The street frontage of Harry Shaw, Naturalist and Fishing Tackle Maker's shop, 45 High Street, Shrewsbury 1888.
 
The goods displayed include stuffed fauna under glass domes, a huge plaster fish, a mounted bull's head, a dog basket, a keep net and coracles.
 
The bowler-hatted man in the suit is likely to be Mr Shaw and the boy his assistant. The Shrewsbury Chronicle of 27 June 1862 reported that Mr Shaw had recently stuffed a lion.
 
This is one of the photographs taken by Mr J L Della Porta in his 1888 survey of Shrewsbury Shops.
 
Original image and information © Shropshire Archives
 
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