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An aerial view of the bathing pool at Penzance. At this time the pool had diving boards and a raft out in the pool. Behind the pool you can see St. Anthony Gardens, Taylors Garage and, on the far left, the Yacht Inn..

A postcard showing the S.S. Scillonian docked in Penzance Harbour. St. Michael's Mount can be seen through the harbour entrance. Two men on a small boat in the foreground of the photo.

Photocopy of a photograph of the interior of Penzance Railway Station in 1912. The train standing at the platform is a Railmotor, a steam-powered railcar.

A Remembrance Day parade going down Market Jew Street, Penzance.

A photocopy of a picture showing the station and harbour at Penzance.

A photograph of the railway terminus at Penzance, showing the broad and narrow gauge tracks. Note the coal wagons on the track to the left.. The railway came in 1852 and in 1859 the opening of Brunel's Royal Albert Bridge at Saltash provided a…

People strolling and sitting in deckchairs on the Promenade. In the background you can see the Jubilee Bathing Pool and also Taylors Garage .

A picture of the Royal Baths Boarding and Lodging House, situated on the Promenade. (See also NA.068).
Note the advertising sign for Gibson, Photographer.

A view of the Promenade, taken looking eastward. On the right are the Public Baths, situated opposite the bottom of Cornwall Terrace. The Queen's Hotel can be seen on the left. Note the 'look out' tower on the top.

View of Penzance Promenade taken from the western end. Note the boat pulled up on the sandy beach and the nets laid out to dry on the sand. (See also NA.066 for view fro the eastern side).

Penzance Promenade, when boats still pulled up onto the beach and laid out nets to dry on the sandy beach.

There a number of horse drawn taxi cabs parked up.

Page from a book, showing a picture of a house in Penzance with written information under the picture.

A page from a book, showing pictures of W.H. Barnes' Cottage in Newtown and the rear of the cottage in the lane leading to Bog Farm

The occasion of the 50th anniversary celebrations of the enlargement of the Borough of Penzance. The original photograph was printed in a newspaper, which has led to the mottled appearance.