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#15697 - Lady Denman naming "Canberra"

Resource ID
Location
15697
Photograph 1994
Title/subtitle
Lady Denman naming "Canberra"
Author/Creator
Howard and Shearsby
Picture
Lady Denman naming "Canberra"
Format
Photograph
Publisher
Howard & Shearsby; 1913
Summary
Lady Denman naming "Canberra" with Lord Denman, Andrew Fisher, King O'Malley standing on a platform on top of the commemoration stone
Notes
Charles Norman Howard and Alfred James Shearsby were partners in the photography business of Howard & Shearsby of Yass. They took numerous photos of the Canberra district shortly after its selection as the site for the national capital, producing a series of numbered postcards. This is number 101.