‘St Joseph’s Guard of Honour Kings Park’ is a digital copy of an undated photograph from the Institute of Sisters of Mercy of Australia and Papua New Guinea Archives and Heritage Centre. It shows girls and a sister from the St Joseph’s Girls’ Orphanage awaiting a royal procession, which may have been a visit by…
‘Subiaco Boy’s Home’ is a digital copy of two photographs mounted on a single piece of paper, held in the West Subiaco Boy’s Home closed social work file at the Salvation Army Heritage Museum WA. Both images have handwritten captions. The first, a photograph of the front of the Salvation Army Boy’s Home, Nedlands reads,…
‘Nedlands Boy’s Home (West Subiaco)’ is a digital copy of an undated photograph mounted on a single piece of paper, held in the West Subiaco Boy’s Home closed social work file at the Salvation Army Heritage Museum WA. A handwritten caption gives the image its title. A small boy can be seen in the photograph.
This image was originally titled “Seaforth Boy’s Home circa 1948”, and was from the Salvation Army Heritage Museum WA. The description of the photo included the information: “the typed caption reads in part, ‘Seaforth Boy’s Home – circa 1948 I counted 73 boys + driver.’” and that the photo was originally called “Young Australians”. In…
‘Penal ward before leaving’ is a digital copy of an undated photograph held in the Seaforth photos file at the Salvation Army Heritage Museum WA. A handwritten caption reads, ‘Penal ward before leaving’. This image is attached to a piece of paper with another image showing a female Salvation Army officer with a toddler in…
‘Seaforth House, 1958’ is a digital copy of an image held in the Seaforth photos file at the Salvation Army Heritage Museum WA. A handwritten caption reads: ‘Back of Seaforth House, Christmas 1958’.
‘Seaforth Reformatory 1931’ a digital copy of an image held in the Seaforth Boys closed social work file at the Salvation Army Heritage Museum WA. A typed caption dates the image to 1931.
‘Seaforth Reformatory Girls’ is a digital copy of an image held in the Seaforth photos file at the Salvation Army Heritage Museum WA. A typed caption says that the image was published in the War Cry on 26 November 1921, and names the ‘Lassie Officers’.
‘Salvation Army Maternity Hospital’ is a digital copy of a photocopy held in the Hopetoun closed social work file at the Salvation Army Heritage Museum WA and published, according to a handwritten caption, in the War Cry on 4 October 1919 At that time, the Salvation Army Maternity Home was known as ‘Hopetoun’. A photocopy…
‘Children’s village office’ is a digital copy of an undated colour photograph held in the Hollywood Children’s Village file at the Salvation Army Heritage Museum WA. It is likely that most children were brought to the office as part of their admission to the Hollywood Children’s Village.
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