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Subiaco Museum > Records

PHOTOGRAPH (FRAMED): THELMA GREEN BABY PORTRAIT

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c. 1923

Overview

Image: Sepia photograph of approximately 15 month old, short-haired, smiling girl, sitting on a table; right hand is resting on her knee. Child is wearing a knee length dress edged with lace at 3/4 length sleeves and at hemline; soft button-up shoes and ankle-length socks.
Tondo style.
Frame: Wooden frame with brown paper glued onto back to hold photograph in place.
Reverse: Eye hooks on back.

Historical information

Photograph from the collection of Thelma Green, nee Congdon, only child of Bert and Pearl nee Trenberth.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-2004.128

Item type

Material

Photographic Paper

Keywords

GREEN, Thelma (nee CONGDON)

Year

Statement of significance

Historical significance - clothing, baby pose of the period.
Provenance:
Social:
Historic:
Aesthetic:

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Well provenanced

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Wednesday, 1 May, 2024

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