{"product_id":"shutter-city-by-robyn-annear-9780522881776","title":"Shutter City","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuppose that you could travel back in time to a Melbourne city street from 150 years ago or even longer. What might meet your eye that has eluded history’s gaze?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShutter City\u003c\/em\u003e presents city street views spanning the hurly-burly decades of the 1850s to 1870s, between the gold rushes and Marvellous Melbourne. Robyn Annear peers into every shadowy corner to reveal postcard streetscapes as miraculous time-capsules, packed with hidden-in-plain-sight historical detail. Her discoveries – she calls them ‘sparks’ – illuminate and decode each of \u003cem\u003eShutter City\u003c\/em\u003e’s street views.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmong the sightings: barbers’ poles, drinking fountains, the three gilded balls of a pawnbroker’s sign, gleaming white cups at a coffee stall, street-vendors’ carts, neighbourhood dogs (and a cat), assorted ghosts, and ladders—lots of ladders.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLet \u003cem\u003eShutter City\u003c\/em\u003e be your time-machine and Robyn Annear your guide: her lively and insightful commentary weaves the street views and their ‘sparks’ into a vivid narrative of a near-forgotten Melbourne and the photographers who captured it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Arotahi Agency","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46841649234156,"sku":"9780522881776","price":59.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/3952303482374.jpg?v=1758728972","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/shutter-city-by-robyn-annear-9780522881776","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}