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Photograph - 'Southwold Railway', Suffolk, England, circa 1928
Reg. No: MM 113795
- 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:
- Southwold Railway showing a steam locomotive and carriages travelling through the landscape. A fence and grass is shown in the foreground.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Mrs Jocelyn Maclaurin, 2004
- Acknowledgement:
- Source: Museum Victoria
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 65 mm (Height), 90 mm (Width) |
More information
| Tagged with: | immigration, photography, fences, railway lines, rail transport, railways, carriages, steam trains, railway locomotives, railway carriages, british immigration, 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: | RAIL TRANSPORT |
| Secondary Classification: | Railways - Steam Power |
| Tertiary Classification: | steam locomotives |
| Inscriptions: | Printed in grey ink on back of photograph: 'VELOX.' [repeated] Hand written in grey pencil on back of photograph: 'D J' Hand written in blue ink on back of photograph: 'Southwold Rly / England' |
| Format: | Photograph: Black & White |
| Place & Date Depicted: | Suffolk, England, Great Britain, circa 1928 |
| Creator: | Archibald Maclaurin, circa 1920s-1930s Of Album |
| User: | Archibald Maclaurin, Essendon, Victoria, Australia, 1928-1967 |
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