James Lerk Collection - Unidentified photograph. Three objects in this photo - Metal fire extinguisher; rounded (spherical) pot and white bottle marked Summery's /Wine & Spirit Vaults/Grantham (19th C stone beer bottle)

UNIDENTIFIED PHOTOGRAPH DONATED BY W. GAYFORD, 20 WOLSLEY STREET, MONT ALBERTSMALL OVAL PHOTOGRAPH ON RECTANGULAR BACKING OF YOUNG GIRLlocal history, photography, photograph, unidentified photograph

BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH MAN AND TWO LADIES, UNIDENTIFIEDlocal history, photography, photographs, unidentified photograph

BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF TWO LADIES AND ONE MANON RESERVE SIDE -TO DUNCAN FROM FATHER FLORA & OLIVE FRAMED BY COLIN 14,1,31local history, photography, photographs, unidentified photograph

BLACK AND WHITE ORIGINAL UNFRAMED THOTOGRAPH OF THREE LADIES, TWO WEARING LIGHT CLOTHING AND ONE IN DARK FROCK WITH A WHITE CROCHET JABOT.local history, photography, photographs, unidentified photograph

BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF A YOUNG LADY DRESSED IN LONG DARK FROCK LARGE HAT, GLOVES AND SILVER FOX CAPE. STANDING IN FRONT OF BASHY TREE. PHOTOGRAPH MOUNTED ON STRONG DARK GREEN CARDBOARD.local history, photography, photographs, unidentified photograph

SMALL FADED [HOTOGRAPH YOUNG CHILD - OVAL PHOTOGRAPH ON RECTANGULAR BACKINGlocal history, photography, photograph, unidentified photograph

SEPIA PHOTOGRAPH DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN WEARING BLACK WOOL JACKET AND WHITE SHIRTlocal history, photography, photographs, unidentified photograph

BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH LADY DRESSED IN WHITE FORMAL FROCK WITH WIDE SASH AND ROSE AT WAISTWISH YOU ALL A HAPPY XMAS LIL. REVERSE SIDElocal history, photography, photographs, unidentified photograph

SEPIA PHOTOGRAPH OF TWO YOUNG CHILDREN. BOY ASTRIDE WOODEN ROCKING HORSE LITTLE GIRL SITTING ON SMALL TABLE ON PIANO STOOL. PHOTOGRAPH PRESENTED IN FOLDERlocal history, photography, photographs, unidentified photograph

BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH LADY WEARING LARGE HAT, WITH ROSES AS DECORATION UNDER WIDE BRIM.local history, photography, photographs, unidentified photograph

A postcard or commercial picture of the Memorial Arch G.O.R Victoria. Shows view of road, cars and find view of Cypress Trees on seaward side of photograph. These trees are no longer there.

This unidentified photograph was in the possession of Alice Bell nee Clayton or Woodstock on Loddon.Black and white photograph of a woman wearing glasses.Verso "With love & best wishes 4/5/09richards and co., woman, alice bell, alice clayton

This unidentified photograph was in the possession of Alice Bell nee Clayton or Woodstock on Loddon.Black and white photograph of a seated man and woman on either side of a small table. The woman is holding a book. woman, alice bell, alice clayton, arthur and son, arthur & son, arthur and co

UNIDENTIFIED PHOTOGRAPH DONATED BY W. GAYFORD 20 WOLSLEY ST. MONT ALBERTSMALL BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF SMALL BOY MOUNTED IN PINK DECORATED FRAME - MATERIAL UNIDENTIFIEDUNINDENTIFIED PHOTOGRAPH DONATED BY W. GAYFORD OF 20 WOLSLEY ST. MOUNT ALBERTlocal history, photography, photograph, local personalities

UNIDENTIFIED PHOTOGRAPH DONATED BY W. GAYFORD, 20 WOLSLEY STREET, MONT ALBERTBLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH STREET PARADElocal history, photography, photograph, events and celebrations

UNIDENTIFIED PHOTOGRAPH DONATED BY W. GAYFORD, 20 WOLSLEY STREET, MONT ALBERTVERY FADED PHOTOGRAPH FAMILY IN GIG/HORSE DRAWN VEHICLElocal history, photograph, early citizens

UNIDENTIFIED PHOTOGRAPH DONATED BY W. GAYFORD, 20 WOLSLEY STREET, MONT ALBERTSEPIA PHOTOGRAPH OF FAMILY GROUP - PARENTS AND TWO CHILDRENlocal history, photography, photograph, early citizens

UNIDENTIFIED PHOTOGRAPH DONATED BY W. GAYFORD, 20 WOLSLEY STREET, MONT ALBERTFLYSPOTTED, FADED AND DAMAGED PHOTOGRAPH OF A ROOM OR HALL FULL OF UNIFORMED MENlocal history, photography, photograph, early citizens

UNIDENTIFIED PHOTOGRAPH DONATED BY W. GAYFORD, 20 WOLSLEY STREET, MONT ALBERTPHOTOGRAPH PEOPLE STANDING IN FRONT OF HOUSElocal history, photography, photograph

UNIDENTIFIED PHOTOGRAPH DONATED BY W. GAYFORD, 20 WOLSLEY STREET, MONT ALBERTFADED PHOTOGRAPH - FOUR GENTLEMEN AND A DOG STANDING OUTSIDE A SHEDlocal history, photography, photograph, ?

