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Sepia Saturday 501: 4 January 2020

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Goodness me!  2020!  Who woulda thunk we'd be seeing the year 2020? Alan Burnett from Sepia Saturday has provided us with the prompt of the charming smile of an unknown lady. So here goes...a photo from my maternal grandfather's collection.  I welcome all comments from the McLoughlin clan as to who this photo is of...the name Lena springs to mind.  Probably one of my grandfather's sisters. Here is a photo of the photo wallet in its entirety.  The number on the top left looks suspciously like my mother's writing but it could be a photographic studio note.  Does it mean it was taken in 1921?  We will probably never know.   I can find evidence of the Rupert Kay Studio in the Sydney Morning Herald from Trove 21 January 1914. 1914 'Advertising', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), 21 January, p. 12. , viewed 04 Jan 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15492509 I think dating the photograph at about 1921 is ...

Sunday Scan Day

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Isn't this lovely? If only I knew who it was. The information on the photo jacket reads as follows:  Rupert Kay Studio The Strand Sydney. Judging from entries found on Trove, the Studio seems to have been in existence from 1924-1933. So - once again I need to track down the fellow McLoughlin researchers and see if they can identify the young woman.