Summary
Photograph of Ellen (Nell) Amenda McPhee, nee Baker who came out to Australia on the SS Demosthenes in 1919. Nell is wearing what is believed to be her wedding dress and wedding ring.
Ellen (Nell) Amenda Baker, born on 15/1/1896, worked in England as a scullery maid for a shoe and slipper manufacturer. John (Jack) Albert McPhee, born on 1/12/1896, had served in the Australian army during World War I, and while in England he visited his friend Charles Baker's family in Southampton where he met Charles' sister Nell. They corresponded during the War and married on 12 April 1919. Nell and Jack boarded the SS Demosthenes at Southampton on 26 July 1919 and landed in Melbourne on 14 September 1919 where they initially lived with Jack's parents in South Melbourne.
Description of Content
Young woman wearing a white near length dress standing with her hand on a decorative column.
Physical Description
Black and whote photograph mounted in cream window frame.
More Information
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Collecting Areas
Migration & Cultural Diversity, Leisure, Images & Image Making
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Person Depicted
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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2D Dimensions - Object
140 mm (Width), 205 mm (Height)
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Keywords
English Immigration, Shipboard Travel, Ships, Weddings, Portraits, World War I, 1914-1918, War Brides
