Black & White Photograph Postcard of a Baby in Christening Dress
c. 1918Black and white postcard photograph of a baby in a christening dress, seated in a photographic studio setting.
This series of black & white photographs was collected by Private Eric Sydney BANNISTER, regimental number 19. He joined the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (ANMEF) on the 11th August 1914, just a week after war was declared on Germany. The mission of the ANMEF was to destroy German radio stations and occupy German New Guinea and surrounding areas. The ANMEF secured military occupation on the 13th September 1914. The photographs are from two areas of Australian military deployment during the First World War. Ten (10) are from a deployment to German colony of New Guinea in 1914 and another eighty (80) from Cairo dated 1915 and 1916.The photographs of his deployment are of national significance and show one of Australia’s first military action in the First World War.
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Handwritten in black ink on rear, "From Marjorie / to her / Father / in New Briton xxx". At top of card on rear is printed, "POST CARD" and at bottom "The Crown Studios".
Left top and bottom right corner pieces of photograph missing.
The photographic studio produced picture of a child in a christening dress has been printed on a, "The Crown Studios" post card. This may refer to The Crown Studios photographic company in Sydney, NSW. The company was established in the early 1890's and was destroyed by fire in 1918. The postcard has been signed from "Marjorie" to her father in New Briton.
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