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Subiaco Museum > Records

PHOTOGRAPH: PORTRAIT OF THE NEWMAN SISTERS, MARY, CORA AND LILLY, CIRCA 1890

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c. 1890

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Overview

Front: The studio photograph shows sisters Mary (centre), Cora (left) and Lilly (right) from the Newman family.
Mary became Mrs Gus Roe. Cora became Mrs Broadhurst. Lilly never married.
The ladies wear long black frocks with full skirts that feature bustles and tight bodices. Cora rests her hat on her knee and Mary's is on the top of the stone structure that she leans against. Lilly's parasol rests against her legs. The three sisters wear their hair in buns on top of their heads.
Reverse: Handwritten note: 'The Newman Sisters. Standing Mary (Mrs Gus Roe), Left Cora (Mrs Broadhurst), Right Lilly - did not marry.'

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-1985.565

Item type

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

100 mm

Height or length

145 mm

Inscriptions and markings

T. Latimer, Hay Street, Perth

Keywords

NEWMAN, Cora Minna

Newman Family Collection

T. Latimer Photographic Studio, Hay Street, Perth

Year

Statement of significance

This photograph features members of the Newman Family before they moved to Subiaco.
Historic: Social: Representativeness:

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Rare or representative

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