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She's at Circular Quay, near Princes Stairs; we are looking south west. See note about buildings at right. 1895 interactive map - alignment of St Philips Church to the left of the hip-roofed building. www.nla.gov.au/apps/cdview?pi=nla.map-rm3443-sd&rgn=0... I wonder what all the rough stone was for? What was being built? Also seen here -

beachcomber australia B R I L L I A N T work! And the stone is intriguing, hmmn ...

The hipped-roof building behind features in Arthur Streeton's 'Circular Quay' 1892 - artsearch.nga.gov.au/Detail-LRG.cfm?IRN=47963&View=LRG Almost a reverse view, maybe the fruit-seller is in the painting too . . . ?

Probably piles of woodblocks to pave the streets. (On a first quick look it appears to be all sandstone, but it isn't) Large bluestone in the foreground, of the type used for kerbing.

State Library of New South Wales Aha woodblocks! That might provide a date. I did some snooping on Circular Quay woodblocks a few months ago and came up with an 1887 date from this - SMH 16/8/1887 p.7 'News of the Day' Para 4 - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/28350536

" WE are informed that arrangements have been made for the continuation of the wood-blocking of Circular Quay, which for some time past has been at a standstill. The portion at the south-east corner, including the frontage to Messrs. Flood and Co.'s wool stores and McMahon's New Bond, and the north-eastern portion, from the Orient Wharf past the Messageries to the Government boat shed, are now under orders for completion without delay. "

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The boxes the peaches are going in are brand new. I never saw a new one when I was a kid. Interesting.

I never knew so many peaches were grown in colorado

On many orchards the boxes were new as they were made at the locations to hold all that fruit!

I moved to this area at age 4 in 1948, not too many years after these pictures were taken. I lived among the apple, peach cherry and pear orchards (and worked in them--that was hard) until I got out of HS in 1962. I never saw this many new fruit boxes in a row in all that time. There was a sawmill in Delta, between 7 & 15 miles away, but to my knowlege they made no boxes there. Most of the oldtimers there have died and so has much of the history. I'm intrigued by the strangest things.

This picture just made my mouth water. Western slope peaches beat the tar out of Georgia peaches any day.

This is an incredible series. A record of land use, of work, of landscapes and society; all in color!