Millett family album of photographs, genealogical notes, cards and invitations, ca. 1865-1945, 1993,...
Millett family album of photographs, genealogical notes, cards and invitations, ca. 1865-1945, 1993, 1996, and 2009
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1865-1945, 1993, 1996, and 2009
Call Numbers
PXA 1218
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Reference Code
Formats
Physical Description
Contents
1 album (170 photographic prints and 9 items of ephemera and textual material) - album 29 x 22.5 cm - chiefly albumen and gelatin silver
1 photographic print - 10 x 14 cm - albumen
1 volume of textual material (87 pages) - printed
Other Descriptions
Level of description
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Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Created before 1955 (applies to photographs only)
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
ITEM 1
An album of brown leather, stamped with the letters "W.H.M. V.A." on the front cover, containing carte-de-visite, cabinet and photographic portraits including the Millett, A'Beckett, Murphy, and Deloitte families from Australia, Penzance and Hong Kong. It includes portraits of William Halse Millett and the actress Maude Millett.
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Alternative Titles
Full title
Millett family album of photographs, genealogical notes, cards and invitations, ca. 1865-1945, 1993, 1996, and 2009
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Photographs may be inscribed on reverse. This was not checked at time of cataloguing, March 2010
Signature / Inscriptions
Front cover of album is stamped "W.H.M. V.A.". Album is annotated in pencil and ink and in a later hand in pen
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Mr John Millett, 2009
Administrative / Biographical history
William Halse Millett (1840-1877), born in Penzance, England, arrived in Australia on the ship 'Hollander' in 1857. He was a merchant seaman who was awarded the Albert Medal in gold for gallantry in 1867. He was killed in 1877 when the steamer 'Yarra Yarra' sank while entering the port of Newcastle, N.S.W.
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Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 1218
Record Identifier
YezdEyA9
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YezdEyA9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
888229
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