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Shire of Toodyay > Records

SINCLAIR, JAMES HENRY

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c. 1905

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Overview

Photos of a young man, James Henry Sinclair, from waist up. He is wearing a suit, white high collar and tie, with a flower in his button hole. He is looking slightly left.

Historical information

James Henry Sinclair was born in 1884 in Toodyay. He was the son of Thomas Napoleon Bonaparte Sinclair and Melinda Amelia Sinclair nee Wilkerson.
Part of a collection of items, mainly photographs, relating to the Sinclair family and donated to the museum in 2014 by Marilyn Walker of Kingscliffe, NSW.

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Registration number

cwa-org-37-2013.10

Item type

Inscriptions and markings

Printed at bottom of card "Aristo Platinotype".

Contextual Information

Platinotype was a process of photographic printing, widely used by professional, art, and amateur photographers from about 1888 to the beginning of World War I.

Keywords

SINCLAIR, James

Year

c. 1905

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Shire of Toodyay

Shire of Toodyay

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