Rayner family photographs, ca. 1870-1936, 1966

PXA 1306
FM2/2045

fonds

ca. 1870 - 1936, 1966

Graphic Materials, Photographs

52815

5 photographs - albumen photoprints - 25 x 30.5 cm or smaller
5 photographs - gelatin silver - 25.5 x 31 cm or smaller
10 negatives (2 film strips) - 35 mm

John Rayner came from Ireland to Sydney in 1839, he and Abraham Rayner started the first tweed factory in Australia. John Rayner married Elizabeth Evans in 1874. He commenced business during the 1870's as butcher, baker and general storekeeper in Springwood, New South Wales.

References:
Compiled from the collection
Penrith Heritage Study / prepared for Penrith City Council by Paul Davies.
http://www.penrithcity.nsw.gov.au/uploadedFiles/Website/Planning_and_Development/Stage_1_Local_Plan/Penrith_Heritage_Study_2007/PenHeritageStudyVol1StudyReport.pdf(accessed 26 February, 2010)

A collection initially lent for copying by Miss May Wiggins on behalf of Miss M. Rayner, October 1965

PXA 1306
The collection consists of 5 photographs [albumen and gelatin silver], ca. 1870-1936 and 5 photographic copies [gelatin silver], 1966 relating to the Rayner family of Springwood, N.S.W. Includes William (John) Rayner's general store (Springwood, N.S.W.), butchery and bakery, the first tweed factory in Australia (Emu Plains, N.S.W.) and family portraits

FM2/2045
10 negatives of the above photographs

Access via appointment - FM2/2045 only

Copyright status:: Photographs in this collection created before 1955 are all out of copyright. Photographs created after 1955 are in copyright.
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

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