Mackay family's south-west car journey: Refreshment stop.

Item

Title

Mackay family's south-west car journey: Refreshment stop.

Creator

Mackay, T. F. (Thomas Faulkner), 1884-1981.

Type

Photograph

Date

1920-1925?

Identifier

304079PD
BA1554/186

Format

6 negatives : nitrate, b&w ; 9 x 15 cm.

Description

The Mackay family left Scotland and arrived in Western Australia in 1916. The family first settled in Crawley, and Mackay worked for a photographer in Hay Street, West Perth. In 1917, T.F. Mackay purchased the photographic studio of J.J. Dwyer in Kalgoorlie which he operated until 1945.
Having tea next to their car using stacked suitcases for a table. Note the Mackay clan crest on the door of their vehicle.

Is Part Of

Burtenshaw collection of photographs ; BA1554/158, 170, 173, 186, 193, 198

Source

Rights

For personal use only. To publish or display, contact the State Library of Western Australia.

Publisher

State Library of WA

Spatial Coverage

South west, WA

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