• Title
  Fay's fire sale [shoe store, corner Pitt & Liverpool Streets, Sydney, 1923 / photographed by Melba Studio, Sydney]
• Creator
  Melba Studio
• Call number
  SSV/34
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1923
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Photographs
• Reference code
  126238
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Photographs - 1 silver gelatin photoprint - image 19.5 x 31 cm., on mount 24.5 x 35.5 cm.
  
• Scope and Content
  Shows view from above of crowds (all wearing hats) gathered outside store. Billboard reads: Fay's fire sale. 100,000 pairs ladies, mens & childrens boots & shoes. Slightly water damaged.
• General note
  
  A fire occured in March 1923, whilst additional storeys were being added to the Pitt & Liverpool Streets store, closing the shop for three months -- Journal of the Retail Traders' Association of N.S.W., July 1924, pp.8-12. Location Number: ML 339.105/R Mitchell Library
• Subject
  Adult Females
  Adult Males
  
• Topic
  crowds
  headgear
  sales (shops)
  shoe shops
  
• Place
  Edward Fay Ltd. (corner Pitt & Liverpool Streets, Sydney, N.S.W.)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE15894732

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