Aerobatic team, 1907
Aerobatic team, 1907
DATE1907
MEDIAImage
COLLECTIONHastings-Western Port Historical Society
REG NO.P350
HISTORYThis 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”.
DESCRIPTIONThis 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.
SUBJECTSArmed forces, Fencing, Gymnastics, Men, Sport
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