One more unidentified pic identified


The pic itself is mundane, an old police photograph with a bit of noir. It's listed on the Historic Houses site as "unknown". Not for long.


That sign down the back says, "Building Publishing Cy. Entrance 20L*". Search that name in Trove and it comes back with a business in the 1940s and 50s at 20 Loftus Street. (btw, I'm sure that's a cat in the gutter.)

Whip around the back lanes on Google Street View today, and we get a match -



The building on the left is the same in both pictures.

It's often not so hard to identify pics, so long as there are clues to cross-reference. Though I do have some pics that have me absolutely stumped. More about them in the future.

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