Photograph - Black and white and colour prints and negatives, Dept pf Agriculture, Victoria, Miscellaneous Burnley, 1942-1943

Physical description

Collection of photographs, some labelled. Some are in photographic store envelopes labelled "Provan." Some in enveloped labelled "Dept. of Agriculture."
(1) 4 prints and 8 negatives: 2 Orchard, 2 unidentified in photograph packet labelled "Dept. of Agric 11.30."
(2) 8 prints and negatives in photograph packet labelled "Provan Nov 1942": a."Margaret Bowron & Betty Williams Opium Poppy" Nov 42. b. "Opium Poppy Nov 42." c. "Betty Williams Nov 42." d. "Betty Williams & Margaret Bowron Nov 42." e. "Nov 42." f. "Veg garden Nov 42." g. "Lemon Scented & Common Thyme Nov 42." h. "Pottato (sic) - up to Date in Plums Nov 42."
(3) 4 negatives in photograph packet labelled "Provan": 2 of draught horse pulling lawnmower, media bins, some kind of Staff? gathering.
(4) 6 photographs in packet labelled "Burnley Feb 1943." a. Luffmann Ponds. b. Prunus glandulosa. c. Magnolia stellata. d. Greenhouses. e, f.. Small boy with calf - possibly J. L. Provan's son.
(5) 4 photographs in envelope labelled "Burnley Nov. Dec. 1942." a, b.. Margaret Bowron and Betty Williams in the Orchard. c. "Geelong Excursion 3rd Nov 1942 A? W Stinton's Nursery." d. Group of students workoing outside.
(6) Colour photograph of 6 men in an office, one is T. H. Kneen.
(7) 18 garden views, mostly trees, Principal's Residence, 2 Orchard, petunias in window box, 2 of 5 men looking at dahlias. 7d. Petunia x hybrida.Some already catalogued elsewhere and not scanned again.
(8) 3 very faded. a. "Ajuga from border in front of pavilion infected with eelworm." b. "Flying Fox Spread 3'3" Caught in electric overhead wires on Fri 18th Dec 1942 Burnley Gardens." c. Oct. 1917" very faded but could be J. P. McLennan

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