black / white photograph, C1920

Historical information

Included in the photograph are Mrs P. Nixon and her two children, Mary Gilbert, Margaret Irvine, Mrs A. Hossack, Annie Gilbert. they are watching a football match around 1920.

Significance

This photograph is associated with Mary Gilbert, a well-known Orbost citizen. It is a pictorial record of a social activity of the first half 20th century. It also shows the clothing and transport of that time.

Physical description

A sepia photograph of some women and children sitting in cars. Two of the women are holding babies. Two older girls in school uniforms are seated in the back of the car on the right.

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