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PHOTOGRAPH: JOHN AND ETHEL ON A MOTORCYCLE, THELMA GREEN BEQUEST

c. 1910
Overview

Image: A photograph of two people on a motorcycle, a man driving, and a woman sitting side-saddle on the back. The man wears a dark coloured shirt, and a light coloured bucket hat, and has what appears to be a grey beard. The woman is wearing a white shirt, and has a long skirt. The motorcycle has a numberplate on the front, 'S26'. Behind them is a wooden building with horizontal cladding.

Reverse: Handwritten in black ink, 'John & Ethel'.

Historical information

Miscellaneous photograph collection collated by Thelma Green, nee Congdon.

Photograph from Album 9.

Photographs sorted according to limited information written on back of photographs. Photographs include: Thelma Green, nee Congdon; Bert and Pearl Congdon; Trenberth family members; Congdon family members.

Photographs accessioned individually May 2023.

Thelma Green, nee Congdon, only child of Bert and Pearl, born 17 March 1922, died 23 October 2001.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-43-2005.123.69
Item type
Material
Width
58 mm
Height or length
88 mm
Inscriptions and markings

Park's Photos Perth

Year
Statement of significance

Social significance: photographic record of family events and dress of the eras

Last modified
Monday, 1 December, 2025
Completeness
94
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