Guide to the Collection of photographs of Australian social life and costume
PIC/P661
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: 2024
Collection Summary
- Title
- Collection of photographs of Australian social life and costume
- Date Range
- ca.1880-1960
- Collection Number
- PIC/P661
- Extent
- 142 items photographs ; 35 x 26 cm. or smaller.
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Special Collections (Pictures)
Introduction
Cultural Sensitivity Advisory Notice
Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other First Nations people are advised that this collection contains images of deceased people.
Scope and Contents
Includes cartes de visite and cabinet photographs. Most are of South Australian origin. Some of the photographers: Otto von Hartisch, R. Duryea, McNeill's, Hooper's Studios, H.W. Pell, A.E. Bond, Harold Sykes, Stump & Co., Scott Barry, Alex Gurr, Adelaide Photo Co., Albert de Souza, Mora Studio.
Conditions Governing Access
Access conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn315776).
Conditions Governing Use
Conditions for copying and publishing of this collection may apply, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn315776).
Item Descriptions
Wedding photographs, approximately 1880-1954 (File PIC/P661/1-42)
Woman standing out the front of a house in a white wedding gown, Townsville, Queensland, ca. 1930 (Item PIC/P661/1) - Piece PIC Box PS 3346 #PIC/P661/1
Bride and groom and a man and woman wearing wedding attire standing in a studio, South Australia(?), ca. 1910 (Item PIC/P661/2) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 13629 #PIC/P661/2
Creator: A. S. Doolette.
Bride and groom standing with another man and woman, Bonegilla, New South Wales, 3 August 1948 (Item PIC/P661/3) - Piece PIC Box PS 3347 #PIC/P661/3
Creator: Richter Essungen.
Hand written now on verso: Miļai Margiņai no Blauluitien?.
Wedding party of three women and four men, Townsville, Queensland, ca. 1948 (Item PIC/P661/4) - Piece PIC Box PS 3348 #PIC/P661/4
Marjorie's maid of honour(?) wearing a pearl necklace, a coloured chiffon dress with lace applique and a bow in her hair and holding a large bouquet of flowers, Gawler-Tanunda district, South Australia, 15 March 1941 (Item PIC/P661/5) - Piece PIC Box PS 3349 #PIC/P661/5
Creator: Marchants Studio, Tanunda & Gawler, South Australia. Art postcard.
Marjorie, wearing a white satin dress with a high collar and a bow in her hair, and Bill on their wedding day, Gawler-Tanunda district, South Australia, 15 March 1941 (Item PIC/P661/6) - Piece PIC Box PS 3350 #PIC/P661/6
Creator: Marchants Studio, Tanunda & Gawler, South Australia. Art postcard.
Note on verso: With love to Grandma from Marjorie & Bill, taken March 15, 1941.
Vera, nee Tralaggan, wearing a high-necked pintucked dress of ivory brocaded crepe de chine with long sleeves, and Hillyard Box on their wedding day, Redruth Burra, South Australia, 26 January 1926 (Item PIC/P661/7) - Piece PIC Box PS 3351 #PIC/P661/7
Creator: Marchants Studio, Tanunda & Gawler, South Australia. Art postcard.
Note on verso: Kind regards from Vera and Hillyard, Jan. 26th 1926.
Woman wearing a wedding gown and a scallop-edged embroidered veil with a close-fitting beaded head-dress holding a bouquet of flowers, South Australia(?), ca. 1928 (Item PIC/P661/8) - Piece PIC Box PS 3352 #PIC/P661/8
Hermann Kruschel and Mary Emily(?) on their wedding day, Kapunda, South Australia, ca. 1900 (Item PIC/P661/9) - Piece PIC Box PS 3353 #PIC/P661/9
Creator: Stephen E. Nixon.
Man with a moustache and woman wearing a white net veil and dark wedding dress on their wedding day, Kapunda, South Australia, ca. 1890 (Item PIC/P661/10) - Piece PIC Box PS 3354 #PIC/P661/10
Creator: Stephen E. Nixon.
Man wearing watch chain and boutonniere and woman wearing a dark wedding dress with white bodice insert, leg o' mutton sleeves and an embroidered net veil on their wedding day, Kapunda, South Australia, ca. 1895 (Item PIC/P661/11) - Piece PIC Box PS 3355 #PIC/P661/11
Creator: Stephen E. Nixon.
Man, wearing a ribbon and floral boutonniere, and woman, wearing a dark wedding dress with apron-front overdress over a pleated skirt, holding hands on their wedding day, Kapunda, South Australia, ca. 1880 (Item PIC/P661/12) - Piece PIC Box PS 3356 #PIC/P661/12
Creator: Stephen E. Nixon.
Man with a beard sitting down and a woman in a dark dress with woven sprigged stripes, braid loops on one shoulder and a white veil standing next to him on their wedding day, Moonta, South Australia [1], ca. 1885 (Item PIC/P661/13) - Piece PIC Box PS 3357 #PIC/P661/13
Creator: E. Duryea.
