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Subiaco Museum > Records

PHOTOGRAPH: EILEEN NEWMAN WITH BUST OF MR MASON

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c. 1960

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Overview

Black and white photograph
Front: The image shows Eileen Newman standing next to a bust of her pioneer forebear, Fred Mason, which she and her sister Dorothy commissioned for the Cannington Shire Council. She is wearing a dress suit and pearls, a pale hat, and white gloves. She carries a white handbag and a small posey of flowers, and a piece of material that presumably had veiled the bust.
Reverse: Handwritten note: Mason. Presentation to Cannington Shire'

Historical information

One of a number of photographs of the Newman family.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-1985.602

Item type

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

120 mm

Height or length

95 mm

Keywords

Year

Statement of significance

local history
Historic: Social:

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

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Tuesday, 10 October, 2023

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