Photograph, Picnic on the Honeysuckle Creek, 1909, 1909

Historical information

Photograph is dated 1909 by inscriptions on front and reverse.
According to its inscription, the photograph was taken on a holiday at "Inverleigh" (=property name rather than town name?), during which an afternoon was spent "on the Honeysuckle".
"Mrs James Wishart" (who in 1909 was still Miss Ethel Bersey) is identified in black marker pen on the back of the photo as one of the people in the photo.
Ethel Bersey/Wishart may be the woman in a dark dress, standing in the foreground on the rhs.
Early LDHS index to photographs suggests that the woman in the white hat may be Millie Allen, née Bennett.

Physical description

Black and white photograph of three ladies wearing long skirts and hats, and two men in shirtsleeves, with spades, in foreground beside a creek. Two other ladies similarly attired standing on the opposite side of the water.

Inscriptions & markings

Handwritten beneath photograph, on card mount: "On Honeysuckle Creek (Nov 1st 09)"
Handwritten on back of photo: "To Dear Auntie / with love from Harold / as a memento of the holiday at / "Inverleigh" & of the afternoon on the / Honeysuckle 11.11.09 - (27.11.09)".
Also, in marker pen, not part of original inscription: "Mrs JAMES / WISHART". Note: In 1909, Mrs James Wishart was still Ethel Bersey. She married James Wishart in 1910.

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