PHOTOGRAPH: DAY AT THE BEACH, SPENCER AND MURRAY FAMILY
1900 - 1950Black and white photograph. Inscribed 'Day at the beach'. Group of 5 young women kneeling on sand. Another is wading in the water. One side of a wooden bathing box can be seen on left of photo.
Spencer family lived in York Street (behind 'Stranraer', a nursing home) diagonally opposite Subiaco Oval gates. Parents Arthur Murray and Frances Monica (Mona) nee Spencer Murray. Frances (Mona) born 1913, married c 1933 at St Joseph's Subiaco. Cecil bought a piano in mid 1930s before they had children. Piano was made in Chicago USA. Agent G F Kearns, Hay Street Perth. Family and friends enterained with player rolls. Piano had pull-out shelf for drinks, pull out treadles operated by air hoses. Family of 7-8 children, extended family lived only streets from each other. Most of their children remained in Subiaco after growing up. Grandpa Spencer, grandfather of donor David Murray, worked for Municipality of Subiaco.
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Representative. Series of photographs of Spencer family 1900-1950s
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