The Sharkey Girls
1908Studio portrait of the three Sharkey girls (Peggy, Jo and Maida) mounted on fawn cabinet card. Maida, barefooted and dressed in light dress with frills, is seated on the end of a stone seat. Jo, with a large bow in her long hair and wearing a light dress, long socks and dark shoes is standing next to her. Peggy, similarly dressed, is on the right.
Maida Winsome, Marie Ray (Peggy) and Edith Josephine (Jo) were the female children of Florence Edith and Raymond John Sharkey. They lived at 5 Victoria Avenue, Claremont.
Details
Details
Embossed in gold on the mount is a crest [Bartletto/ HAY STREET/ PERTH.]
Writtten on the rear in ink [Marie Ray/ 'Peggy'/ 5 years; Edith Josephine/ 'Jo'/ 6 1/4 years; Maida Winsome/ 2 1/2 years/ 22nd July 08].
Australian social history from the collection of photographs and albums donated to the museum by Raymond Sharkey's family.
Raymond John Sharkey an architect, surveyor and amateur photographer was born in 1868 in New South Wales. Raymond was a Claremont resident when he died at an early age.
Copyright and Reference
Copyright and Reference
Acknowledgements to be made to 'Claremont Museum 09.283'.
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Other items from Claremont Museum
- Peggy, Jo And Maida Sharkey
- Raymond Sharkey And Friends
- Maria Josephine Leplastrier Ray
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- Tea In The Garden With The Napier Family
- Sharkey's First Home, Esperance
- Lunch In The Bush
- Picnic In The Bush
- John And Maida Lefroy
- Girls With Fancy Goods
- Raymond Sharkey And His Daughters
- Family Picnic

Peggy, Jo and Maida
Source: Claremont Museum 09.283
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