Summary

Black and white negative of Frank Stephenson fishing from the gates on an irrigation channel, Merrigum, Victoria, 1910. Photographed by Lilian Louisa Pitts.

This image was used in a narrative sequence in an album Pitts created. This photographic narrative sequence was published as 'Tommy Trick's Adventure' in the 'Melbourne Herald' on 1st January 1924, and constituted Lillian's entry in the newspaper's 'Ideal Holiday Competition'. Lilian did not win a prize with her entry.
The photographic narrative was later published as 'Merrigum Frank' by Museums Victoria in 1990.

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

A young boy fishing from the gates on an irrigation canal. He is wearing clothing typical of the Edwardian era.

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