framed black and white photograph, 1914

Historical information

No information available.
According to the label this is a photograph of "a well known reprobate among the navvies who built the railway line" - probably the East Gippsland Bairnsdale to Orbost line.

Physical description

A black / white photograph of an old man, unshaven, missing front teeth and wearing a hat. It is on a brown buff card under glass in a heavy, black wooden frame.

Inscriptions & markings

on bottom of photograph - "S Vogt 1914"
on card at front - "Shoot 'em, Fly 'em. A well known reprobate among the navvies who built the railway line"

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