Firth family pictorial material, ca.1884-1932

PXE 1335

fonds

ca.1884-1932

Graphic Materials, Photographs

913759

76 loose and mounted photographs - cabinet card, tintype, albumen and silver gelatin - between 38 x 50 mm. (smallest), 16.5 x 21 cm. (largest)
4 albums (92 photographs)
102 ephemera items (postcards and souvenir booklets)

Alfred W. Firth arrived in Australia from England ca.1884. He was a business man, company director, and member of Associated Fruit Merchants of NSW. Agnes Winifed Firth was A. W. Firth's daughter -- Source: ML file

This donation came from the donor's mother's grandfather's collections -- ML file

Approx. 76 loose and mounted photographs: cabinet card, tintype, albumen and silver gelatin. Identified portraits include Alfred and Helen Firth; Robert Stewart Rolph (owner of Launceston Examiner) and family; Susie Holmes; Fred Evans; World War I soldiers including Wal Stafford, Leo? Whitehead; Mrs M. Bayley; Mrs H. M. Bayley; V. Paul, Aug ‘97; A. & F. Hopkins; Picnic to Correy’s Gardens, Cabarita, Parramatta River, Sat 30th April 1904 [2 group portraits, Alfred Firth identified by donor]; Associated Fruit Merchants of N.S.W. Picnic, 26th April, 1902 [group portrait]; Masonic Picnic, “Empress of India” & “Samaritan” Lodges, Botany, Oct 1891 [group portrait; Alfred Firth identified]. Views include Premaydena, Tasmania; premises of Stimson & Firth growers’ agents, City Fruit Markets, Sydney; unidentified house, possibly Neutral Bay; organ and interior of Sydney Town Hall.

4 photograph albums, including views of Premaydena, Tasmania, 1929, (6 photos); undated Australian? views and flower photographic studies (24 photos); Kodak album inscribed inside front cover “A. L. King, 6.11.03”, chiefly views around Sydney Harbour and Middle Harbour? (44 photos); Kodak album of unidentified views and family photos (17 photos + 1 photo of child on cover)

102 ephemera items: postcards and souvenir booklets, mostly Australian views; some postcards addressed to Firth family

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

This collection forms part of the Firth family, Alfred W. Firth papers, 1884-1932 at MLMSS 3894.

Keyword subject:
Sydney (N.S.W.)