Collection UQFL537 - Taylor Family Photographs

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UQFL537

Title

Taylor Family Photographs

Date(s)

  • [188-]-1919 (Creation)

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Collection

Extent and medium

5 parcels

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Name of creator

(1851-1943?)

Biographical history

Taylor Family members: William Taylor, married Sarah Moore on 11 November 1851 in Leicester, England. Sarah Taylor, born in 1832? and died on 7 July 1905 at "Glencore", Merival Street, South Brisbane. William Taylor (born ca. 1839) was a school teacher at Belmont, Queensland. He died on 27 August 1910, and resided at Christie Street off Vulture Street, buried at Toowong Cemetery. William and Sarah Taylor arrived in Brisbane, Queensland on 22 February 1875.

Their children were all born in Leicester, England:
William (1851-1874);
Mark (1852 to 24 June 1917, died at Brisbane, married Ellen Wetherage James on 14 May 1877 in Brisbane, had a son Harold Vernon Taylor);
William (1856 to ?);
James (1858 to 1893);
John (1859 to 20 October 1902);
Mary (1861 to 24 July 1921, married 9 July 1878 at Pimpama);
Thomas (born ca. 1863, died on 10 Jun 1911 in Queensland);
Margaret (ca. 1866 - 1943, in 1887 married Robert Hamilton Gillies at Brisbane, had a son Robert Taylor Gillies on 18 January 1889;
Catherine (ca. 1868, died 10 June 1913 at Brisbane, married Alfred Wheeler);
Paul (born ca. 1870, died 28 August 1875 at Brisbane);
Wilberforce Lauterer Oldfield (1873-1943, joined the Australian Imperial Force at age 43 on 27 September 1916, died 30 March 1943).

Archival history

This collection of glass plate negatives was discovered in 1979, under a house in Christie St, Kangaroo Point, Queensland. Following digitisation in 2013, the photographs were identified as Taylor Family members, William Taylor, wife Sarah Moore, and children, James, John, Catherine (Wheeler, died 10 Jul 193), Thomas (died 10 Jun 1911) and Wilberforce Lauterer (died 30 Mar 1943).

Collection previously titled as: Photographs, [188-]-1919
Collection alternatively titled as: Taylor Family Collection.
Collection formerly referred to as: the McKay Family records.

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Scope and content

343 glass plate negatives which include images of buildings, landmarks and views of Brisbane and elsewhere.

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System of arrangement

Series and image designation assigned during digitisation project. Item envelopes are also marked with original negative box/item running numbers.

Parcel 1 : Series 3679 Images 1-52 ; Series 3680 Images 1-52
Parcel 2 : Series 3681 Images 1-38 ; Series 3682 Images 1-54
Parcel 3 : Series 3683 Images 1-49 ; Series 3684 Images 1- 44
Parcel 4 : Series 3685 Images 1-54
Parcel 5 : Proofsheets 1-40.

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Conditions governing access

Unrestricted access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Pre-1955 photographs: copyright expired.

Language of material

  • English

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Alternative identifier(s)

Alma MMS ID

991007430749703131

Millennium Local System Number

.b34344172

OCLC Number

892118894 ; 1058539607

Libraries Australia ID

53455486 ; 63025457

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Status

Revised

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Revised, AM, 07-Dec-2021. Revised, AM, 17-Jun-2020. Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.

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