Ida Kruschel(?) wearing a white dress and long white veil and her groom seated beside her on their wedding day, Kapunda, South Australia, ca. 1900 (Item PIC/P661/14) - Piece PIC Box PS 3358 #PIC/P661/14
Creator: Stephen E. Nixon.
Bride wearing a dark dress with deep lace trim on cuffs, hem and on the bodice with a long white veil holding the hand of her husband on their wedding day, Kapunda, South Australia, ca. 1890 (Item PIC/P661/15) - Piece PIC Box PS 3359 #PIC/P661/15
Creator: Stephen E. Nixon.
Bride wearing a high-necked smocked bodice with lace trim and leg o' mutton sleeves and groom seated beside her, Adelaide, ca. 1895 (Item PIC/P661/16) - Piece PIC Box PS 3360 #PIC/P661/16
Creator: Hammer & Co.
Bride wearing a white wedding dress with a jacket-style bodice over a pin-tucked and smocked shirt and groom seated next to her, Tanunda, South Australia, ca. 1900 (Item PIC/P661/20) - Piece PIC Box PS 3364 #PIC/P661/20
Creator: G. Greeve Photographic Studio, Tanunda.
Agnes Maria nee Conrad?), wearing a white wedding dress with broderie anglaise at the cuffs, bodice and hem, and Emil Kruschel seated beside her, Tanunda, South Australia, ca. 1907 (Item PIC/P661/21) - Piece PIC Box PS 3365 #PIC/P661/21
Creator: G. Greeve Photographic Studio, Tanunda.
Ida Kruschel(?) wearing a dark wedding dress and white embroidered net veil and floral garland with Albert Hentschke(?) seated beside her, Adelaide, South Australia, ca. 1890 (Item PIC/P661/22) - Piece PIC Box PS 3366 #PIC/P661/22
Creator: Hammer Art Studio, Adelaide.
Woman wearing white button-up gloves and a white wedding gown with lace overlay trimmed with beads and flower swags on the train seated at a writing desk, Adelaide, South Australia, ca. 1890 (Item PIC/P661/23) - Piece PIC Box PS 3367 #PIC/P661/23
Creator: S. Solomon.
Auguste Ernestine (Tina) Kruschel, wearing a white dress with gigot sleeves and Johann Gottlieb Bartsch on their wedding day, Kapunda, South Australia, 1895 (Item PIC/P661/24) - Piece PIC Box PS 3368 #PIC/P661/24
Creator: Stephen E. Nixon.
Man with a beard sitting down and a woman in a dark dress with woven sprigged stripes, braid loops on one shoulder and a white veil standing next to him on their wedding day, Moonta, South Australia [2], ca. 1895 (Item PIC/P661/25) - Piece PIC Box PS 3369 #PIC/P661/25
Creator: E. Duryea.
Matilda Kruschel(?) wearing a dark dress with self-covered buttons down the front and lace on the bodice and the hem, and B.A. Linke(?) on their wedding day, Kapunda, South Australia, ca. 1895 (Item PIC/P661/26) - Piece PIC Box PS 3370 #PIC/P661/26
Creator: Stephen E. Nixon.
Bride wearing a long white jacket with pleats and ankle-length skirt standing beside her husband with a woman and man seated either side of them, Adelaide, South Australia, ca. 1918 (Item PIC/P661/27) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 13630 #PIC/P661/27
Creator: Hammer, Adelaide.
Bride wearing silk satin ankle-length gown cut on the bias and an embroidered scallop-edged veil with her husband seated beside her and four members of the bridal party in attendance, Adelaide, South Australia, September 1931 (Item PIC/P661/28) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 13631 #PIC/P661/28
Creator: Mora Studios, Adelaide.
Note on verso: Father & Mother Sep 1931.
Bride wearing hat decorated with feathers and silk flowers wearing a long-sleeved gown with lace bodice and button detail on bodice, with groom seated beside her in a Savonarola chair, Adelaide, South Australia, ca. 1910 (Item PIC/P661/29) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 13632 #PIC/P661/29
Creator: Stump & Co, Adelaide.
Note on verso: From Cliff and Lill, To Mary.
Bride wearing floor-length bias-cut silk satin gown with long embroidered net veil standing with groom, Adelaide, South Australia, 19 April 1937 (Item PIC/P661/30) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 13633 #PIC/P661/30
Creator: Crown, Adelaide.
Note on verso: To Auntie & Uncle, April 19, 1937.
Bridal party including Grace and Harold, Adelaide, South Australia, 25 March 1937 (Item PIC/P661/31) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 13634 #PIC/P661/31
Creator: Crown, Adelaide.
Note on verso: To Auntie Agnes & Uncle Harry, from Grace & Harold, March 25th, 1937.
