These are interesting photographs, as it is unusual to see the inside of buildings. The original store was destroyed in the 1897 fire and this building replaced it.
The Exchange Saloon Barbershop owned by R. Pitchford, and H M Jerger, Goldsmith and Watchmaker, Coolgardie, 1899
Coolgardie Mining Review – 11 January 1896, page 15
Interior of R Pitchford’s Exchange Hairdressing Saloon, in the Exchange Building, Coolgardie 1895. This is the interior of the original saloon which was destroyed by fire in 1897.
Coolgardie Miner – 23 May 1895, page 3
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