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Digital Photograph - Girl Sitting on Bonnet of Toy Car, Boy in Driver's Seat, Glenroy, 1960
Reg. No: MM 110568
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- Summary:
- Black and white photograph showing Michele Dominiewski and her friend Wally Gilinski with a peddle car, in Glenroy, 1960.
Michele remembers: 'All the children in the street played together, almost exclusively from migrant Slavic families.' Here Michele, aged about 2 years and 9 months, is playing with Wally, who was one of the neighbours' boys. - Description:
- Digital image file. A digital photograph was taken of the original black and white print.
- Description Of Content:
- A girl sitting on bonnet of a toy car, with a boy in the drivers seat. The boy is wearing a sun hat. The car is painted with the words 'LIGHTNING'. The children and car are on an unmade road. To the right are electricity poles and a street of houses.
- Acquisition Information:
- Copied from Mrs Michele Dore, 2006
- Acknowledgement:
- Contributed by Mrs Michele Dore
| Discipline: | History |
More information
| Tagged with: | bonnets, cars, children s play, houses, migrants, toys |
| Themes this item is part of: | Post World War II Immigration in Photographs, Domestic & Community Life Collection, Childhood & Youth Collection, Melbourne's Biggest Family Album Collection |
| Primary Classification: | GAMES & TOYS |
| Secondary Classification: | Action Toys |
| Tertiary Classification: | riding |
| Inscriptions: | Michele 2 3/4 years |
| People Depicted: | Dominiewski, Michele; Gilinski, Wally |
| Format: | Digital Still Image: Black & White; Tiff |
| Place & Date Depicted: | Glenroy, Victoria, Australia, 1960 Source of Date Depicted: Based on the age of the girl in the photograph who was born in 1957. |
| Photographer: | Mr Robert Dominiewski |
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