Man in service uniform and woman wearing pearl necklace and white dress outside a church on their wedding day(?), South Australia(?), ca. 1940 (Item PIC/P661/32) - Piece PIC Box PS 3371 #PIC/P661/32
Kit (?) wearing a white wedding gown with lace ruffles and Jack seated beside her, Broken Hill, New South Wales, 25 July 1907 (Item PIC/P661/33) - Piece PIC Box PS 3372 #PIC/P661/33
Creator: Jenkinson, Broken Hill.
Note on image: Yours sincerely, Kit(?) & Jack, taken July 25, 1907.
Bridal party with bride and group with six attendants, Australia, ca. 1930 (Item PIC/P661/34) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 13635 #PIC/P661/34
Creator: Wooler.
Jennie and Jim and their bridal party, Adelaide, South Australia, ca. 1940 (Item PIC/P661/35) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 13636 #PIC/P661/35
Note on verso: To Dave & Gwen, with love, From Jennie & Jim.
Woman in long-sleeved silk satin bridal gown, Australia, ca. 1930 (Item PIC/P661/36) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 13637 #PIC/P661/36
Gwen wearing a scallop-edged wedding gown with embroidered veil, Unley, South Australia, 1927 (Item PIC/P661/37) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 13638 #PIC/P661/37
Creator: Burnett Studio, Unley.
Note on verso: To Dearest Mals(?), With Love, From Gwen 27.8.27.
Shirley Dawn Walding, wearing a long sleeved satin gown with embroidered collar with rhinestones, and her bridesmaids, Shirley Preiss and Nanette Schubert wearing French checked organza gowns, Broken Hill, New South Wales, May 1954 (Item PIC/P661/38) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 13639 #PIC/P661/38
Creator: Elvira Jones, Broken Hill.
Colour photograph. Note on verso: To Mum & Dad, From Shirley.
Shirley Preiss, nee Walding, wearing a long sleeved satin gown with embroidered collar with rhinestones and embroidered net veil, Broken Hill, New South Wales, May 1954 (Item PIC/P661/39) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 13640 #PIC/P661/39
Creator: Elvira Jones, Broken Hill.
Note on verso: To Mum & Dad, From Shirley.
Bride wearing a long-sleeved wedding dress with lace overlay standing with groom, best man, bridesmaid wearing a short-sleeved organza and lace dress and flower girl, Australia, ca. 1948 (Item PIC/P661/40) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 13641 #PIC/P661/40
Illegible signature under image.
Bride Elsie wearing a lace wedding gown and groom Doug wearing a service uniform, with their wedding attendants, Gawler, South Australia, 1944 (Item PIC/P661/41) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 13642 #PIC/P661/41
Creator: Marchants Studio, Gawler & Tanunda, S.A.
Note on verso: To Gwen & Dave, With lots of love, From Doug & Elsie, 1944.
Bride Ada wearing a floor-length wedding gown with long train standing with groom Rody(?) and their bridal attendants, Townsville, Queensland, ca. 1930 (Item PIC/P661/42) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 13643 #PIC/P661/42
Creator: City Studios, Townsville.
Note on verso: T Mother, with best wishes, From Ada & Rody.
Portraits of children, Australia, approximately 1885-1950 (File PIC/P661/43-89)
Small child wearing a dark dress with vandyke collar and puffed leg o' mutton sleeves and a large fur(?) hat holding a basket of flowers in a studio, Kapunda, South Australia, ca. 1895 (Item PIC/P661/43) - Piece PIC Box PS 3373 #PIC/P661/43
Creator: Stephen E. Nixon.
Small child wearing a dress with smocking on the bodice and sleeves gathered into white lace cuffs seated in a studio holding a basket of flowers, Kapunda, South Australia, ca. 1890 (Item PIC/P661/44) - Piece PIC Box PS 3374 #PIC/P661/44
Creator: Stephen E. Nixon.
Small child with ringlets wearing a white drop-waisted dress with pleated skirt standing in a studio, Adelaide, South Australia, ca. 1900 (Item PIC/P661/45) - Piece PIC Box PS 3375 #PIC/P661/45
Creator: Crown Studios, Adelaide.
Portrait of Hazel Sibley at six and a half months old, Katanning, Western Australia, ca. 1920 (Item PIC/P661/46) - Piece PIC Box PS 3376 #PIC/P661/46
Creator: F. Martyn, Katanning. Postcard.
Small girl wearing a dress with fur collar and white lace trim and patent leather slippers, Kadina, South Australia, ca. 1900 (Item PIC/P661/48) - Piece PIC Box PS 3378 #PIC/P661/48
Creator: Page & Co, Kadina.
