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Subiaco Museum > Records

POSTCARD: MARY WEEDEN PORTRAIT

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Overview

Image: The image features Mary Weeden as a young child standing with her right hand resting on a carved wooden chair which has arms, holding a purse with a long chain in her left hand. She is wearing a white lace dress with frills on the bodice, sleeves and hem and high black boots. She has a bow in her hair. The chair has an ornately carved back, arms and legs, with an embroidered seat with studs along the front.

Reverse: Postcard, handwritten 'Mary Weeden'

Historical information

This is one of a number of photos of the Weeden family

Details

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Registration number

cwa-org-43-1985.29

Item type

Inscriptions and markings

Nixon, Fremantle

Keywords

Decade - 1900's

GLEESON, Mary (nee Weeden)

Statement of significance

Local history and clothing of the period.

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Primary significance criteria

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Subiaco Museum

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