[Jean Garling family photograph album], 1915-1918

PXB 1713

fonds

1915-1918

Graphic Materials, Photographs

1009656

1 album (12 photographic prints) - gelatin silver

Jean Garling (1907–1998) was an Australian author, dancer, and for many years a committed supporter of dance and the performing arts in Sydney. She was a descendant of the colonial artist Frederick Garling. In her later years she developed strong links with the State Library of New South Wales, being a founding member of the Library Society and a Governor Benefactor.
Reference: Library correspondence file

12 silver gelatin photographs with pencil and ink captions inserted in a generic ‘Snapshots’ album with cardboard covers. It contains black and white photographs of Jean Garling's family, ca. 1915-1918, including her parents Alfred and Minnie Garling, and her sisters Daisy Burke and Lois. In many of the photographs they are posed with the family motor car. Daisy’s husband John Burke and Lois’ fiancé, Francis Thomas Billingsley Walker are also present in several photographs. Jean Garling appears in only one photograph being the family group pasted on the back inside cover where she can be seen in the middle row second from the left.

Out of copyright: Created before 1955
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