Small girl wearing a dark princess line dress, broderie anglaise-trimmed bloomers and elastic-sided boots standing with a pram behind her and a doll on a footstool, Adelaide, South Australia, ca. 1885 (Item PIC/P661/50) - Piece PIC Box PS 3380 #PIC/P661/50
Young boy wearing a dark drop-waisted dress with a lace collar holding a spade, Gawler, South Australia, ca. 1890 (Item PIC/P661/51) - Piece PIC Box PS 3381 #PIC/P661/51
Two young girls wearing identical white dresses with yokes on the bodice and waist-sashes, Adelaide, South Australia, ca. 1900 (Item PIC/P661/52) - Piece PIC Box PS 3382 #PIC/P661/52
Creator: Scott Barry.
Two young boys in sailor suits, Wallaroo, South Australia, ca. 1890 (Item PIC/P661/53) - Piece PIC Box PS 3383 #PIC/P661/53
Creator: E. Duryea, Wallaroo.
Geoffrey Roland Best, son of Leslie Robert and Ruth Mary Ann Best(?), at six months old wearing a white, lace trimmed gown, Adelaide, South Australia, 1913 (Item PIC/P661/54) - Piece PIC Box PS 3384 #PIC/P661/54
Creator: Frank A. McNeill, Adelaide.
Note on verso: Geoffrey Roland Best age 6 months.
Mavis Lillian Taylor wearing a white gown with pin-tucks, lace insertion panels, lace edging and horizontal pleats, at the age of seven months, Adelaide, South Australia, ca. 1900 (Item PIC/P661/55) - Piece PIC Box PS 3385 #PIC/P661/55
Infant wearing a white pinafore over a dark dress sitting on a chair beside an older child wearing a white pinafore with broderie anglaise over a dark dress, Moonta, South Australia, ca. 1890 (Item PIC/P661/56) - Piece PIC Box PS 3386 #PIC/P661/56
Creator: E. Duryea, Moonta.
Boy wearing long trousers and holding a tennis racquet seated beside another boy wearing short pants and holding a cricket bat, Adelaide, South Australia, ca. 1900 (Item PIC/P661/57) - Piece PIC Box PS 3387 #PIC/P661/57
Creator: Stump & Co, Adelaide.
Small boy wearing a dress edged with with lace trim and wearing a wide-brimmed hat, Adelaide, South Australia, ca. 1890 (Item PIC/P661/58) - Piece PIC Box PS 3388 #PIC/P661/58
Creator: Hammer & Co.
Young boy with blonde hair wearing a sailor suit and holding a spade, Adelaide, South Australia, ca. 1890 (Item PIC/P661/59) - Piece PIC Box PS 3389 #PIC/P661/59
Creator: Hammer & Co.
Florence Wilson with her hair in ringlets, wearing a drop-waisted white dress with lace at the neckline, hem and cuffs and a lace-trimmed bonnet, at five years old, Adelaide, South Australia, ca. 1890 (Item PIC/P661/60) - Piece PIC Box PS 3390 #PIC/P661/60
Creator: Hooper's Studios.
Florence Wilson with her hair in ringlets, wearing a drop-waisted white dress with lace at the neckline, hem and cuffs, at five years old, Adelaide, South Australia, ca. 1890 (Item PIC/P661/61) - Piece PIC Box PS 3391 #PIC/P661/61
Creator: Hooper's Studios.
Small child wearing a white broderie anglaise pinafore over a floral dress standing in front of floral and striped drapery, Adelaide, South Australia, ca. 1890 (Item PIC/P661/62) - Piece PIC Box PS 3392 #PIC/P661/62
Creator: McNeill's Photographers.
Young child in a white drop-waisted dress trimmed with dark collar and sash and button-up boots, South Australia, ca. 1900 (Item PIC/P661/63) - Piece PIC Box PS 3393 #PIC/P661/63
Creator: E. Duryea.
Twins(?) wearing white smocked dresses and ruffled bonnets with lace trim, Port Pirie district, South Australia, ca. 1890 (Item PIC/P661/64) - Piece PIC Box PS 3394 #PIC/P661/64
Creator: Ball, Port Pirie.
Baby wearing a white dress with smocking and bonnet trimmed with lace and ostrich feather, Kadina, South Australia, ca. 1890 (Item PIC/P661/65) - Piece PIC Box PS 3395 #PIC/P661/65
Creator: Page & Co, Kadina.
Young girl, wearing a white dress trimmed with lace, kneeling on a stool in front of a table with alphabet and number blocks on it, Sydney, New South Wales, ca. 1900 (Item PIC/P661/66) - Piece PIC Box PS 3396 #PIC/P661/66
Creator: Eden Studios, Sydney.
Girl wearing a white dress pushing a pram with a kookaburra and cockatoo(?) nearby, South Australia, 1924 (Item PIC/P661/67) - Piece PIC Box PS 3397 #PIC/P661/67
Girls in uniform participating in physical education outside, South Australia(?), 1923 (Item PIC/P661/68) - Piece PIC Box PS 3398 #PIC/P661/68
Baby wearing knitted combination drawers lying in a large clamshell, Port Adelaide, South Australia, ca. 1900 (Item PIC/P661/69) - Piece PIC Box PS 3399 #PIC/P661/69
Creator: Walter J. McNeill, Port Adelaide. Postcard.
