Photograph presented to Samuel Hordern, Esq. by the managers & heads of departments in the firm of Anthony Hordern & Sons on the occasion of the opening of the New Palace Emporium, 11 September 1905 / The Falk Studios, Sydney

MPG/242

fonds

11 September 1905

Graphic Materials, Photographs

9662673

1 photographic print - albumen - visible image 37 x 24, in mount 46 x 33 cm

The Hordern family founded one of Sydney’s biggest retail companies in 1823 which they ran for almost a century. Samuel Hordern (1849-1909) was the second son of merchant and founder Anthony Hordern (1819-1879) and in 1886 became the sole owner of the company. In 1905 a six-storey building called the New Palace Emporium was opened for Hordern & Sons on the site of their Brickfield Hill store located on the corner of George, Pitt, and Goulburn Streets in the CBD.

Reference:
Library correspondence file

A photograph mounted on backing board with 88 small portraits of managers and heads of the departments of Hordern & Sons, including a portrait of Samuel Hordern in the centre, and two female portraits of Miss A. Dobson and Miss L. Clarke. Each portrait has a first initial and surname is provided underneath.

Out of copyright:
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Title devised from caption on photograph