Opening of J B Young Queanbeyan

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Type
Photographs
Place
Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Materials
Ink, Paper, Photographic emulsion
Collection
J B Young Ltd collection
Accession number
1985.0025.0625

Description

A black and white photograph of a crowd of people including several men in suits, one of whom is writing on a card he is holding. A handwritten note in red ink on the back of the photograph reads "YOUNGS / NEW STORE / OPENING QBN / 23 May 1956 / Left - dark suit / H.G. COLMAN Chairman". Another note in blue ink reads "28th april 1956" but the "8th" has been crossed out and replaced by a red "3".

Read live from the Museum's Collection API (12/11/2026, 6:03:50 am). Record last updated by the Museum 2025-02-23. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.