Child with curly blonde hair wearing a knitted woollen jumper, Adelaide, South Australia, ca. 1935 (Item PIC/P661/70) - Piece PIC Box PS 3400 #PIC/P661/70
Creator: Frank A. McNeill Studios, Adelaide. Postcard.
Child aged two years and eleven months wearing a long-sleeved smock style dress with short socks and patent leather shoes, Adelaide, South Australia, ca. 1925 (Item PIC/P661/71) - Piece PIC Box PS 3401 #PIC/P661/71
Creator: Frank A. McNeill Studios, Adelaide.
Postcard. Note on verso: To Auntie Jessie with love from Shirley - 2 years 11 months.
Jack at the age of fourteen months, wearing a a knitted woollen cap, a white shirt and dark, high-waisted drawers, Port Adelaide, South Australia, ca. 1920 (Item PIC/P661/72) - Piece PIC Box PS 3402 #PIC/P661/72
Creator: A. E. Bond, Port Adelaide. Postcard.
Infant sitting on a chair wearing a knitted white bonnet and knitted cape trimmed with white fur, Adelaide, South Australia, ca. 1930 (Item PIC/P661/73) - Piece PIC Box PS 3403 #PIC/P661/73
Creator: Mora, Adelaide. Postcard.
Joy Gold at the age of one, wearing a white dress with lace insertion and trim, holding a doll, South Australia(?), ca. 1930 (Item PIC/P661/74) - Piece PIC Box PS 3404 #PIC/P661/74
Postcard. Photographers imprint partially obscured on image.
Little girl wearing a dark coat and matching skirt with white passementerie trim standing beside a small boy wearing a sailor suit in a garden, South Australia(?), ca. 1910 (Item PIC/P661/75) - Piece PIC Box PS 3405 #PIC/P661/75
Postcard.
Young girl wearing a short pleated dress with a bow in her hair and flat t-bar shoes with folded-down socks, South Australia(?), ca. 1935 (Item PIC/P661/76) - Piece PIC Box PS 3406 #PIC/P661/76
Postcard. Note on verso: 11, Invievsok.
Two little girls wearing matching white vandyke-hemmed dresses and cloche-style bonnets sitting with a young boy wearing a knitted jumper with a tie and a tweed cap, South Australia(?), ca. 1930 (Item PIC/P661/77) - Piece PIC Box PS 3407 #PIC/P661/77
Creator: Torrens. Postcard.
Three small children sitting on the sand, Adelaide(?), South Australia, ca. 1940 (Item PIC/P661/79) - Piece PIC Box PS 3409 #PIC/P661/79
Postcard.
Young boy wearing a woollen jacket sitting on a rocking horse, Adelaide(?), South Australia, ca. 1935 (Item PIC/P661/80) - Piece PIC Box PS 3410 #PIC/P661/80
Postcard.
Young boy dressed in a dark velvet playsuit with a deep white lace collar, Renmark-Loxton, South Australia, ca. 1910 (Item PIC/P661/83) - Piece PIC Box PS 3413 #PIC/P661/83
Creator: Reiners. Postcard.
Young girl with short hair wearing a smocked dress with scalloped collar, Kadina, South Australia, ca. 1930 (Item PIC/P661/84) - Piece PIC Box PS 3414 #PIC/P661/84
Creator: H. W. Bell, Kadina. Postcard.
Boy in a dark outfit with a vandyked lace collar seated on a dappled grey rocking horse, Townsville, Queensland, ca. 1930 (Item PIC/P661/85) - Piece PIC Box PS 3415 #PIC/P661/85
Creator: Laurie's Studios, Townsville.
Postcard. Note on verso: Hello - here you are with fondest love from Little Boy Blue so darling, Dais(?).
Marge at the age of twenty one months old, wearing a crocheted dress and holding a stuffed koala toy, South Australia(?), ca. 1950 (Item PIC/P661/86) - Piece PIC Box PS 3416 #PIC/P661/86
Note on verso: Dear Grandma & Great Gran. This is just a little photo of me. It isn't very good, but I know you'll love too [to] see me. I'm just 21 months old. Mummy is always telling me of you all all & someday she says (?) going back. Love, Little Marge.
Reg wearing a white smock-style dress sitting on a dapple grey rocking horse at two years of age, Gawler, South Australia, ca. 1920 (Item PIC/P661/87) - Piece PIC Box PS 3417 #PIC/P661/87
Creator: Marchants Studio, Gawler.
Postcard. Note on verso: To Gladys, with love from us all & a kiss from Reg, 2 years old.
Jack and Albie wearing striped jumpers and shorts with long socks standing with Vonnie [?] wearing a white dress and black patent leather shoes, Port Adelaide, South Australia, ca. 1940 (Item PIC/P661/88) - Piece PIC Box PS 3418 #PIC/P661/88
Creator: McNeill Studios, Pt. Adelaide.
