Fred William Hughes : photographs of houses including Wildfell, Potts Point and Lord Street Botany, ca. 1880-1917

PXA 744

fonds

ca. 1880-1917

Graphic Materials, Photographs

152429

Photographs - 5 albumen photoprints and 8 silver gelatin photoprints - 24.5 x 30.5 cm. or smaller

Fred William Hughes (1869-1950) was a pastoralist, industrialist, racehorse breeder and owner. For further information see Australian Dictionary of Biography vol. 9.

1-9. House and gardens owned by Hughes at "Wildfell", Wylde Street, Potts Point in 1917, the year it was auctioned / photographed by E.B. Studios
10. Photographs of Hughes' house at Lord Street, Botany, c.1890
11-14. Photographs of unidentified house, probably in Great Britain, c.1880.

For information about the auction of Wildfell, Potts Point see: Richardson and Wrench, plans and particulars of valuable city, Potts Point & Glebe properties for auction , Mon 18th June 1917. Location number: Q981.1/R Mitchell Library