Summary

Portrait of Nellie Beckett, aged about 15, taken in the backyard of the family residence at 180 High Street, Northcote, Victoria, February 1900. Photograph taken by her 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

Nellie Beckett posed sitting on a chair in the back yard of her Northcote home 'Alma'. Alongside her is a timber plant stand. She is sitting on a brick paved area with a garden in the background.

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