Hastings Battery, 1907

This sepia image is mounted onto grey coloured mount board and depicts the Hastings Battery in camp on 01/04/1907. It shows men in uniform on horseback plus mounted guns on wheels attached to men on horses . A man dressed in dark pants, jacket and white shirt wearing a hat is standing in front of the gun. Tents can be seen in the background on right-hand side. Grass in the foreground. Written on bottom of photo “McAlpine Bros” and “12 Cato St Prahran, Melb April 1. 1907” On the back written in ink “42c Hastings in Battery Camp 1907” “J White Bending over” Written in pencil “1/6 each”.

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OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Hastings Battery, 1907

DATE1907

MEDIAImage

PHOTOGRAPHERMcAlpine Bros, 12 Cato Street, Prahran, Melb. April 1, 1907.

COLLECTIONHastings-Western Port Historical Society

REG NO.P34

HISTORY

This photo was presumably sold for 1/6. (one and half shillings).

DESCRIPTION

This sepia image is mounted onto grey coloured mount board and depicts the Hastings Battery in camp on 01/04/1907. It shows men in uniform on horseback plus mounted guns on wheels attached to men on horses . A man dressed in dark pants, jacket and white shirt wearing a hat is standing in front of the gun. Tents can be seen in the background on right-hand side. Grass in the foreground. Written on bottom of photo “McAlpine Bros” and “12 Cato St Prahran, Melb April 1. 1907” On the back written in ink “42c Hastings in Battery Camp 1907” “J White Bending over” Written in pencil “1/6 each”.

SUBJECTS

Armed forces, Cannon, Military camps, Soldiers, Weapons

KEYWORDS

Hastings Battery, McAlpine Bros, White, J.