Cowper and Wilson, Ironmongers, Dee Street
Digital Image
Identifier: D27520001_016
Cowper and Wilson, Ironmongers, Dee Street
Dates
- c.1880
Summary
West side of Dee Street, between Esk and Spey Streets. Block 1.
Featuring: Cowper and Wilson General Ironmongers; Prince of Wales Livery and Bait Stables; R. Sloan and Sons
Featuring: Cowper and Wilson General Ironmongers; Prince of Wales Livery and Bait Stables; R. Sloan and Sons
Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
Edmund Cowper and Henry Wilson, ironmongers, began their business in 1868. They were located on Dee Street, next to the Prince of Wales Hotel. The business ended in 1891.
To the right of the “Prince of Wales Livery” is the Prince of Wales Hotel. This was replaced in 1912 by the “Grand Hotel”. The alleyway still exists, and is currently named “Pork Pie Lane”.
Robert Sloan (1809 – 1882) and his wife, Margaret, emigrated to New Zealand in 1862 from Scotland. A bootmaker by trade, he established a business in Invercargill with three of their sons, John, Thomas and William. William also established the Sloan Theatre, south of his father’s shop on Dee Street. The business continued as “Sloan Bros and Co.”, then under William until 1906.
Sources: Stone’s Otago and Southland Directory.
To the right of the “Prince of Wales Livery” is the Prince of Wales Hotel. This was replaced in 1912 by the “Grand Hotel”. The alleyway still exists, and is currently named “Pork Pie Lane”.
Robert Sloan (1809 – 1882) and his wife, Margaret, emigrated to New Zealand in 1862 from Scotland. A bootmaker by trade, he established a business in Invercargill with three of their sons, John, Thomas and William. William also established the Sloan Theatre, south of his father’s shop on Dee Street. The business continued as “Sloan Bros and Co.”, then under William until 1906.
Sources: Stone’s Otago and Southland Directory.
Extent
1 digital object (From album of 114 photographs) : TIFF file.
Existence and Location of Copies
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Physical Description
Gelatin silver photoprint.
Dimensions
H 94mm x W 150mm
Album Caption
16. Cowper & Wilson, Dee Street, now N.Z. Hardware.
Repository Details
Part of the Invercargill City Libraries and Archives Repository
