Herbert Whittle family photographs

PXE 1803/1-258

fonds

1920s-1950s, 1976

Graphic Materials, Photographs

9650094

258 photographic prints - gelatin silver, chiefly black and white

Herbert Leslie Whittle was born in Victoria in 1906 and married Ivy Anne Baines in 1928. The Whittles had two children, Betty Patricia and John. Herbert was a cabinet maker and keen amateur photographer.

Reference:
Library correspondence file and Victorian Birth Deaths and Marriages.

Donor is a granddaughter of the creator and inherited the collection from her mother, Betty Cashman (nee Whittle).

A collection of 258 photographic prints documenting the lives of the Whittle family of Marrickville and Saratoga, New South Wales, 1920s to 1950s, and 1976.

Whittle family portraits
PXA /1-93
Includes photographs of Herbert, Ivy, Betty and John Whittle, the extended Whittle family and friends. Also included is a colour photograph of Herbert Whittle at his 70th birthday party in 1976 and a colourised photograph of Elizabeth Duffel, 1923.

Blue Mountains
PXA /94-123
Includes five photographic postcards of the Scenic Railway, Katoomba, New South Wales.

Coalcliff and the South Coast
PXA /124-176
Includes photographs of the construction of Coalcliff Rock Pool, New South Wales, and a photographic postcard of men fishing.

The Farm and Saratoga
PXA /177-226

Whittle family miscellaneous photographs
PXA /227-258
Includes a photograph of Wiseman's Ferry Hotel, New South Wales.

Copyright restrictions may apply:
Copyright holder:: State Library of New South Wales
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Descriptions based on inscriptions on verso of photographs and/or information supplied by donor.