Item MM 8142 Negative - Lawrence & Kathleen Beckett Playing in the Garden, Northcote, Victoria, circa 1896

Summary

Lawrence & Kathleen Beckett playing in the backyard of the family home at 180 High Street, Northcote, Victoria, circa 1896. Photograph by their father Thomas Beckett.

Part of a collection of glass plate negatives taken by Dr Thomas George Beckett, doctor, pioneering radiologist and amateur photographer between 1891 and 1910. The collection is primarily of Beckett's family, friends, homes, and towns and suburbs where Beckett and his family lived, including Charlton in central Victoria and Northcote & South Yarra, suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria.

Description of Content

Two children in a backyard. One child holds a cat and there is a tricycle in the background.