FOOTBALL TEAM, TOODYAY STATE SCHOOL, DUKE ST.

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c. 1929

Subcollections

Australian rules football in Western Australia

Overview

Copy of black and white photograph of 17 boys.
Eight boys wearing shirts and nine with singlets.
Boy in the middle of the middle row is holding a football.
Back row is standing and middle row is seated on a wooden board.
Three boys are seated on the ground.

Historical information

Dating the photograph has referred to the photographer's mark and the clothing style of the boys. The branding style of the photographer (Lafayette Studios) aligns with school cohort and sports team portraits they were commissioned to take in Western Australian regional areas during the late 1920s. The combination of basic white athletic singlets, dark loose-fitting shorts and structured collared shirts was typical of Australian rules school football teams during the interwar period (1920s-1930s). The leather lace-up football held by the boy in the centre is an older classic design common to that era.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.1038

Item type

Photographs

Themes

Education

Sport

Sport > Australian Rules Football

Width

155 mm

Height or length