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Image courtesy of the Hobart Historical Society.
"Here is pictured the story of Hobart's triumph in the Class B at the National Band Contest," says the caption, and Ainsworth had its own little part to play in that story. It was from the Ainsworth depot that the band departed, and to the Ainsworth depot they returned. A local resident who witnessed the event still recalls the hooplah of that day — the great crowd gathered around the depot to greet the conquering heroes and carry them back to Hobart in triumph.
What amazes me about the lower photo of the depot, with the steam engine, is the emptiness through which the tracks run. Nowadays there are trees all along the tracks, not to mention the Ainsworth Tower.
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