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Subiaco Museum > Records

PHOTOGRAPH: CHILDREN IN COSTUME REPRESENTING WESTERN AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRY

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The photograph shows eight children standing in a row. All are dressed in costume representing Western Australian industry. These are: Roller flour; coal; Mills and Wares; wool; Pearce Bros, Tanners; canned goods; Calyx pottery and timber. An emblem of a black swan in a map of Western Australia appears on each child's hat, and the girl in the centre representing wool, holds up a map that reads 'Encourage Local Production.'

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Registration number

cwa-org-43-1985.632

Item type

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

195 mm

Height or length

140 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Lafayette Studio, Perth

Keywords

Costume/fashion

Statement of significance

Local and industrial history; promotional exercise

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