Photo shows a tram and a motor lorry, with a hotel in the background. Herbert's De Luxe Theatre building on the left. Iona photo [n.d.]

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Baldy McSpecs: The hotel in the background is the Premier Hotel. There are two other images of it in the Cultural Collections already. The tram you can see is actually a 'trailer' being pulled by a steam powered tram engine. This pre-dates electrification which began in 1923. The motor lorry has a signboard "Adamstown", so perhaps it is a bus. The building on the right is a large waiting room for tram/bus passengers, with a lean-to toilet behind it. The 'tower' is a sewer vent pipe. Down the side of the theatre are two petrol bowsers for the Mobil petrol station.