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Photograph - Picnic, Herne Bay, Kent, England, 11 Aug 1929
Reg. No: MM 113783
- 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:
- Monochrome silver gelatin photograph.
- Description Of Content:
- Group portrait of three women and two men having a picnic in the grass at Herne Bay, Kent. The ocean is pictured in the background.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Mrs Jocelyn Maclaurin, 2004
- Acknowledgement:
- Source: Museum Victoria
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 45 mm (Height), 67 mm (Width) |
More information
| Tagged with: | recreation, families, immigration, portraits, photography, picnics picnicking, social activities, coastal landscapes, coastlines, eating drinking, oceans, british immigration, people, brought goods |
| 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: | Picnicking |
| Tertiary Classification: | group portraits |
| Inscriptions: | Printed in grey ink on back of photograph: 'VELOX.' [repeated] Hand written in black ink on back of photograph: 'Herne Bay / Aug. 11.1929 / After dinner. Just / as they were without / me' Printed in black ink on back of photograph: '25 820' |
| Format: | Photograph: Monochrome |
| Place & Date Depicted: | Herne Bay, England, Great Britain, 11 Aug 1929 |
| Creator: | Archibald Maclaurin, circa 1920s-1930s Of Album |
| User: | Archibald Maclaurin, Essendon, Victoria, Australia, 1928-1967 |
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