BERNARD AND FANNY RIDER (RYDER) AT 21 BERNARD ST

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1922

Overview

Two small B/W prints. (a ) An elderly Bernard Rider (Ryder) in three piece suit, with button hole and watch chain, high collared white shirt and wearing a homburg hat. He is standing on the path beside three steps leading to the front verandah of a brick house. There is a deck chair on the verandah, which has a decorative post and bracket, rough grass on either side of the path, a tap, and a shrub beside the two sash windows of the projecting room. (b) Fanny Rider taken in the same position as her husband. She is wearing a long, long-sleeved, patterned dress with sash and plain cuffs and deep collar. Her hair is up swept.

Historical information

Bernard Daniel Ryder was husband of Fanny Therese Morris (m.1882), father of Hilda & Barney, grandfather of Esmee Byatt. Came from England to Ballarat. Stationmaster at Claremont Station approx 1895-1926. Seconded to WAGR because of his knowledge of animals - all show animals went to Showground by train in those days. Lectured First Aid to railway workers. Jeweller, accountant and toy maker. Owned Racehorse, drove a phaeton. Apparently an aristocratic looking & stylish dresser.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-28--9-5-a,b

Item type

Photographs

Themes

Social History

Year

1922

Claremont Museum

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