KESSEL, LYLA NEE GOLDER

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Overview

B/W prints. (a) Head and shoulders studio portrait of Lyla Kessel, in light coloured frock with vee neckline, large collar and soft tie. She has thick wavy hair. (b) A studio image of Alfred E Golder with his wife, daughter and baby son. Mr Golder is in a dark suit, collar and tie. Mrs Golder is wearing a high-necked light top under a dark jacket with stitched and braided decoration. Daughter, Lyla, is in a short-sleeved light frock.

Historical information

Alfred E Golder appears as a chemist at 19 Bay View Terrace in the postal directory of 1923/24 when there was no other building between that location and Diver Street (St Quentin Ave). He built premises next door at 21, with living accommodation above in 1925. He and his daughter, Lyla Kessell, also a pharmacist, could be summoned down to the shop by the night bell to the right of the doorway to dispense emergency prescriptions. AE Golder died 14 August 1945 at the age of 77. He qualified in 1897 and prior to opening in Claremont was in business in Greenbushes. He was elected honorary life member of the Pharmaceutical Council (The Australian Journal of Pharmacy held in PAS People/Indviduals/Golder and People/Occupations/Chemists). The Claremont shop was sold to Miss Edith Jacobson in 1945.

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cwa-org-28--11-378-a,b

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Photographs

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Tuesday, 23 September, 2025

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