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Accession No 1802.3602
Name/Title PHOTOGRAPH; George Allen
Brief Description Small black and white photograph of George Allen, reprint of an original taken 1886. Studio portrait of a young man wearing a suit and boater hat, standing with one hand resting on a chaise longe with a painted backdrop behind him.

George Allen was born 1869, son of Elizabeth and Richard, a tailor. He worked as a farmer and in 1894, aged 24, he married Clara, daughter of James Alexander McElwain, a bootmaker. Together they had seven children:
Edith Muriel 1895
Claude Richard 1897
Joseph 1899
Jessie May 1901
Florence Ada 1906
Beryl Joyce 1909
Tui Grace 1913
Classification Print, Photographic/Documentary Artifact/Communication Artifacts/Nomenclature
Primary Prod Date 1886
Measurement Reading 10.7 x 8.4cm
Signature/Marks GEORGE ALLEN [...illegible...] 86
ALLEN, George / Young man. 1886.
George Allen
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