The Timaru Building Society and Pearson's Fancy Goods Store, Great North Road (Stafford Street), Timaru, circa 1880. Depicts several people posed outside the premises. The shop on the left has a sign in the window reading "Timaru Building Society Victoria Insurance Company (Limited) Agents Ross Sims & Co Brokers", while the other has a sign on the veranda reading "Pearsons [Coffee Rooms?]". The original image has been annotated above the veranda with "Mr Ross & Mr Sims Office", "Pearsons Shop" and "opened Jan [1877?]". South Canterbury Museum 2750