Postcard. Note on verso: To Jack & Jess, with love from Jack, Abbie & Vonnie(?).
Infant wearing a white dress and holding a doll, Gawler, South Australia, ca. 1930 (Item PIC/P661/89) - Piece PIC Box PS 3419 #PIC/P661/89
Creator: Marchants Studio, Tanunda & Gawler.
Postcard. Note on verso: To Grandma with love from, Edis & amp; Les, addressed to Mrs H, Smith, 344 Seaview Rd, Henley Beach.
Portraits, approximately 1870-1969 (File PIC/P661/90-142)
Woman wearing a dark dress with lace jabot below the high collar with a brooch, Adelaide, South Australia, ca. 1885 (Item PIC/P661/90) - Piece PIC Box PS 3420 #PIC/P661/90
Creator: T. Duryea, Adelaide.
Mrs Russell(?) wearing a dress made of floral brocade and plain contrast fabric with ruffles over the leg o' mutton sleeves, Wallaroo(?), South Australia, ca. 1903 (Item PIC/P661/91) - Piece PIC Box PS 3421 #PIC/P661/91
Creator: Bauer & Simmons, Adelaide and Moonta.
Note on verso: physical particulars of the subject.
Woman wearing a dark velvet dress with leg o' mutton sleeves and a lace collar, Adelaide, South Australia, ca. 1895 (Item PIC/P661/92) - Piece PIC Box PS 3422 #PIC/P661/92
Creator: Mora, Adelaide.
Woman wearing a silk taffeta dress with detachable ball front bodice with very high collar stand held in place with two bar brooches and a safety pin and buttons down the front, Adelaide, South Australia, ca. 1890 (Item PIC/P661/93) - Piece PIC Box PS 3423 #PIC/P661/93
Creator: Hammer & Co.
Woman seated in a dark lace dress holding a white feathered fan, Kadina, South Australia, ca. 1895 (Item PIC/P661/94) - Piece PIC Box PS 3424 #PIC/P661/94
Creator: Thos (Thomas) Adcock, Adelaide & Kadina.
Woman in a dark dress with leg o' mutton sleeves and large decorative buttons down the bodice front holding a umbrella, Kapunda, South Australia, ca. 1895 (Item PIC/P661/95) - Piece PIC Box PS 3425 #PIC/P661/95
Creator: Stephen E. Nixon.
Woman wearing a pair of drop earrings and a large crucifix and bead necklace over a plain dark dress with pleated white collar, Moonta, South Australia, ca. 1875 (Item PIC/P661/96) - Piece PIC Box PS 3426 #PIC/P661/96
Creator: Townsend Duryea, Moonta.
Woman with her hair partly centrally and held in place with a fan-shaped comb at the back and wearing a silk taffeta gown with bustle and gathered self trim, Adelaide, South Australia, ca. 1875 (Item PIC/P661/97) - Piece PIC Box PS 3427 #PIC/P661/97
Creator: S. Solomon.
Woman in a dress with a ruffle at the hem standing in the Dublin and Melbourne Portrait Rooms, Ballarat, Victoria, ca. 1875 (Item PIC/P661/98) - Piece PIC Box PS 3428 #PIC/P661/98
Creator: H. Glenny.
Miss Nesbitt(?) wearing a dress with a checked collar in the form of a bow and a crucifix and drop earrings, Melbourne, Victoria, ca. 1875 (Item PIC/P661/99) - Piece PIC Box PS 3429 #PIC/P661/99
Creator: Johnstone O'Shannessy & Co.
Woman wearing a snood over her hair and a dress with beaded lace trim on the bodice and overskirt, Adelaide, South Australia, ca. 1875 (Item PIC/P661/100) - Piece PIC Box PS 3430 #PIC/P661/100
Creator: Otto Von Hartitzsch, Adelaide.
Man in a suit and woman in a dark dress with a white scarf and flowered hat, Adelaide, South Australia, ca. 1875 (Item PIC/P661/101) - Piece PIC Box PS 3431 #PIC/P661/101
Creator: Paris Photo Co. Cabinet portrait.
Miss Hentschke(?) wearing a dark dress with leg o' mutton sleeves and beading at the collar and waistline, Adelaide, South Australia, ca. 1900 (Item PIC/P661/102) - Piece PIC Box PS 3432 #PIC/P661/102
Creator: Hammer & Co.
Woman wearing a dark dress with a tape lace collar and asymmetrical bodice seated next to a young girl wearing a white pinafore over a dark dress and lace-up boots holding a basket of flowers, Adelaide, South Australia, ca. 1895 (Item PIC/P661/103) - Piece PIC Box PS 3433 #PIC/P661/103
Creator: Alex Gurr, Adelaide.
Group of six women seated in a garden, Greymouth, New Zealand, 1899 (Item PIC/P661/104) - Piece PIC Box PS 3434 #PIC/P661/104
Creator: R. F. Bell.
