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Subiaco Museum > Records

PHOTOGRAPH: EXHIBITION SIGN, FROM THE ALBUM OF DERBY ROAD CHURCH SESQUICENTENARY 1829-1979

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1979

Overview

A coloured photograph featuring a female doll under a parasol in front of the Uniting Church. The doll wears a blue bonnet and a blue and pink, three tiered dress. To the left of the doll is a white sign advertising a: 'Free Morning Tea & Exhibition' for the West Australian sesquicentennial celebrations which took place in 1979.
REVERSE: Handwritten in blue ink: 'Outdoor Advertising Designed and Constructed by Bon Chandler.'

Historical information

Way 1979 Activity. In order to identify the local Church with the celebrations for the 150th Anniversary of WA (Way 1979) the Ladies of the Guild and the Social Club combined to present a morning tea and exhibition in the Church Hall and grounds on Wednesday 4th April . Exhibition provided items of family photos, needlework, glassware and household effects, many dating from turn of the century or earlier. Women dressed in fashions of yesteryear.
Photographs removed from original non archival album April 2005. Renumbered in 2024 to give each photograph a unique number.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-1999.226.1

Item type

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

89 mm

Height or length

86 mm

Keywords

Sesqui-Centenary

Methodist Church, Derby Road

Subiaco Methodist Church, Derby Road

Year

Statement of significance

Historical significance, social, Sesqui-Centenary

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