Summary

Beckett family standing in their backyard at 180 High Street, Northcote, Victoria, circa 1898. Kate Beckett stands at the right; George sitting at the front, and Lawrence and Kathleen in the rear. Photograph by Thomas Beckett, from the roof the home.

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

Looking down on a family group in a backyard. There is a shed in the foreground, an outside toilet at the end of the yard and washing on the line in the neighbouring backyard.

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