Bed cap, bonnet- Adult size cotton bonnet - Cotton lace inserts - Georgette type fabricNilclothing, handmade, c 1900's fashion

This album contains photographs from a variety of sources in Scotland, England, and Australia. The date range of the photographers ranges from around 1847 to 1900. There are photos of families and individuals and some are obviously linked. This album has historic and social significance in that it appears to be a collection of family photographs which link areas of Scotland with the coming of early settlers to Australia and in some photos obviously to Warrnambool. They provide an overview of fashion and styles pertaining to the 1870’s through to around 1900’s and hence it has interpretive value.Brown leather bound hard cover with raised geometric design on the front. Back cover is plain. Edges of pages are gilded and closed with brass- coloured hinged clasp with keyhole. Contains numerous photographs of individuals and family groups. There are generally four to a page, with some empty spaces towards the back of the album. Inside front cover in grey lead 472 or/-. There are photographers’ names on the backs of the photos including R Boning @ St Leonard on Sea, C Hawkins Preston St Brighton, W H Mason 21 George St Croydon, Batchelder & Co 41 Collins St, D Clarke Warrnambool, T.J.J. Wyatt Warrnambool, and P. Dawson Warrnambool. warrnambool photo album, r boning, st leonard on sea, c hawkins, w h mason, batchelder & co, d clarke warrnambool, t.j.j. wyatt warrnambool, p. dawson warrnambool, warrnambool

William Creswick Kidd (1859-1933) married Margaret Williams in 1883 and they had the following children:- Linda MAbel 1884-25/8/1890; Richard Percy 1886-10/10/1890; William Leslie 1890-25/4/1895; Ella Winifred 1892; Raymond Thomas 1897; Laura Doris 1900. William was appointed as a JP in 1913 and early in the 1900's became a councillor in the Eaglehawk borough. His grocery store was mentioned in the newspapers as early as 1892Bendigo Advertiser '' The way we were'' from Monday, October 14, 2002. Old fashioned service: Old fashioned service: a grocery store in Mt. Korong Road, now Eaglehawk Road, California Gully; circa 1907. Included in the picture is storekeeper William c. Kidd, his children Raymond, Ella and Doris and shop boy Harry Pearce. The others are not known. The store is now a post office. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were