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Shire of Toodyay > Records

LADY SEWING

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Overview

Sepia coloured photograph of a lady dressed in long sleeved floor length dress, sitting at a small spindle-turned three-legged table working a sewing machine.

Historical information

Possibly grandmother Marris.
This photo may have come into the museum collection with three other photos that were believed to be connected with the Marris family of Toodyay. (The three photos referred in a note by former museum curator Jack Hammer accompanying this photo are accessioned in the Shire of Toodyay collection as 2001.1483, 2002.1498 and 2001.1501) .

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Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.1549

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Width

63 mm

Height or length

100 mm

Inscriptions and markings

On reverse of photo is written: "early sewing machine".

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Shire of Toodyay

Shire of Toodyay

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