Digital Photograph - Family outside Kelly's General Store & Mentone Post Office, Mentone, 1899

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Digital Photograph - Family outside Kelly's General Store & Mentone Post Office, Mentone, 1900

Summary:: Sepia photograph featuring the Kelly family standing by the verandah of Kelly's General Store and Mentone Post Office, which was located opposite Mentone railway station in Como Parade West, in 1889. Kelly's General Store and Mentone Post Office was owned by John Kelly. In 1891 John C Kelly is listed as estate agent at this address and Mrs Catherine Kelly is listed as running a grocery store at this address. From 1892 there is no Kelly listing at this address. The family still live in the area, and the land that the store was on is now occupied by Kilbreda College, where a member of the family now works.

Sepia photograph collected as part of Melbourne's Biggest Family Album in 2006.
Description:: Digital image file, copied from original sepia print.
Description Of Content:: Three family members standing by the verandah of Kelly's General Store and Mentone Post Office, 1889. A man holding a horse & cart is standing to their left (the viewer's right).
Acquisition Information:: Copied from Ms Louise Stevens, 2006
Acknowledgement:: Contributed by Ms Louise Stevens

Discipline:

History

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Tagged with:	general stores, horsedrawn vehicles, post offices, streetscapes, kelly
Themes this item is part of:	Working Lives & Work Places in Photographs, Domestic & Community Life Collection, Working Life & Trades Collection, Melbourne's Biggest Family Album Collection
Primary Classification:	COMMERCE & RETAILING
Secondary Classification:	General Stores
Tertiary Classification:	shop fronts
People Depicted:	Kelly, Dan; Kelly, John; Kelly, Kate; unknown man
Organisations Depicted:	Kelly's General Store; Mentone Post Office
Format:	Digital Still Image: Black & White
Place & Date Depicted:	Mentone, Victoria, Australia, 1889
Photographer:	Unknown
References:	See "Mentone through the years" by Leo Gamble

Comments

Discovery Centre Posted on 21 Jun 2010 12:53 PM

Hi Jennifer, we don't appear to have images of this building in our collection. We suggest that you contact the local historical society for the area and they might be able to help you out.