Significance
Many studio photographs such as this would have been taken to send back to family and friends left behind in Ithaca and other parts of the world.
Physical description
A sepia photograph in an oval outline of a man holding a little child on his knee. The photograph is in post card format.
Inscriptions & markings
Printed on the back: WHITNEY BROS/ELECTRIC STUDIOS/118 BOURKE ST/MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA/CORRESPONDENCE/ADDRESS.