Hudson Stores, Bourke Street 1980

CHAPMAN, Andrew

Registration number

1784254

Artist/maker

CHAPMAN, Andrew

Title

Hudson Stores, Bourke Street

Production date

1980

Medium

digital file

Credit line

Purchased, 2020
City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection

Keywords

Andrew Chapman, Alec Pearce, Jack Pearce, Hudson Stores, Bourke Street, 1980

Summary

Alec Pearce holding an apple corer during a ten second exposure. Hudson Stores in Bourke Street (near Spencer Street) Melbourne, was the place most junk collectors loved. Operated by Jack and Alec Pearce, it had bits and pieces going back to the 1800s. Many farmers would visit Hudson Stores during their visits to Melbourne. Andrew Chapman