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Photograph, Melba Studio, Caroline (Carrie) Shillinglaw, c.1898
... ...Melba Photographers Swanston St Melbourne...Ltd., Berwick, Victoria 1991 Marg Ball Collection Shillinglaw Family Photo Album 2 Cabinet Photo 1897-1929 1898 Caroline (Carrie) Watson (nee Shillinglaw) 1876-1956 Melba Photographers Swanston St Melbourne CABINET Photo approximnately 4.5 inches by 6.5 inches (11.5 x 16.5 cm).
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Caroline Shillinglaw married Christopher Watson 1907. Their daughter, Jean, was born 1906.
Melba Studio Photographers operated from Nicholson's Chambers at 101 Swanston Street, Melbourne opposite the Town Hall from 1897-1929
A review of Melba Studio
NEWS AND NOTES FOR LADIES. (1897, November 25). Fitzroy City Press (Vic. : 1881 - 1920), p. 3. Retrieved December 2, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65696093
CABINET 1866-1905
The Cabinet photo was introduced in 1866 in answer to a demand for a larger format photograph which could be mounted for a cabinet or on the wall. They were 4.5 inches by 6.5 inches (11.5 x 16.5 cm), more than twice the size of the cdv. They cost about twice as much as a cdv but eventually displaced them. They were not extensively produced until 1880 and had ceased by 1905. Coloured mounts, especially maroon or green, indicate a date between 1880 and 1890.
- Frost, Lenore; Dating Family Photos 1850-1920; Valiant Press Pty. Ltd., Berwick, Victoria 1991marg ball collection, shillinglaw family photo album 2, cabinet photo, 1897-1929, 1898, caroline (carrie) watson (nee shillinglaw) 1876-1956, melba photographers swanston st melbourne