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90/586-11 Architectural model, building with two shopfronts and attached houses, part of King Street Sydney streetscape, 1870-1890, plywood / cardboard / plastic, Australian Broadcasting Commission, Sydney, Australia, 1970-1975. Click to enlarge.
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Architectural model from King Street streetscape

Made
  • 1970-1975
This is one of 23 architectural models representing King Street, Sydney, in the 1880s. This particular one is of John Hunter's Boot and Shoe Warehouse at 90 King Street. The streetscape reveals a lost city of trades, shops and entertainment, in buildings of a human scale. King Street was a magnet at night and by day a retail mecca.

With five shops in the centre of Sydney, John Hunter and his shoe and boot emporiums was a readily identifiable retailing giant of the late 1800s. Hunter was …

This object is part of

90/586 Architectural models (23), King Street Sydney streetscape, c 1880, plywood/cardboard/fabric/celluloid, Australian Broadcasting Commission, Sydney, Australia, 1956-1977
Architectural models of King Street made by Jack Montgomery
1970-1975

Summary

Object No.

90/586-11

Object Statement

Architectural model, building with two shopfronts and attached houses, part of King Street Sydney streetscape, 1870-1890, plywood / cardboard / plastic, Australian Broadcasting Commission, Sydney, Australia, 1970-1975

Physical Description

Architectural model, building with two shopfronts and attached houses, part of King Street Sydney streetscape, 'J. Hunter Boot & Shoe Warehouse', 1870-1890, plywood / cardboard / plastic, Australian Broadcasting Commission, Sydney, Australia, 1970-1975

This model represents No. 90 King Street, Sydney and notes: 'J. Hunter Boot & Shoe Warehouse' on front of building. Hunter Boot and Shoe Company, City Boot Palace. Next door, at No. 92-94 King Street, Sydney, is Johnston & Kingsbury, drapers and silk merchants.

Short URL

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Dimensions

Height

430 mm

Width

525 mm

Depth

590 mm

Production

Made

  • 1970-1975

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