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Bachelors of Greenough Invitation card

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
Invitation
Themes
Popular Culture
Material
Card
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.

Keywords
Greenough
Place made
Western Australia, Australia
Year
1906
Primary significance criteria
Social or spiritual significance
Comparative significance criteria
Object’s condition or completeness
Rare or representative
Well provenanced
Last modified
Saturday, 12 October, 2024
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Bachelors of Greenough Invitation card
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