B/w print
Acc.no: PEZPH : 1989.1076
Identification
Item: Market Jew Street, Penzance, about 1880
Description: The centre of the picture is dominated by the horse taxi rank. On the left is The Terrace with Fleming's, cabinet maker. Below is Oppenheim's Great Furnishing Mart which supplied high quality furniture and soft furnishings. Opposite R V and H Davy's shop is the elegant granite Bolitho Bank (demolished in the 1950s) which became Barclay's bank. Davy's was demolished in 1982 and the present post office (2011) was built in 1883 on the site of the small buildings on the right of the picture. Market Jew is a corruption of the Cornish for Thursday market.
Condition: Good -
Description
Height: Mm
Width: Mm
Material: Photograph
Production
Method: Printed
Person: Gibson
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