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The boy in this photograph has been identified as Edgar Tainton. (Description supplied with photograph.)This is an image of a horse drawn cart delivering bakery goods to suburban homes in Nundah district. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Negative number: 53417  c/- Gillies 28 Comely Bank Place Edinburgh 1st August '20 My Dear Colin I am now three weeks at home and have seen round Edinburgh a bit as I have got an idea of how things stand.  First of all prices of food are just we thought; not very bad except sugar which is 1/2 per lb. Rationed to ½  each person per week although there is also what they call free sugar at 1/7  ½  lb and can be bought in any quantity. Butter is 3/6 per lb. but we use margarine at 1/- per lb which works out at half the price we paid for butter in Northgate. Bread 6  ½  for 2lb loaf (same as in Qld) milk 8d per quart (1d cheaper than in Northgate. Meat is about 2/4 to 2/6 lb about double in ...

Alan from Sepia Saturday says: Ever since photography was knee high to a grasshopper, the suit has been the be-all and end-all of masculine fashion. And our theme image for Sepia Saturday 216 (post your posts on or around Saturday 22 February) celebrates the suit : or rather three suits, or rather three three-piece suits. And for good measure there are three wonderful hats as well (why is it that the drab suit has stood the test of time whilst the far more practical and visually expressive hat has not?). If you don't like suits and hats you can always focus on the group of three. Or you can hunt out any other potential prompt within this picture by that old Sepia Saturday favourite Sam Hood (1872-1953) which features in the Australian National Maritime Museum collection on Flickr Commons. I think I have just about drained my resources of photos from my family collection of men in suits but here are some more (I don't think I've used these before....forgive me i...

Ted and his mother - Ted aged 22 c1922 Don't you think this is an interesting photo? The clothes they are wearing are incredibly plain ... and yet she has a fur draped across her lap. I really wish there was an expert in costume or fashion who could help me here.   Ted's suit looks almost Chinese or artisan like - someone help me here. What do you think? He was married to Ethel Carrett in 1924 and at that time was described as a Draftsman. And I want to know what that big B is on Eleanor's collar. Ooh, so many questions.....  Now in my search to try and identify the kind of suit that Edwin is wearing I have found this page on the V & A's site. This site also looks amazing. It gave me the idea that perhaps Ted is wearing a band uniform.  Maybe Eleanor is too. I would appreciate any other suggestions in terms of resources.