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Subiaco Museum > Records

PHOTOGRAPH: THE NEWMAN GIRLS

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c. 1900

Overview

Front: Black and white photograph of Dorothy and Eileen standing behind a wicker couch on which Edna is seated. Dorothy rests her arms on the back of the couch. Eileen, on the right, has one hand resting on an ornamental pedestal which has a small palm in a porcelain pot on the lower shelf. Decorative curtains hang in the background. All three girls are wearing white dresses and gloves, white ribbons in their hair and dark stockings and shoes. All are wearing bar brooches at the neck and Eileen is also wearing a locket. The photograph is mounted on thick light brown cardboard with a dark brown border. On the lower border, printed in gold, and underlined, is the message 'Wishing you Compliments of the Season.'

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-1985.378

Item type

Material

Photographic Materials

Width

95 mm

Height or length

140 mm

Keywords

Newman Family Collection

Year

Statement of significance

Historical - Social. An example of womens clothing and hairstyles of the period.

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