Tom Castro's butcher shop, ca. 1872; and, aviator William Hart, ca. 1912
Tom Castro's butcher shop, ca. 1872; and, aviator William Hart, ca. 1912
About this item
Full title
Date
ca. 1870, ca. 1912
Call Numbers
PXB 544
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Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
1 photographic print - image 8.2 x 13.5 cm, card 10.7 x 16.2 cm - albumen, on card
1 photographic print - 8.8 x 13.9 cm - gelatin silver
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Fonds
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Created before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
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Scope and Contents
Contents
"These two photographs are unique. The first shows Tom Castro's butcher shop in Wagga Wagga. This seems to be the image from which all others have been copied. Tom Castro was best known as Arthur Orton, the Tichborne Claimant. In 1871 there was no more notorious celebrity in England and Australia. Claimant souvenirs became an industry and copies of...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Tom Castro's butcher shop, ca. 1872; and, aviator William Hart, ca. 1912
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
To Adrian from The ball-headed Old Bird -- inscription in ink on th ereverse of the aviation postcard
Date note
Smith and James Jaye, tinsmiths: in the later copies of this photograph the sign was removed to give the impression it was taken in 1866, the year of the Tichborne claim. Smith and Jaye were in Wagga Wagga ca. 1872, before Jaye moved to the goldfields. There is a photograph of his Bathurst premises in the Holtermann Collection, ca. 1873 (ON 4 Box 5...
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Phillipa Poole, November 2011
Administrative / Biographical history
For information on Tom Castro [Arthur Orton (1834-1898)], Tichborne claimant, see: Australian Dictionary of Biography. http://adb.anu.edu.au/ (accessed December 6, 2011), or, Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/ (accessed December 2, 2011)
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Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXB 544
Record Identifier
16AJ6ogn
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/16AJ6ogn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
950187
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