Saloon bar in the Royal Hotel, Dowling Street, Dungog, New South Wales

Abstract

View of stools in front of a curved linoleum-topped bar faced with rectangular tiles. The room has a linoleum floor, walls partially tiled with square tiles, wall fans and spherical lights hanging from the ceiling. On the counter beneath a shelf light is a cash register and there are advertisements attached to the shelves for Tolley's Hospital Brandy and for Skee Whiskey. The Royal Hotel was purchased by Tooth & Company in March 1921. On completion of rebuilding in 1939 the hotel was a two storeyed brick structure with a fully tiled ground floor exterior and an asbestos sheet roof. The architectural style is known as P. & O. Ship Style because of its similarities to ocean liner forms. Show more