PHOTOGRAPH: FORMALLY DRESSED MOTHER WITH TWO DAUGHTERS

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c. 1914

Overview

B and W copy photograph. Mother is wearing belted ankle length dress with a wide collar and a broad brimmed hat. She is wearing a short necklace and glasses on a longer chain around her neck. Two girls are identically dressed in patterned dresses and hats. The dresses are short, with high neckline, dropped waist and several pleats in the front of the skirt. The dresses have long sleeves finished with a cuff. Both girls are wearing a corsage and carrying a bouquet of flowers. The bouquet of the girl on the left is more round and includes lilies; that of the girl on the right is long, rather than round, and trimmed with ribbon. Their hair is shoulder length and curled. They are wearing dark shoes with a strap and long socks. See P99.177a-m.

Historical information

The original large photographs were found in the loft of a house in Subiaco that used to be a photographic studio. Attempts were made to identify the photographer and subjects without success. Perhaps the photos were never collected by the subjects. Uniforms are 1914, so probable that rest of photographs are of this era. All copy photographs show bad condition of original, marks, edges missing.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-1999.322

Item type

Photographs

Material

Photographic Paper

Chemicals

Width

101 mm

Height or length

152 mm