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Black and white photographic prints and negatives, cartes de visite, and cabinet cards, circa 1860-1940

 File — Box: YMS YMS 16147 BOX 71
Identifier(s): YMS16147/3/1-139

Scope and contents

Includes a number of cartes de visite and cabinet cards - some portraits of men and women, one of which is hand signed by the photographer; assorted photographs including a wedding, an image taken at Luna Park, St. Kilda, a portrait of A. Orme, and views of a homestead; photographs of women in the garden; a portrait of Captain Williamson, S. S. "Moeraki" Melbourne; photographs of a family group and children playing around a house; young girls in a uniform from an envelope addressed to Sidney McPherson; images of a two story homestead and grounds and related images of a man, woman, and child; three black and white photographs taken at His Majesty's Theatre - two of the audience taken from the stage and one of the cast on stage in costume; studio portraits, including a young woman in a nurse's uniform and one signed by the photographer; informal photographs of people, including people swimming around a rowing boat; and a final series of photographs from an envelope addressed to "Miss S. Wolfenden", which include images of women playing with a dog, studio and informal portraits, wedding photographs, exteriors of a homestead with a wrap around verandah, young men playing with ferrets, horse and carriages/carts, a photograph of a reproduction of the painting 'The Pybus family' by Nathaniel Dance in a wooden frame resting against a chair; groups picnics, car road trips; rural landscapes, people horse riding; building exteriors; and gardens.

Dates

  • circa 1860-1940
  • Box: YMS YMS 16147 BOX 71 (Graphic materials)

Repository details

Part of the Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library Victoria Repository

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