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Water Street, St. John’s

Black and white streetscape. The left hand side of the street has a mix of row and townhouses with small groups of people in front of them. Cable car tracks are being laid in the centre of the image. There is a large group of men in the right half of the photo behind two utility poles. In the background there are horse drawn carts.

Source: MUN Archives and Special Collections, Geography Collection, 31.01.025. Circa 1898.

Kalleem Noah’s American Bargain Store at 426 Water Street is to the left of the photo.