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Subiaco Museum > Records

POSTCARD: GROUP OF GIRLS WITH EILEEN AND EDNA NEWMAN

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c. 1905

Overview

NEWMAN

Front: Sepia photograph with a group comprised of four young women and one girl, two people standing at the back and three seated in the front, with Eileen seated in the middle and Edna standing behind her at her left shoulder. All five are dressed in typical women's costume of the period, white dresses with lace detail, high collars, long sleeves and belts. All except Eileen have white ribbons in their hair. All wear bar brooches at the neck and lockets, except the girl seated on the extreme left, who wears pearls.

Reverse: Photograph has postcard details on back.

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Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-1985.379.1

Item type

Width

130 mm

Height or length

85 mm

Keywords

Newman Family Collection

Year

Statement of significance

Historical & social. An example of womens clothing, jewellery & hairstyles of the period.

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