street is to the right at Baily's Corner. Sir Edward Denny spent more money than he could afford in restoring Tralee Castle but the family remained and owned Denny's Meats until Kerry Group bought it not too long ago. A family member came over from Wales to sign the contract and tears filled his eyes as he signed away the last of their business in Ireland. They were good people and Daniel O'Connell supported Sir Edward Denny in his political career.

Tralee races September 10-11 should narrow it down... Kerryman, 16/6/1945 - Prospects Bright for Early Resumption of Tralee Race Meetings - This suggests that racing was suspended for The Emergency. Not 1946 either. Kerryman 05/10/1946 Huge field ... Revived Meeting 1947 it was November. 1948 was 8th and 9th September (Kerryman 14th Aug 1948) 1949 is a possibility. Kerryman 10/9/1949 Record Crowds...

Sam Schepps was a witness in the Becker case according to news reports. The Becker Case was the murder of a gambler, Rosenthal, by gangsters at behest of policeman Charles Becker. Schepps was thought to be the "paymaster" of the murderers, giving them the $100 bills that enabled them to get out of town. Here is article about his arrest: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9403E1DD1F3CE6... Here is citation about Becker en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Becker

There are many other photographs relating to the Becker case strewn throughout the LOC Bain Collection set - many of them having the words "Gunmen trial" included in the original caption. This makes me wonder if the photograph of "Mrs. Belmont at Gunmen's trial" here: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2496407997/ was also taken at that particular trial.

A Bain/LOC photo of New York Police Detective George Dougherty, in front of the same granite-faced building. Dougherty's detective work cracked the Rosenthal murder case:

Other Bain/LOC photos of characters involved in the Gunmen's Trial:

I cannot find any reference to this building in any of the online histories of Gosford, only a wooden lock-up. It is a very fine building of c.1820 Regency "Gothick" style - in a terrible state of repair at the time of this photo and hopefully still around. Perhaps it is not actually in Gosford, but somewhere like Windsor or Richmond? Anybody know?

@ PhMC - There should be a companion photo to this in the Tyrrell collection called "Old Convict Settlement, Gosford", and possibly others. Any chance of getting it digitized please? www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=29048&a... I found it here - www.slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/slv-pic-aab72980/1/b51599

Found it! From the Gosford City Council's website - History of Wyoming (North Gosford) - " The "Old Guard House" or "Garden House" A mystery building once stood in the vicinity of today's Glencoe Avenue. The narrow, squat, sandstone structure was locally known as the "Guard-house". Along with a large pine tree known as the "Whipping Tree", the local storytellers had convicts being regularly cruelly flogged and incarcerated in the "Guard House". Various theories exist as to just what use the "Guard House" was originally intended, but it is unlikely to have ever been used to imprison convicts. More likely, it was intended as a "Garden House" for Georgina Hely. Another theory was that the building was intended as a Chapel, at which the Hely family and estate workers could worship. The church-like windows and the look of the building when you imagine a steeple on it, makes this a distinct possibility. Unfortunately we will probably never know the original purpose of this building! it was demolished in 1918 by John W. Campbell. " Full story and another picture by Kerry a few feet to the right dated 1908 here - www.gosford.nsw.gov.au/library/local_history/Suburbs/docu...

Nice work beachcomber - Frederick Hely was Sydney's Principal Superintendent of Convicts throughout the 1820s and early 1830s who owned land in the Brisbane Waters area, which might explain the romantic allusion to the old convict days...see adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010491b.htm

Fascinating! I thought it was an elaborate mausoleum at first glance. This story reminds me of a bunch of abandoned, concrete bunkers in Central Massachusetts, used to incarcerate German POW's during WWII. None of them looked like this, however.