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Photograph - Botanical Gardens, Nantes, France, 1927
Reg. No: MM 113648
- Summary:
- One of ninety three images from a photograph album brought to Australia by Archibald Gordon Maclaurin when he migrated in 1928. It includes early photos of his pre-migration trips to France, as well as photos he added once in Australia, including photos sent to him by family in England, and images from his migration journey.
- Description:
- Black and white silver gelatin photograph.
- Description Of Content:
- Botanical gardens in Nantes, showing a lake and fountain surrounded by trees. A duck and boat are shown in the foreground.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Mrs Jocelyn Maclaurin, 2004
- Acknowledgement:
- Source: Museum Victoria
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 87 mm (Height), 64 mm (Width) |
More information
| Tagged with: | immigration, gardens, boats, public parks, public gardens, photography, fountains, lakes, trees, travel tourism, british immigration, ducks, brought goods, botany |
| Themes this item is part of: | Archibald Gordon Maclaurin, English Migrant, 1928, Domestic & Community Life Collection, Migration Collection, Transport Collection, Working Life & Trades Collection |
| Primary Classification: | RECREATION & TOURISM |
| Secondary Classification: | Public Gardens |
| Tertiary Classification: | parklands |
| Inscriptions: | Printed in grey ink on back of photograph: 'VELOX' [repeated] |
| Format: | Photograph: Black & White |
| Place & Date Depicted: | Nantes, France, 1927 |
| Creator: | Archibald Maclaurin, circa 1920s-1930s Of Album |
| User: | Archibald Maclaurin, Essendon, Victoria, Australia, 1928-1967 |
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