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Joseph And Jane Shaw

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Studio portrait of Joseph and Jane Shaw. Joseph is standing with his left hand partly in his jacket pocket and his right resting on the patterned cloth covering a small table. Jane is seated on his left with her hands in her lap. In the background is a painted backdrop. Joseph is wearing a 3 piece suit, light coloured shirt with foldover collar and bowtie. He is wearing dark leather square toed shoes or boots and a watch chain is visible. Jane is wearing a dark long sleeved dress of shiny material. The sleeves are a normal size, the skirt has 5 self tucks. She is wearing a light coloured lace or crocket collar. She is wearing an oval locket and has a dark small hat or headpiece on the very top of her head.

Historical information

Joseph and Jane Shaw lived at 13 Stirling Road Claremont, where Churinga Flats are now (between Barnfield Road and Mount Street).
Jane's maiden name was Jane Nielson Bennett.
She was from Victoria and its believed she was a friend of Kate Kelly, sister of the infamous Ned Kelly.
Joseph was the brother of Peter Shaw.

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cwa-org-28--98-776-

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Claremont Museum, Town of Claremont, Western Australia, 6010

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