Fox skins

OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Fox skins

MEDIAImage

PHOTOGRAPHERKodak

COLLECTIONHastings-Western Port Historical Society

REG NO.P325

HISTORY

This is Col Mentiplay at Victoria Street, Hastings. The photograph is part of the Doug Mentiplay collection.

DESCRIPTION

This image shows a man, posing for a photograph, standing in the middle of a line of nine fox skins which are hanging on a line. The line is threaded through their eyes. The man is wearing long trousers, a buttoned to the neck colarless shirt and a cap. He has a rifle in his hands and a cigarette in his mouth. A wooden building is behind him and a high galvanised iron wall is to his right. A flower garden is alongside the wall.

SUBJECTS

Fox hunting, Foxes, Local history, Men

KEYWORDS

Bennett, Bruce, Mentiplay, Col, Mentiplay, Doug, Victoria Street, Hastings