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Subiaco Museum > Records

PHOTOGRAPH: MARY NEWMAN, AGED 75

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1929

Overview

The hand tinted photograph features Mrs Mary Newman standing in her garden. There is a brooch pinned to the high neck of her dress and a gold locket and chain around her neck. There is a tall fence on the left side of the photograph and lattice on the right with a plant staked in front.
REVERSE: In ink 'Mary Newman taken in 1929 at the age of 75.'
In lead pencil: 'Identified to 85-398 but with a different background'.

Historical information

The 1929 W.A. Centenary Celebrations marked the first 100 years
of white settlement in Western Australia.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-1993.307

Item type

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

160 mm

Height or length

210 mm

Keywords

Centenary Celebrations, Subiaco

NEWMAN, Mary Ann (nee Mason)

Year

Statement of significance

Local and social history. Subiaco resident.

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