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Outside today's Edgecliff Station, looking toward Double Bay. I dated it to 1925 by a combination of Sands directory entries, the car models, and the woman's hem-length. Sands is also where I got the shopkeepers' names and addresses for accuracy of the signage.
The road there has been widened a few times over the decades, and when the railway went through in the 1970s, the area was completely bulldozed and excavated. After the jump, I've put a few photos of what used to be in this stretch, only because you'd never guess it from today's view.
Near Ascham 1960. Today it's Edgecliff Station, here it's gracious Woollahra homes gradually being absorbed by traffic.
Opposite Ascham 1960 (looking to Double Bay). New South Head Road went from two lanes, to four, to six, to eight lanes here.
Looking west from Ocean Street.
St Herberts Boys' Prep School 1875
St Herberts 1935 (after rebuilding)
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