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Continuing my pre & post-covid photodocumentary of our Main Street, Otautau: Our next door neighbour (you will see the Museum on right in top left photo)... Previously the Police Station, residence & cells, then Otautau Tractor & Machinery, now OTM 2013... All photos are CC BY
More in my pre & post-covid photodocumentary of our Main Street, Otautau: Originally Seehof's Hall, then a General Merchants with many different owners, after this it became Ernie Wrights new shop, then PriceCutter & now, Supervalue:
Should have added that all our Otautau Museum photos published are reusable under CC BY, unless otherwise stated.
More from the Main St. business photodocumentary series, pre & post-covid: Originally Juliana Price's Crown Hotel, owned by others before it burned down in 1919; then a number of successive motor agents, more recently Wrightsons Garage; now PGG Wrightson store... All photos CC BY
Follow on of Main St, Otautau business photodocumentary series, pre & post covid street scenes: Originally a butchers shop, then random owners/businesses; demolished for new WCC headquarters which morphed into SDC office & Library which it still is currently... All photos CC BY:
More Main St, Otautau photodocumentary, pre & post covid business: Occupied originally by several firms; 1. Southland Farmer's Co-op from 1905 (CC 0); Matheson's 2nd Store; sold to Walker & Mills; 2. Southland Farmer Co-op again 1984 ©; then CRT; now Farmlands. Photos 3 & 4 CC BY
Still more Main St, Otautau photodocumentary, pre & post Covid street scenes: 1. Started as small wooden shop next to original butchers, used over years by many local shops, CC 0; Burned down & rebuilt; 2. Merv's Menswear during 80s-90s CC BY; 3 & 4. Then & still Takeaways. CC BY
Still more of the Otautau Main St photodocumentary from pre & post Covid scenes: 1. Originally the new WCC headquarters from 1897, CC 0; 2. Then became Orange Hall Lodge, CC BY; 3 & 4. Demolished to make way for new Medical Centre, run by Otautau Health Trust, photos 2020, CC BY.
And yet another photodocumentary of Main Street scenes & businesses in Otautau, pre & post Covid: 1. The 2nd Otautau Hotel opened 1875, photographed during 1906 flood, CC 0; 2. The 3rd Otautau Hotel 1921, CC 0; 3. The 4th Otautau Hotel 1991, CC BY; 4. Otautau Hotel 13/5/20, CC BY
More Otautau Main St documentary series pre & post Covid: 1. Original site was home to few local businesses then burned down, CC 0; 2. New business Beauty Boutique 2016, CC BY; 3. After being forced out by owner after asking for toilet at shop, CC BY; 4. Shut due to Covid, CC BY.
Another in Otautau Main St photodocumentary series pre & post Covid: 1. Originally home to many local businesses, including MO McIvor & H Laing Baker as shown, c1930s CC 0; 2. VetSouth Otautau premises for a time, taken 2016, CC BY; 3 & 4. Otautau Toy Library in May 2020, CC BY.
Main St photodocumentary ongoing! See Otautau history pre & post Covid: 1. Originally built & owned by GT Pulley, was a house & tea rooms/confectioner's before this fire in 1932, CC 0; 2. Rebuilt by Wesney's, is Butcher's in 1991, CC BY; 3 & 4. Carleton's Chemist May 2020, CC BY.
Main St photos cont.: pre & post Covid: 1. Appears to have been part of Francis Crawford's premises, CC 0; 2. Then succession of businesses inc. Muriel Brown's drapery & Otautau Trading 1991, CC BY; 3 & 4. More recently was home of few Cafe's & More on Main, now empty 2020, CC BY
Main St documentary cont: pre & post Covid: 1. Originally Ketteg's, Mick Gonley bought/rebuilt (Winnie Davin's father) here in 1919, CC 0; 2. Cont. as barber/stationers w/diff owners, here Carletons Chemist 1991, CC BY; 3. A Cut Above 2008, CC BY; 4. Now a residence/retail, CC BY
Carrying on the Main St. photodocumentary pre & post Covid: St. Joseph's Catholic Church, erected by local builder Joseph Swap in 1904. 1. Glass commemorative plate, 1906, Photo CC BY; 2. Extensions completed 1931, Photo CC BY; 3 & 4. Church today, sadly in need of repair, CC BY
Continuing Main St. photodocumentary pre & post Covid: Now, our very own Pouhere Taonga whare, handcrafted by local joinery firm Thomson & Georgeson, opened 1908 1. Otautau Courthouse c1960's, CC BY; 2. Now a museum in 2008, CC BY; 3 & 4. In the time of Covid, May 2020, CC BY
Still more Main St photodocumentary pre & post Covid: Otautau Police Station history: 1. Centre building is old Police Station & Residence, with cells at back, c1950s, CC BY. 2. Moved to what was the BNZ building, Black Friday floods 1984, CC BY; 3 & 4. Now Police Station, CC BY.
Cont. Main St. history pre & post Covid: 1. Wm. Saunders built shops 1910, Mick O'Brien purchased & remade as Crown Hotel when his pub burned down in 1919, CC 0; 2. Then agricultural contractors depot, demolished 1987, CC BY; 3. Rebuilt, Western Electrical, CC BY; 4. Covid, CC BY
Just been sorting out a heckuvalot of old photos on file to continue this series next week... watch out for more posts!
