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Photograph of John Kelly one of his daughters, and a staff member outside his store, J Kelly Saddler & Harness Maker in St Kilda. The Sands & McDougall Directory lists J Kelly Saddlers in St Kilda throughout the 1870s.

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Staff photograph of owner, an infant girl, a staff member, boy and dog, outside J Kelly Saddlers and Harness Makers. This photograph shows John Kelly, one of his daughters, and a staff member outside his store J Kelly Saddlers & Harness Makers, St Kilda, in about the early 1870s. John came to Australia from Ireland with his brothers and sister Peter, Michael and Elizabeth in 1864. After three years he set up his saddlery business in St Kilda. He ran the business until he died on Christmas Day 1900. The business kept going until 2000 when his grandson Matthew Kelly jnr. died. He had made harnesses for the Clydesdales for Carlton & United Breweries. The photograph shows the yards beside the shop, and also a dog and a boy, who may be related to the store, or a passer-by. This is the second view of this property. The sequence showing the store's development goes: MM111056, MM111058 and MM111057.

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