Maggie wearing a two-tone dress with velvet yoke and sleeves and beading on the bodice and cuffs, Albany, Western Australia, ca. 1895 (Item PIC/P661/105) - Piece PIC Box PS 3435 #PIC/P661/105
Creator: R. Duryea, Albany, W. A.
Note on verso: To Mary, with love from Maggie.
Woman wearing a dark dress with leg o' mutton sleeves, braid trim and a white bow at the collar, Kapunda, South Australia, ca. 1895 (Item PIC/P661/106) - Piece PIC Box PS 3436 #PIC/P661/106
Creator: Stephen E. Nixon.
Woman wearing a dark dress with white tape lace collar over lace applied at the yoke and cuffs, Adelaide, South Australia, ca. 1910 (Item PIC/P661/107) - Piece PIC Box PS 3437 #PIC/P661/107
Creator: McNeill.
Woman wearing a dark dress with ruched self trim ruffles around the bodice and cuffs, Adelaide, South Australia, ca. 1895 (Item PIC/P661/108) - Piece PIC Box PS 3438 #PIC/P661/108
Creator: Stump & Co.
Woman wearing a dark dress with contrasting lapels and shirt-front and a horse-shoe brooch on her collar, holding a basket of flowers beside a man seated on a cane chair wearing a suit, Adelaide, South Australia, ca. 1890 (Item PIC/P661/109) - Piece PIC Box PS 3439 #PIC/P661/109
Creator: Stump & Co.
Elderly woman wearing a black dress with button trim holding flowers in her lap, Adelaide(?), South Australia, ca. 1910 (Item PIC/P661/110) - Piece PIC Box PS 3440 #PIC/P661/110
Postcard.
Man wearing a single button jacket with small shawl collar and welt pockets standing beside a woman wearing a snood and hoop skirt, Geelong, Victoria, ca. 1870 (Item PIC/P661/111) - Piece PIC Box PS 3441 #PIC/P661/111
Creator: Wilmot & Key, Geelong.
Wedding group with bride and groom with family and friends outside a timber building with wooden roof shingles, Tasmania(?), ca. 1910 (Item PIC/P661/112) - Piece PIC Box PS 3442 #PIC/P661/112
Group of men, women and children outside in coats and hats, Adelaide(?), South Australia, ca. 1910 (Item PIC/P661/113) - Piece PIC Box PS 3443 #PIC/P661/113
Group of Hotel Australia staff(?) mostly wearing white uniforms, short ruffled aprons and Dutch-style caps with short wings, Sydney(?), New South Wales, ca. 1900 (Item PIC/P661/114) - Piece PIC Box PS 3444 #PIC/P661/114
Creator: Arthur Martin, Sydney .
Group of men, women and children outside, South Australia(?), ca. 1905 (Item PIC/P661/115) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 13644 #PIC/P661/115
Man wearing a suit and woman wearing a suit-style dress with an infant dressed in a white smocked gown, Broken Hill, New South Wales, ca. 1910 (Item PIC/P661/116) - Piece PIC Box PS 3445 #PIC/P661/116
Creator: Harold F. Sykes, Broken Hill.
Three girls standing near a river with flowers in their hands, South Australia(?), ca. 1900 (Item PIC/P661/117) - Piece PIC Box PS 3446 #PIC/P661/117
Two women seated at a table wearing white dresses with lace berthas and portrait locket necklaces, Kadina, South Australia, ca. 1905 (Item PIC/P661/118) - Piece PIC Box PS 3447 #PIC/P661/118
Creator: H. W. Bell, Kadina.
Elderly woman seated wearing a white patterned dress with pin-tucking on the bodice and frogging on the lower sleeves, Adelaide, South Australia, ca. 1910 (Item PIC/P661/119) - Piece PIC Box PS 3448 #PIC/P661/119
Creator: Adelaide Photo Co.
Woman wearing a white dress with lace panel on the bodice, silver belt buckle and corded hem, Port Adelaide, South Australia, ca. 1905 (Item PIC/P661/120) - Piece PIC Box PS 3449 #PIC/P661/120
Creator: H. E. Bond, Port Adelaide.
Five women with suitcases, coats and a billy(?) standing at the edge of a river(?), Sydney, New South Wales, ca. 1930 (Item PIC/P661/121) - Piece PIC Box PS 3450 #PIC/P661/121
Creator: The Leicagraph Co.
Three young girls and a boy seated around their mother, Hindmarsh, Adelaide, South Australia, ca. 1930 (Item PIC/P661/122) - Piece PIC Box PS 3451 #PIC/P661/122
Postcard. Note on verso: To Mrs Trimming(?), from Syl(?) & kiddies.
