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Sarah Olive Shaw

1913
Overview

Studio portrait of Sarah Olive Shaw (known as Olive) aged 1 year, 10 months. She is sitting on a dark heavy timber stool with her right foot tucked behind her left leg, and her left hand resting on a ballustrade. In the background is a painted backdrop. Olive is wearing a light coloured dress heavily decorated with broderie anglaise on hem, bodice and sleeves which are gathered in at the elbow and finished with a bow. She is wearing long, light, patterned socks with black strap shoes.

Historical information

Sarah Olive Shaw was born 11/06/1911, at her Uncle Ted's (Edward Shaw's) home on 16 Stirling Rd. Daughter of William and Edith Shaw. Miss Shaw's grandfather Peter Shaw, and family arrived from Birmingham in 1897. Lived firstly in 41 Claremont Crescent, then built and moved to 21 Stirling Rd in 1917. The house never finished because of hardships of 1st World War and then depression. Sarah, (called Olive) the first child of William and Edith had 3 brothers, William Alfred b 1917, Arthur Edward b.1919 and George James b 1922. Miss Shaw continued living in the house at 21 Stirling Rd until December 1984, when she moved to a retirement home in Nedlands.

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Registration number
cwa-org-28--98-771-
Item type
Photographs
Themes
People
Social History
Material
Negatives
Year
1913
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Claremont Museum.
Copyright category
Date of creation +70 years
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Sarah Olive Shaw
Sarah Olive Shaw
Source: Claremont Museum 98.771

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