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Title
Album of photographs of the War Memorial Hospital at Waverley, New South Wales, 1914-1933
Call number
PXA 269
Level of description
fonds
Date

1914-1933
Type of material
Graphic Materials, Photographs, Ephemera, Clippings
Reference code
887666
Physical Description
1 album (22 photographs, 2 orders of proceedings, 1 invitation, 1 dedication, 2 newspaper clippings) - black & white, sepia - various sizes
Scope and Content
Photographs are mainly of the official opening of the hospital on 11th November, 1922. The hospital was formerly the residence of the Vickery family. The front cover of the album bears a coat of arms.
Finding Aids
Contents list available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room -
Description source

Information transferred from pictures card catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2009-2010
Signatures / Inscriptions

Album is dated and titled 'WAR MEMORIAL 1922' in ink on label on front cover. Four of the photographs are dated in ink or biro at lower edge or below on labels pasted onto mounts. The orders of proceedings, invitation and dedication are dated and titled. All of the photographs are titled in ink or biro at lower edge or below on labels pasted onto mounts.
Name
Vickery family
Vickery, Ebenezer (Jnr)
Subject
Photograph albums--New South Wales.
Sydney (N.S.W.)--Photographs.
Topic
hospitals
openings (events)
invitations
newspaper clippings
coats of arms
Place
Waverley (N.S.W.)

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