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Photograph, Davies & Co, Believed to be Sarah Shillinglaw, c.1869
... ...Paletot jacket...Ltd., Berwick, Victoria 1991 Marg Ball Collection 1867-1869 1869 Davies & Co Post Office Photographic Studio 7 Bourke St East Melbourne Paletot jacket Post Office Photographic Studio Sarah Aldous (nee Shillinglaw 1854-1925) Shillinglaw Family Photo Album 2 Unknown Carte-de-visite (Approx 2 1/2 x 4 1/8 inches or 6.3 x 10.5 cm)
Digital file only, scanned from album in private collection Believed to be Sarah Shillinglaw Photograph Photograph Davies & Co. ...
Sarah Shillinglaw was born at River Plenty on November 9, 1854. She married Charles Aldous on June 9, 1880 and died in Prahran, Victoria on August 3, 1925.
Davies & Co (William Davies) operated from:
7 Bourke Street East 1867-1869
55 Bourke Street East 1874-1877
55 Bourke Street East as Central Photogrphic Studio (E. Sands Mgr) 1878-1884
73 Bourke Street East 1877
91 Bourke Street East 1864-1868
94 Bourke Street East 1864-1877
98 Bourke Street East 1860-1861
19 Collins Street East 1865-1868
5 Collins Street West 1866-1870
CARTE-DE-VISITE (cdv) 1857-1890
Cartes-de-visite (cdv's) are the most common form of photograph from the nineteenth century, generally measuring two and a half inches by four and an eighth inches (6.3 x 10.5 cm) when mounted, sepia toned, mounted on a card which was generally printed with the photographer's name and address on the back or beneath the portrait.
- Frost, Lenore; Dating Family Photos 1850-1920; Valiant Press Pty. Ltd., Berwick, Victoria 1991marg ball collection, 1867-1869, 1869, davies & co post office photographic studio 7 bourke st east melbourne, paletot jacket, post office photographic studio, sarah aldous (nee shillinglaw 1854-1925), shillinglaw family photo album 2, unknown