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A hand-coloured photographic postcard showing the Wagga Wagga Post Office in Fitzmaurice Street around 1900.

This postcard is part of a series, presumably by a photographer identified as F.P.H. [Hobbs?]. This particular postcard is labelled: "418.…

The shops and public buildings in Baylis and Fitzmaurice Streets were decked out with flags and bunting for the visit of Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh. The Wagga Wagga Post Office was on the route of the Royal Progress.

Soldiers lined the route of the Royal Progress, along with the crowds. Sadly, they weren't allowed umbrellas to help keep the sun off in the unrelenting February heat!
This photograph was taken in Fitzmaurice Street near Fossey's; across the road…