Fab Feb Photo Collage Festival - Day 25
Tom McLoughlin c 1898 Without a doubt, this has to be my all-time favourite family photo. It used to produce howls of derision at family gatherings. My poor grandfather - although I think he could take a joke and found it quite funny too. He really does look a teensy weensy bit like an alien doesn't he? ET certainly wants to phone home. You can imagine all the comments. Anyway, my maternal grandfather was born 7 July 1898 in William Street, Bathurst to John and Margaret McLoughlin. He was the eldest of nine children. Did the family come down to Sydney for this photo? They must have. According to this site Eden George had his studios in George Street Sydney. I think this is what is called a carte-de-visite. It measures 4.5 inches wide and just over 6.5 inches long. Or 10.7 x 16.7 cm in metric. If you conduct a search on Trove, but take out "society", you get 243 results for "Eden Studios" in the SMH j...