Historical information

The girls are Elizabeth Lock and Nanette Hunt. The photograph was taken in the garden at the former Donaldson family home in Sussex Street, Linton. Unfortunately, the house is not shown - the view is across Sussex Street to a cottage on the other side of the road. Elizabeth Lock's aunt and uncle, Vera and James Johnson, bought the house from the Donaldson family in the mid 1930s. Elizabeth Lock, b.1934, often stayed for extended periods with her aunt and uncle and briefly attended school at Linton in 1941. Nanette Hunt, b.1931, was the daughter of William George Hunt, Postmaster at Linton in the 1930s.

Physical description

Black and white copy of original photograph which shows two small girls dressed in fairy or butterfly costumes. They are standing underneath trees in a garden. A cottage with a verandah can be seen in the background.

Inscriptions & markings

On reverse: "L - Beth Watson, age 3 / R - Nanette Hunt / (Post Master's daughter) / Front garden, / Dr. Donaldson's / circa 1937".