Four women and a child at a costume party(?) inside a house, Adelaide, South Australia, ca. 1955 (Item PIC/P661/124) - Piece PIC Box PS 3453 #PIC/P661/124
Woman walking in a shopping street wearing a striped dress and a white hat, Adelaide(?), South Australia, 21 March 1938 (Item PIC/P661/125) - Piece PIC Box PS 3454 #PIC/P661/125
Postcard.
Woman wearing a pale pink dress with lace panels and horizontal pleats standing with a violin, Adelaide, South Australia, ca. 1920 (Item PIC/P661/126) - Piece PIC Box PS 3455 #PIC/P661/126
Postcard. Image is hand coloured.
Woman wearing a floor-length dress with metallic embroidery in a floral pattern and ruched trim at the neckline, sleeves and hem, Port Pirie, South Australia, ca. 1930 (Item PIC/P661/127) - Piece PIC Box PS 3456 #PIC/P661/127
Postcard. Photographers imprint partially obscured on image.
Woman wearing a striped dress and white hat sitting on the grass with a suitcase and coat beside her, Sydney region, New South Wales, ca. 1930 (Item PIC/P661/128) - Piece PIC Box PS 3457 #PIC/P661/128
Woman wearing a dark gown with a high-necked embellished collar and a large bow in her hair, Kadina, South Australia, ca. 1900 (Item PIC/P661/129) - Piece PIC Box PS 3458 #PIC/P661/129
Creator: H. W. Bell, Kadina.
Adolescent girl with her hair down wearing a white dress and black stockings and shoes, Alberton, South Australia, ca. 1900 (Item PIC/P661/130) - Piece PIC Box PS 3459 #PIC/P661/130
Photographers imprint partially obscured on image.
Woman wearing a loose-fitting light-coloured jacket and skirt with black and white high-heeled shoes, Adelaide, South Australia, ca. 1918 (Item PIC/P661/131) - Piece PIC Box PS 3460 #PIC/P661/131
Creator: Frank A. McNeill Studios, Adelaide. Postcard.
Ansett air hostesses wearing mini-skirts, cardigans and pillbox hats, Melbourne(?), Victoria, ca. 1969 (Item PIC/P661/132) - Piece PIC Box PS 3461 #PIC/P661/132
Creator: John Squire Photography, Carlton.
Woman wearing a white ankle-length dress holding a nine month old baby in front of a tree, Leura(?), New South Wales, ca. 1920 (Item PIC/P661/133) - Piece PIC Box PS 3462 #PIC/P661/133
Postcard.
Woman wearing a suit style jacket over a white dress and a large hat decorated with white feathers sitting in a Savonarola chair, Adelaide, South Australia, ca. 1910 (Item PIC/P661/134) - Piece PIC Box PS 3463 #PIC/P661/134
Creator: Crown Studios, Adelaide. Postcard.
Woman wearing a dress with smocked yoke and lace insertion around the yoke, cuffs, double cap sleeve and hem, Mannum, South Australia, ca. 1895 (Item PIC/P661/135) - Piece PIC Box PS 3464 #PIC/P661/135
Creator: R. Duryea.
Woman wearing a white cotton blouse with lace-trimmed bertha and bishop sleeves with pin-tucking and a dark tailored walking skirt, South Australia, ca. 1900 (Item PIC/P661/136) - Piece PIC Box PS 3465 #PIC/P661/136
Two women standing on a boat in high waisted sailor-style trousers and hats, with a lifebuoy ring around them, Adelaide(?), South Australia, ca. 1930 (Item PIC/P661/137) - Piece PIC Box PS 3466 #PIC/P661/137
Jean wearing a tailored jacket and skirt with a cloche hat and white fur stole, Adelaide, South Australia, 27 June 1928 (Item PIC/P661/138) - Piece PIC Box PS 3467 #PIC/P661/138
Creator: Dimond Studio, Adelaide.
Postcard. Note on verso: To Aunty, with love from Jean.
Mrs Wyn Williams? wearing black clothing and a pearl necklace and earrings, Sydney, New South Wales, 1945 (Item PIC/P661/139) - Piece PIC Box PS 3468 #PIC/P661/139
Creator: Dorothy Welding Camera Portraits, Sydney.
Hand coloured photo. Note on verso: Wyn Lofts(?) (Ryan now Williams) daughter of G. H. & A. Lofts(?)
Woman with a large fur stole around her shoulders and a raffia? bicorne hat, Adelaide(?), South Australia, ca. 1925 (Item PIC/P661/140) - Piece PIC Box PS 3469 #PIC/P661/140
Note on verso illegible.
Lila wearing an off the shoulder white lace dress with a large bunch of flowers, Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria, ca. 1915 (Item PIC/P661/141) - Piece PIC Box PS 3470 #PIC/P661/141
Creator: J. Ward Symons, Footscray.
Aboriginal woman dressed in European clothes and carrying a small child on her back at Ooldea, South Australia, ca. 1920s (Item PIC/P661/142) - Piece PIC Box PS 3471 #PIC/P661/142
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