Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives Accession Number: DA08570

Description

Eldershire [Register caption].
Studio portrait of a child dressed in military uniform, possibly the son of Pte Eldershire.
This is one of a series of photographs taken by the Darge Photographic Company which had a permit to take photographs at the Broadmeadows and Seymour army camps during the First World War. In the 1930s, the Australian War Memorial purchased the original glass negatives from Algernon Darge, along with the photographers' notebooks. The notebooks contain brief details, usually a surname or unit name, for each negative. The names are transcribed as they appear in the notebooks.

Details

Accession Number
DA08570
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Date Made
4 May 1915
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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