PHOTOGRAPH: FAMILY GROUP, SPENCER AND MURRAY FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS
1900 - 1950Sepia image inscribed 'Mum, Gladys, Mona, Gillian Spencer taken Barker Road.
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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Nearest geotagged records:
- World War 1, Australia, Western Australia, 4314 CLAIR, 10 Light Horse (0.06km away)
- PHOTOGRAPH: AXON PARK, SONYA SEARS (0.09km away)
- PHOTOGRAPH: AXON PARK, SONYA SEARS, 1997 (0.1km away)
- PHOTOGRAPH: VIEW TO AXON PARK AND BRIDGE, SONYA SEARS, 1997 (0.1km away)
- PHOTOGRAPH (COPY): ST. JOSEPHS, FIRST CONVENT CHURCH AND SCHOOL OF THE SISTERS OF ST. JOHN OF GOD, SUBIACO, 1902 (0.1km away)
- PHOTOGRAPH (COPY): ST ANDREWS CHURCH TENNIS CLUB, 1917 (0.1km away)
- World War 1, Australia, Western Australia, BARRY, 10 Light Horse (0.14km away)
- PHOTOGRAPH: HOUSE IN TOWNSHEND ROAD, SUBIACO (0.16km away)
- PHOTOGRAPH: HOUSE IN TOWNSHEND ROAD, SUBIACO (0.16km away)
- PHOTOGRAPH: CORNER STORE, HAY STREET AND AXON STREET (0.17km away)
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Other items from Subiaco Museum
- PHOTOGRAPH: CHILD, SPENCER AND MURRAY FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS
- POSTCARD: CLASS PHOTOGRAPH ST JOSEPHS
- POSTCARD: CLASS PHOTOGRAPH ST JOSEPHS
- POSTCARD: SCHOOL GROUP ST JOSEPHS
- POSTCARD: CLASS GROUP ST JOSEPHS
- PHOTOGRAPH: DAY AT THE BEACH, SPENCER AND MURRAY FAMILY
- PHOTOGRAPH: MONA IN HER CRICKET WHITES
- PHOTOGRAPH: SPENCER AND MURRAY FAMILY AT MEMORIAL CLOCK TOWER
- PHOTOGRAPH: WOMAN AND CHILDREN, SPENCER AND MURRAY FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS
- PHOTOGRAPH: SUBIACO SCHOOL TEACHERS
- PHOTOGRAPH: SUBIACO PRIMARY SCHOOL ASSEMBLY
- PHOTOGRAPH: SUBIACO PRIMARY SCHOOL ASSEMBLY