Historical information

Original photograph of 39 men from G. V. Region at Thistle Conference, Rochester, 30 May 1907. Men would have been Councillors. Thistles on the land were a great problem in the early 1900's. Unemployed were often given the job of digging them out.

Physical description

Sepia photograph of 39 men outside Council Chambers, Rochester, 1907.

Inscriptions & markings

on back: Thistle Conference Rochester 30 May 1907