Aerobatic team, 1907

OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Aerobatic team, 1907

DATE1907

MEDIAImage

COLLECTIONHastings-Western Port Historical Society

REG NO.P350

HISTORY

This is the Defence Forces Aerobatic and Fencing Team. Written on the back in blue biro is: “Defence Forces Aerobatic & Fencing Team Hastings (Vic)? - circa 1907”.

DESCRIPTION

This image shows a group of thirty men, outside a building, posing for a photograph, in three rows. There are ten men standing on a form in the back row, eleven men standing in the middle row and nine men sitting in the front row. All men, except one, are in a white uniform of short sleeved t-shirts, pants to the knees, white shoes, black leggings and a black belt. There is an emblem on the front of their shirts. Fencing apparel is on the ground at the front. The man in the centre of the front row is dressed in full military uniform and is holding a baton. Three sets of windows can be seen in the wooden building behind the men.

SUBJECTS

Armed forces, Fencing, Gymnastics, Men, Sport

KEYWORDS

Defences Forces Aerobatic and Fencing Team