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Photographic prints, circa 1910-1970

 File — Box: YMS MS 15488 BOX 26

Scope and contents

Mainly images of Walter and Helena Cass, including the portrait of Helena Holmes that Walter Cass carried with him to Gallipoli ; portraits of Helena and Walter Cass together ; photographs of Walter Cass shortly before his death, 1931 ; eight photographs of Russian scenes connected with the Archangel Campaign of 1918-1919 ; postcard views of Egypt, with inscriptions on the back by Walter Cass, 1915 ; photographs of the Panama Canal taken by Helena Cass, 1930s ; photograph of Walter Cass and two other soldiers with the Sphinx and a pyramid in the background, 1915 or 1916 ; photographs of the visit to Melbourne of the Duke and Duchess of York, during which Walter Cass served as State Marshal, 1927 ; photograph of Walter Cass leading the funeral of Sir John Monash, 1931 ; and miscellaneous.

Dates

  • circa 1910-1970

General note

The photographs of Russian scenes connected with the Archangel Campaign accompanied a letter from Geoffrey Holmes to his sister Helena Cass: this is in BOX 1/8.

  • Box: YMS MS 15488 BOX 26 (Graphic materials)

Repository details

Part of the Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library Victoria Repository

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