The Bald Faced Stag Hotel, Leichhardt
The Bald Faced Stag Hotel, Leichhardt
About this item
Full title
Date
ca. 1910-1920 (enlargement of original ca. 1870-1880s photoprint)
Call Numbers
XV/59
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
Photographs - visible image 42.5 x 57.5, in mount 55.5 x 71 cm. - 1 enlarged silver gelatin photoprint, with hand colouring
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Photograph shows hotel on corner of Parramatta and Balmain Roads, Leichhardt, with a stagecoach marked `Petersham - T. Palmer' and three men in the forground. Sign on hotel reads: Bald Faced Stag by Chas. Hearn.
Alternative Titles
Full title
The Bald Faced Stag Hotel, Leichhardt
Notes
General note
`T. Palmer' marked on the back of the coach was possibly Thomas Palmer, a bus proprietor and coach owner ca. 1870s, who may have run the coach line. Reference: Sands Sydney Alphabetical Directories, 1869-1885
Digital order no:a1528392
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by great-grandchildren of proprietor, Charles Hearn, 1988
Pic.Acc.6590
Administrative / Biographical history
The Bald Faced Stag Hotel was established in the 1830s by Charles Hearn (1816-1890) who was the proprietor until his death, at which time it was inherited by A. Ernest Hearn (Mayor of Leichhardt). The hotel was owned by the Hearn family continuously until it was leased by Tooheys and sold to them ca. 1970s -- information from donor, ML 1623/88
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
XV/59
Record Identifier
nmQdXWOn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nmQdXWOn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
414475
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