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Greenough Museum and Gardens > Records

Bachelors of Greenough Invitation card

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1906

Overview

Commercially printed card with black text, with name of recipient written in ink.

Historical information

Eliza McDermott (c1878-1966) grew up on a farm at Greenough. She married Albert Criddle in 1913. It is not known if she met her future husband at a ball like this.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB2613

Item type

Themes

Popular Culture

Material

Width

112 mm

Height or length

75 mm

Depth

2 mm

Inscriptions and markings

The Bachelors of Greenough
request the pleasure of
Miss McDermott
company at a ball to be held in St
Catherine's Hall on Friday may 18th.
Dancing 8 p.m. U. LEVERMAN Hon. Sec
W.H. WILEY G. CONNOLLY } Assist Secs.
R.S.V.P.

Contextual Information

Dances organised by bachelors or spinsters were a popular form of entertainment at Greenough in the early 1900s. This is a rare surviving example of an invitation card from Greenough.

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Western Australia
Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Object’s condition or completeness

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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