Summary
Note: This image depicts people wearing 'black face' and derogatory depictions of particular cultural groups. Such activities are not condoned by Museums Victoria which considers them to be racist. Historical distance and context does not excuse or erase this fact.
This negative is part of the Biggest Family Album collection of images comprising approximately 10,000 negatives documenting life in rural and regional Victoria dating from the 1890s to the 1940s.
Description of Content
Boys in fancy dress on horseback at the 'Muggs Trots'. They carry a sign reading: North Wangaratta Sleep Disturbers.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Images & Image Making, Leisure, Public Life & Institutions, Sustainable Futures, Transport
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Acquisition Information
Copied from Rita Morrison, 17 May 1988
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Place & Date Depicted
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Creator
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Format
Negative, 35 mm, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Hand-written in white across the bottom of the photograph: "Attending Muggs Trotting Meeting at Wangaratta 21/7/15" "THELMA STUDIO"
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Classification
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Type of item
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Keywords
Fancy Dress, Festivals, Horses, Humour, Iron Lacework, Streetscapes, Verandahs
