Significance

This large framed photograph once hung in the Kew Town Hall in Walpole Street. It marked the occasion when Kew became a city. It is an important record of a significant civic event by a nationally significant photographer.

Physical description

A very large, framed portrait of the elected councillors of the City of Kew in 1921. The photograph was taken by the nationally important photographer, Josiah Barnes who had until recently been a resident of Kew. He was to die in the same year that the photograph was taken. The photograph was taken in the Alexandra Gardens in front of the Jubilee Rotunda.

Inscriptions & markings

[Inscription] "Kew Proclaimed a City, 10th March 1921, Kew City Council".
[Photographer] "J.E. Barnes Photo / Kew".
Plaque: “Presented by Cr Wm Wishart / Mayor 1906-7”.