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Subiaco Museum > Records

PHOTOGRAPH: THE REVEREND AND MRS GILBERT MCLAREN

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Image: The Reverend McLaren wears a cleric's stiff collar and double breasted frock coat. Mrs McLaren wears a long black dress with puffed sleeves and a high necked white blouse and a pearl choker. The couple rest one elbow on either side of a pedestal with a plant in a pot placed at the foot. Handwritten by donor on the front of the image: 'Methodist Rev and Mrs Gilbert McLaren christened me in 1907.' Handwritten on the back: Mrs McLaren was Dorothy May. May be first Minister of Subiaco Methodist Church - may be in old Methodist Church near corner of Axon and Hay Streets. Rev. McLaren married and & Mrs Luce in 1906 and christened Gwen in 1907 in Subiaco Church.' Donor is unknown but possibly Gwen Luce.

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cwa-org-43-1985.411

Item type

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

140 mm

Height or length

205 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Barletto, Hay Street, Perth

Keywords

Methodist Church

Axon Street, Subiaco

Churches, Subiaco

Statement of significance

Local and religious history

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