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PHOTOGRAPH: HISTORICAL SOCIETY FASHION PARADE, SUBIACO WEEK, 1979

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1979

Overview

Colour photograph showing an unknown model walking: A. along the catwalk and B. standing on the catwalk. The silk lace wedding dress she is wearing is from the museum's collection, Acc. No. A-217. She is holding a small posy. (The headdress she wore was too fragile to be conserved and had to be discarded, according to the curator, Judy Mitchell.) A few spectators can be seen in the background in B. The fashion parade was held outside the museum.

Historical information

Item from Museum's collection Acc. No. A-217 - Silk Lace Wedding Dress.

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Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-1993.207

Item type

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

88 mm

Height or length

123 mm

Keywords

Subiaco Historical Society

Sesqui-Centenary

Costume/fashion

Year

1979

Statement of significance

Local and social history

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