Name/TitleOld Melbourne Cemetery: view along path, c. 1920
About this objectColourised photograph of view along a straight sandy or stone path, with overgrown grass and weeds in the foreground and along both sides of the path. Also in the foreground is a grey coloured tombstone side-on, and another white tombstone just further along the right-hand side of the image. More tombstones, iron railings and large trees growing haphazardly can be seen on both sides of the path.
This image is attributed to Everard Studley Miller who photographed many graves and tombstones in the Old Melbourne Cemetery (established in 1837) in the 1920s as part of a project led by Isaac Selby to record and commemorate all aspects of Melbourne's second cemetery (the first being at Flagstaff Hill). The RHSV holds original glass negatives and albums of the photographs from this project.
One of the many glass slides purchased from retailers or specifically made for illustrated lectures given by Isaac Selby between c. 1930 and c. 1955 to raise money for the Old Pioneers Memorial Fund. The date, 1930, is written on the slide.
For more information about this image contact Royal Historical Society of Victoria.
MakerMiller, Everard Studley, 1886-1956.
Maker RolePhotographer
Measurements8.2 x 8.2 cm
Period1920-1930
Object TypePhotograph
Subject and Association KeywordsSelby, Isaac, 1859-1956
Subject and Association KeywordsMiller, Everard Studley, 1886-1956.
Subject and Association KeywordsOld Melbourne Cemetery (Melbourne)
Subject and Association KeywordsMonuments and memorials
Named CollectionImages collection
Object numberGS-TM-10
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