Digital Photograph - 'The Pearl', Girl in Backyard, Playing with Book & Deck Chair, Deepdene, 1917

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Description Of Content:: An infant girl with curly hair standing in front of a shed in a backyard, with a book and a deckchair.

This photograph shows Margaret 'Peg' Newing aged approximately 3, standing in the backyard of her family's home, in Deepdene, 1917. This photograph was part of the estate of Jack Castle Morris that was bequeathed to Peg after his death. He took this photograph.
Acquisition Information:: Copied from Miss Emily Mierisch, 2006
Acknowledgement:: Contributed by Mierisch family

Discipline:

History

Tagged with:	backyards, deck chairs, sheds
Themes this item is part of:	Images & Image Making Collection, Melbourne's Biggest Family Album Collection
Primary Classification:	PORTRAITS
Secondary Classification:	Female - Individuals
Tertiary Classification:	infants
Original Caption:	The Pearl' Peg Newing, 1917
Inscriptions:	In album below photograph, handwritten: 'The Pearl' Peg Newing, 1917'
People Depicted:	Johnson, Margaret (Peg)
Format:	Digital Still Image: Black & White; Tiff
Place & Date Depicted:	Deepdene, Victoria, Australia, 1917 Source of Date Depicted: Inscription handwritten in photograph album below the photograph.
Photographer:	Mr Jack Morris