Photographs, postcards and printed envelopes collected by Mary Booth, ca. 1870-1958
Photographs, postcards and printed envelopes collected by Mary Booth, ca. 1870-1958
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1870 - 1958
Call Numbers
PXA 1330/Boxes 1-2
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures, Photographs and Prints
Physical Description
Contents
15 prints - 4 postcards and 11 printed envelopes
2 photographs - 31 X 25 cm and 16.5 x 19 cm
1 album (196 carte-de-visites and 1 tintype) - 11 x 6.5 cm and 10 x 6.3 cm
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Copyright status : Copyright restrictions may apply - Photographs created before 1955 are out of copyright. Photographs created after 1955 are in copyright for the life of photographer plus 70 years.
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Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
BOX 1
An album of carte de visite photographs, ca. 1870 - ca. 1880, some are identified on the reverse, including a gem sized tintype portrait of a young woman (housed separately - Box 2) and two 'In Memoriam' poems for Nicol Drysdale Stenhouse and Alice Fane Gunn Stenhouse
BOX 2
A photograph dated 20 April 1958 showing the presentatio...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Photographs, postcards and printed envelopes collected by Mary Booth, ca. 1870-1958
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.887 as part of the eRecords Project 2011-2012
Related manuscript material:
MLMSS 2109
Related pictorial material:
Newscuttings re 'Violet Day' Location number: PXn 872 Mitchell Library
Pic.Acc.2177
Contextual Information
Source
Presented Mrs Jeanne E Gooch, 1966
Pic.Acc.887
Administrative / Biographical history
Dr. Mary Booth (1869-1956) was born and initially educated in Sydney, she later trained at the College of Medicine for Women at the University of Edinburgh, graduating in 1899. She returned to Sydney in 1900. Throughout her life she was prominent in many organisations being interested in feminism, health, town planning and patriotism.
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Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 1330/Boxes 1-2
Record Identifier
1wNOdXjn
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1wNOdXjn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
52862
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