Portrait of E C Telford in Melbourne
Datec 1915
Object number00050148
NamePhotograph
Mediumpaper
DimensionsOverall: 205 x 105 mm
Image: 102 x 90 mm
Image: 102 x 90 mm
ClassificationsEphemera
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Patricia Doran
DescriptionThis photograph was sent from Victoria by Irish migrant Edward Telford to his friend John Lynch in Liverpool, England.HistoryThis photograph is part of a collection of correspondence sent from Irish migrant Edward C Telford to his friend John Lynch in Liverpool, England. They were sent from Melbourne and Mildura between 1914 and 1915 and reflect Edward Telford's first impressions of Australia, where "the weather is fearfully hot 107 in the shade today."SignificanceThe photograph illustrates the importance of maintaining links to homeland and reflect Edward Telford's first impressions of Australia, where "the weather is fearfully hot."
19 December 1943