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GRAY, JESSIE

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c. 1945

Overview

B/W Print of a mature woman wearing a checked winter costume, dark hat, gloves and shoes. The jacket, long-sleeved with wide lapels, has four buttons and is worn over a striped jumper . The below knee length skirt has an inverted pleat in the centre front. She is carrying a handbag and is walking along a paved footpath . There are other pedestrians and an imposing building in the background.On the rear in pencil [Miss Jessie Gray/ 1930s].

Historical information

Jessie Gray was a teacher at East Claremont Practising School from 1935. In 1941 she taught what was considered a typical lower primary group as in a rural two teacher school. Appears to have been taken in Murray St, Perth, next to the Commonwealth Bank on corner of Forrest Place - a favourite spot for commercial photographers.

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cwa-org-28--11-94-

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Tuesday, 23 September, 2025

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94

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