POSTCARD: FLORENCE WHITE AND HER SON WILLIAM
c. 1890This postcard features a black and white photograph of Florence White behind a decorative balustrade, supporting baby William who sits on top. She wears a dark dress with puffed sleeves with a high-necked lace blouse underneath. Around her neck she wears a pendant and a small brooch. William wears a baby gown and crocheted bootees.
Handwritten on the reverse: 'My mother Florence Rose White. Taken with her son William (Bill) Stanley, 'White Lodge', Subiaco Road, Subiaco.'
Florence and William White were the wife and child of Shirley White, a prominent Subiaco builder and one time Mayor.
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This postcard is significant as it features a photograph of two members of the White Family, prominent members of the Subiaco community. It is also significant as a representative example of a portrait of a mother and child around the turn of the century.
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