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David Bower [B 3900] • Photograph

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Summary

[General description] Head and shoulders portrait of David Bower, Member of Parliament in 1865 and building contractor at Port Adelaide where he became Mayor in 1876-1878. A philanthropist, he built the Jubilee Homes, better known as David Bower Cottages on Bower Road, in Semaphore Park to house distressed seamen. He became known as "the father of Port Adelaide". In this photograph he is wearing a square shaped chin strap beard.

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Physical description

Photograph; 13.8 cm x 10.2 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1890

Photographer

Hammer & Co

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Bower, David, 1819-1898

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Digitisation information

Date

11/05/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,304 x 3,122 pixels (7.2 MP)

Size

21.60 MB

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