Fletcher family photographs, ca. 1879-1935

PXB 679/Boxes 1-2
PXA 1692/Box 1
PXA 1692/Folder 2

fonds

ca. 1879-1935

Graphic Materials, Photographs, Ephemera

904897

3 albums (53 photographic prints) - carte de viste, cabinet photographs - 28.5 x 24 cm. or smaller
25 photographic prints - carte de viste, cabinet photographs, silver gelatin - 15 x 10 cm. or smaller
2 items of ephemera - postcards - 9 x 14 cm.

Enoch Fletcher, born in Glasgow, Scotland and moved to Sydney in 1890. He and his wife settled in Coutts Crossing, NSW in 1914. The couple went into partnership with David Milligan in proprietorship of the Coutts Crossing store and post office. This partnership lasted until after the First World War. His sons George and John (Jack) bought out Milligan's share

Reference:
Library correspondence file

PXB 679
Box 1
Album containing 6 photographs, being carde de viste and tintype portraits of family members, before 1900

Box 2
10 photographic prints, before 1900. Relates to Coutts Crossing, NSW. The third photograph in the album is thought to show George Fletcher (man in the middle). The house featured in the album belonged to the Fletchers
Reference:
Paul Brunton, Field Librarian, 3 October 1986

PXA 1692
Box 1
Album containing 37 photographic prints, being carde de viste and cabinet photo portraits of family members, including George Fletcher as an infant, before 1900

Folder 2
25 photographic prints and 2 postcards, ca. 1879-1935, mostly being portraits of family members

Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.6184 as part of the eRecords Project 2012-13

A small number of the photographs bear inscriptions identifying the subjects