Photograph, H.H. Hemmings, Possibly Florence May Aldous, c.1905

Album - Photograph Album, Shillinglaw Family Photograph Album 3, 1870-1919

Historical information

Note: No wedding ring is visible on her left hand so possibly shortly before her marriage to William Beere.

H.H. Hemmings Photographers were operating at 8 Edinburgh St, Richmond from 1905 through 1910 according to Sands McDougall directories

CABINET 1866-1905
The Cabinet photo was introduced in 1866 in answer to a demand for a larger format photograph which could be mounted for a cabinet or on the wall. They were 4.5 inches by 6.5 inches (11.5 x 16.5 cm), more than twice the size of the cdv. They cost about twice as much as a cdv but eventually displaced them. They were not extensively produced until 1880 and had ceased by 1905. Coloured mounts, especially maroon or green, indicate a date between 1880 and 1890.
- Frost, Lenore; Dating Family Photos 1850-1920; Valiant Press Pty. Ltd., Berwick, Victoria 1991

Physical description

CABINET Photo approximnately 4.5 inches by 6.5 inches (11.5 x 16.5 cm).
Digital file only, scanned from album in private collection

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