Historical information

Murray Comrie Collection.


This photograph is a low-contrast image created from an older original. Copy probably made by Murray Comrie in the 1970s.

Physical description

Monochrome photograph depicting four sisters from the Bool family of Tarnagulla, dressed up for the 1904 'Poster Fair', wearing labels relating to local stores and household products.

In May 1904, a ‘poster fair’ was enjoyed by attendees at the the Victoria Hotel and Theatre, Tarnagulla. It included a range of stalls where ‘about 30 young ladies, who had charge of the various stalls, wore costumes with advertisements of local and metropolitan business firms’ to raise funds for the new Church of England parsonage.

From the left, Ruth Bool is representing the Exchange Store, Florrie Bool is supporting the Criterion Store, Vera Bool prefers Hudson's Soap, and Alice Bool is advocating Velveteen Soap.'