StateLibQld 1 137955 Queen and Creek Streets, Brisbane, ca. 1900
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Queen and Creek Streets, Brisbane, ca. 1900
Intersection of Creek and Queen Street, Brisbane, looking towards the wharves along the Brisbane River. Horse drawn cabs line up in Creek Street outside the London Bank of Australia.
Poul C. Poulsen, founder of the Poulsen Studios in Brisbane, was born in Denmark in 1857 and arrived in Sydney in 1876. In 1882, he moved to Queensland and was later joined by his sisters and brothers from Denmark. He opened his own studio at no 7 Queen Street in 1885 and later opened branches, run by his brothers in other Queensland towns. Poulsen vigorously advertised constant improvements and modernisation in his studio and in the service he provided. His sons and grandson followed in his footsteps.