03 High Street

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• Part of 0-3-1 granted to William Barton in 1839

• 3 - 9a High Street
  • General Store
  • Union Hotel (1844 to 1885)
  • American Soda Fountain (- 1925 to 1932 +)
• 3 High Street
  • Mustangs Hair Salon (1993)
  • New Norfolk Fruit & Vegie Supplies (1995)
  • Linda's Barber Shop (2007 & 2009)
  • Tasmanian Timber Craft Gallery (2014)
  • Yeah Yeah (2016)
  • Lavie Nails & Lashes

This is the mystery photo that has confounded everybody for 15 years. We now know that the location of this photo is in front of The American Soda Fountain. Here is the evidence and results of my research:
1. The angle makes it deceptive but the windows and parapet match the 1932 photo below.
2. Alexander Traill & Sons were the proprietors of the Soda Fountain. Herbert (Bert) William Traill was one of his sons.
3. Alexander Traill is listed in business directories is this period as a Confectioner.
4. The car dates the photo to the 1920s and HW Traill is listed in business directories from 1925, before he moved to 44 High Street. We don't know the date he moved but we are working on it. It makes sense that he would have started in partnership with his father before branching out on his own.
5. The edge of the verandah of 1 High Street can be glimpsed where it ought to be. (Photo courtesy of Ken Traill)

Part of a streetscape taken in 1932 - shows the American Soda Fountain (formerly the Union Hotel) run by A Traill & Sons. The building occupied the site from 3 to 9a High Street.
If you would like to see an AI enhanced version of this image, click HERE

Part of a similar streetscape taken in the 1940s - now showing shops.

Detail from an Ash Bester postcard from around 1956.

A still from the short film "Valley of the Derwent" produced in 1958. State aerial photos show that by 1963 the building had been demolished and replaced with the current single storey shops.

An ad for New Norfolk Fruit & Vegie Supplies from the Derwent Valley Gazette in 1995

Linda's Barber Shop in 2009 (Photo courtesy of Google Maps)

Lavie Nails & Lashes in 2023 (Photo courtesy of Google Maps)