The Melbourne artist Alma Agnes Marion Figuerola, was the daughter of Juan Pedro Narciso Figuerola (1869-1919) and Alice Lucinda Walker Hanson (1889-1969). Each of their three daughters grew up to be involved in the arts: Alma as a painter; Carmen Irene (1906-1993) as a short story writer, poet and teacher of dancing; and Sylvia (also Silvia) Lyla Alice (1911-1992) as a composer and cellist. The first art lessons Alma Figuerola received were with Oscar Binder. Later she attended the art school established by the Melbourne 'tonalist' [Duncan] Max Meldrum (1875-1955). She graduated from his school in 1920, participating in her first group exhibition in the same year. Solo exhibitions of her work were to be held in 1933 at the Meldrum Gallery in Elizabeth Street, in 1937 and 1945 at the Athenaeum Gallery at 188 Collins Street, and in 1951 at Georges Gallery in Collins Street. Throughout her extensive career she participated in group exhibitions, usually with artists of the Meldrum School, and as a member of the Twenty Melbourne Painters, of which she was invited to become an associate in 1935. In 1953, her portrait of Professor ES Hills was entered in the Archibald Prize Competition of the Art Gallery of New South Wales. A resident of Kew from the 1930s - 51 Studley Park Road, often with her mother, her sister Carmen, or both - from c.1942 until her death she lived at 'D’Estaville', 7 Barry Street. From the late 1930s she is recorded as actively contributing to the arts at a local level. In 1939 and 1940 she participated in art exhibitions at the Hawthorn Municipal Library organised by Jessie Carbines. From 1944 to 1951 she co-organised successive Kew Arts Festivals, initially in the Presbyterian Church Hall in Highbury Grove and later at the Recreation Hall in Wellington Street. A foundation member of the Kew Historical Society in 1958, Alma Figuerola remained an active member of the Society until her death on 8 December 1970. She predeceased her two sisters who both died in the 1990s and who are buried at Andersons' Creek Cemetery in Warrandyte.Undated and unidentified photograph of two young women, who were probably two of the Figuerola sisters. The photograph is the Alma Figuerola photo album. alma figuerola album, arists - kew (vic), artists - meldrum school, occupants - 7 barry street - kew (vic)

UNIDENTIFIED PHOTOGRAPH DONATED TO MUSEUM BY W. GAYFORD, 20 WOLSLEY STREET, MONT ALBERTBLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH MOUNTED ON GREY CARDBOARD OF FAMILY GROUPS ON FRONT VERANDAHlocal history, photography, photograph, local personalities

The tintype (or ferrotype or Melainotype) was produced on metallic sheet (not, actually, tin) instead of glass. The plate was coated with collodion and sensitized just before use. It was introduced by Adolphe Alexandre Martin in 1853. The most common size was about the same as the carte-de-visite, 5.5cm x 9.0cm, but both larger and smaller ferrotypes were made. The smallest were "Little Gem" tintypes, about the size of a postage-stamp, made simultaneously on a single plate in a camera with 12 or 16 lenses. They were often produced by travelling photographers, and were cheaper than Ambrotypes so made photography available to working classes, not just to the more well-to-do. The print would come out laterally reversed (as one sees oneself in a mirror). Being quite rugged, tintypes could be sent by post. Tintypes were eventually superseded by gelatin emulsion dry plates in the 1880s, though street photographers in various parts of the world continued with this process until the 1950s. (Above information abridged from http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/tintype.htm) The firm of Gove and Allen opened in Sydney in 1880 and were responsible for the belated popularizing of the gem tintype in Australia. The firm traded as both The American Gem Studio and The American Studio. Others franchises were opened in Melbourne, Ballarat and Sandhurst (Bendigo). The Sandhurst branch closed in 1882 and Adelaide in 1884. All Gove and Allen studios had ceased trading by 1885. The studio addresses were: 23 King William St, Adelaide; 324 George St, Sydney; 95 Swanston St, Melbourne; Howard Place, Sandhurst; 7 Queen St, Brisbane; The card mounts used in Gove and Allen studios in Australia are identical to those used in America. They were initially made of plain white card with embossing around the oval image opening in the mount while some also had simple geometric and floral printed designs as well. Although Gove and Allen studios produced the majority of gem tintypes in Australia, other studios offered them including: - London, American & Sydney Photo Company, 328 George St, Sydney; - David Edelsten, 55 & 57 Bourke St, Melbourne; - Burman's Portrait Rooms, St. George's Hall, 209 Bourke St, Melbourne; - Bell's Gem Portrait Studio, 57 Bourke St East, Melbourne; - R. H. Kenny, Bridge St, Ballarat; - Marinus W. Bent, Sandhurst (Bendigo); - George Fisher, Victoria; - Anson Brothers, Hobart Town. (Abridged information from http://members.ozemail.com.au/~msafier/photos/tintypes.html) A tintype portrait of a woman's head, attached to a card.Printed lower left hand side of the card "American Studio, 324 Geo. St."tintype, american studio, woman, unidentified woman, women, photograph

Unidentified photograph, (Verified to by Faye Partington that it Benjamin (born at Point Lookout). Lived and worked at Willis Vale on the farm and orchards. Married at age 34.Charles Partington and family came to Melbourne in the 1840s and moved to Greensborough where they farmed along the Plenty River. Descendants still live in Greensborough.Digital copy of black and white studio photograph.