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Prahran in the 1940s

19 photos

1850s 2 1860s 7 1870s 4 1880s 15 1890s 4 1900s 45 1910s 15 1920s 10 1930s 27 1940s 19 1950s 14
Prahran VFA football team, Victoria, 1939–411939–41Hotel Max, 32 Commercial Road, Prahran, c. 1940c. 1940Alfred Hospital, Commercial Road, Prahran, c. 1940c. 1940Girl's Room for staff includes tables and chairs, kitchenette, electric heater opened September 5th Prahran Store No. 5, 19401940Traffic was held up and ordered to detour when a huge crater was blown, theoretically, in Commercial Rd. Prahran, c. 1942c. 1942Chapel St. Prahran was lined all along the route, 1939–451939–45[Interior view of Empress Theatre, 221 Chapel Street, Prahran], 1940s1940sPremises of T.S. Gill & Son Ltd, Chapel Street, Prahran, 1940s1940sHoyts Windsor Theatre, Albert Street, Prahran, c. 1945c. 1945Hoyts Windsor Theatre, Albert Street, Prahran, c. 1945c. 1945A possible staff tea room showing narrow room with tables and chairs and kitchenette at Prahran Coles Variety Store No. 2, 1940–501940–50Corp. C. Selleck, of Prahran (Vic.) reuniting with family after five years of service, 1942–481942–48Edments, Chapel St., Prahran, 19481948National Bank Ltd., Chapel Street, Prahran, Vic, c. 1949c. 1949Bush Inn, cnr. of Malvern and Williams Roads, Prahran, Vic, c. 1949c. 1949Church of Christ, High Street, Prahran, [Vic.], c. 1949c. 1949Bush Inn, cnr. of Malvern and Williams Roads, Prahran, Vic, c. 1949c. 1949Prahran Town Hall, Chapel Street, Prahran, [Vic.] - detail of entrance portico, c. 1949c. 1949National Bank Ltd., Chapel Street, Prahran, Vic, c. 1949c. 1949

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19 historic photos of Prahran, Melbourne from the 1940s, oldest first. All are from State Library Victoria; each photo links to its original record.

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