Photograph, Donald Hartley Rowe at his bakery at 118 Union Road, Surrey Hills

Historical information

The photo is of Donald Hartley Rowe who was a baker at 118 Union Road. The property's rear exited on to Stirling Crescent and this photo was probably taken from kerbside of it. He was born in 1876; married Mary Gibson in 1901 and died in Surrey Hills in 1958.
In 1935 his daughter Winifred (1903-1985) married Phillip Sebastien Slavin (1907-1980), known as Paddy, who took over the business. He is first listed at 118 Union Road (no occupation noted) in the electoral roll of 1937 through until 1963.

Physical description

A black and white photograph of a baker, dressed in pants and shirt and wearing a white apron and a light coloured cook's flat cap coming out of a doorway. He has a large tin dish in his right hand.

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