Summary
Black and white negative of Ethelwyn & Nancy Pitts, Merrigum, Victoria, 1910s. Photographed by Lilian Louisa Pitts.
Part of the Lilian Louisa Pitts collection. Lilian Pitts photographed, processed and printed her photographs from about 1910.
The collection is based on her life in the fruit growing and dairying community of Merrigum, a town west of Shepparton, in the Goulburn Valley. Lilian Pitts was born in 1872 and arrived in Merrigum with her family in 1893 and died in 1947.
Description of Content
Portrait of two young girls with large hair bows. One sits on a stool holding a hand mirror, whilst the other girl stands behind her doing her hair.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Home & Community, Clothing & Textiles, Images & Image Making, Childhood
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Place & Date Depicted
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Photographer
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Individuals Identified
Pitts, Nancy; Pitts, Ethelwyn
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Format
Negative, Black & White
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Classification
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Keywords
Children, Headwear, Mirrors, Personal Grooming, Portraits, Stools
