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Lad With Camera At Rear Of House

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Sharkey Collection

c. 1925

Overview

A lad wearing a suit with short pants, shirt, tie and long socks, is standing with a box camera in his hands. Behind him is the rear verandah of a house with bush poles. The two storey section on the left is stone with a shingled roof to the verandah. The single storey weatherboard section on the right has large brick chimney, small paned window and corrugated iron roof without guttering.

Historical information

Likely Bruce Sharkey.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-28--9-256

Item type

Contextual information

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.

Year

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Monday, 28 July, 2025

Completeness

94

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Lad With Camera At Rear Of House

Lad With Camera At Rear Of House
Source: Claremont Museum 09.256

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