Ward family collection : family photographs, ca. 1880-1966

PXD 820/vol. 15
ON 214

series

ca. 1880-1966

Graphic Materials, Photographs

404436

105 photographs - includes tintypes
3 negatives - glass

Photoprints include Hugh J. Ward in theatrical costume (nos.1-13); Hugh J Ward (nos.14-26); Grace Ward nee Miller (nos.27-33); Hugh F Ward (no.34); Mel Ward (nos.35-50); Halley Ward nee Foster (nos.51-54); Group portraits of Ward family (nos.55-72); Mel & Halley Ward (nos.73-81); Ward family relatives & friends (no.82-101); Presentation of an Edison cylinder ... in the name of Melbourne Ward, 1958 (no.102) (Call No.: PXD 820 (v.15))
3 glass photonegatives of the Ward family (Call No.: ON 214 - Access only by appointment with Pictures staff)

Access via appointment - Applies to ON 214

Nos.11-12(c) are probably when Hugh J Ward appeared as a baboon at Drury Lane in 1904, ""illustrating the Darwinian theory with grotesque humour."" Reference: Australian Dictionary of Biography, Vol.12 (p.383)
Nos. 12(a-c) copied from original photoprints, Jun 2000 [originals discarded due to fragile condition]