Photographs of the Graham Family [PRG 1717/3/1-39] • Photograph
Marian Graham.
Studio portrait of Marian Graham, wearing an ankle-length dress with frills and lace around the hem, a white apron over the dress, a pearl necklace and a broad-brimmed hat decorated with bows and flowers. She is standing next to a wooden table holding a pot plant, with curtains in the background. Caption: 'Marian Graham - Edwards. Buried in unmarked grave, Kadina, same grave as her mother Eliza Graham. Sister to Walter Graham.' Also spelt Maryann, Mary Ann, or Marian Ann, born at Encounter Bay in 1861 to Duncan Graham and Eliza Moullen. She married Percy Edwards in 1907.
Dot Dunn.
Studio portrait of Dorothy (Dot) Dunn, daughter of Elizabeth Ann Graham and Richard Thomas Dunn. She is wearing a dress with long puffy sleeves and a high frilly neck, with a pinafore over the top, which has been decorated with the Australian coat of arms and other symbols relating to Australia. She is wearing a headband. There is a log behind her, and the background features a garden scene.
Dot Dunn and brother.
Studio portrait of Dorothy Dunn and her younger brother, possibly Stanley Richard Dunn (born 1904) or Clifford Thomas Dunn (born 1905), children of Richard Thomas Dunn and Elizabeth Ann Graham. Dot is wearing a long dress with three-quarter length sleeves and a lace collar. She has a large hat decorated with a large ribbon and bow. She is standing with her baby brother who is seated in a pram. The background features a garden scene.
Walter Graham and sons Ern, Mervyn and Clarry.
Copy of a photograph of Walter Graham, seated right, (born at Inman Valley on 19 September 1868, son of Duncan Graham and Eliza Moullin, married Mary Ann Goodes in 1890), with his three sons: Ernest Cyril, seated left, (born at Kent Town, 22 March 1890), Clarence James, standing right, (born at Peterborough, 24 October 1893), and Mervyn Douglas, standing centre, (born Port Pirie, 10 November 1896). They are alll dressed formally in three-piece suits.
John and Sarah Ann Oliver.
Copy of a family portrait of John Oliver (born 1842) and wife Sarah Ann (nee Smith, born 1846) with their eldest child John, born at Encounter Bay in 1868. Sarah is wearing a long dress with full skirts, long sleeves, a thick belt around her waist, and a large broach at her collar. John is wearing a suit with a jacket and tie, and their child is wearing a dress and lace-up boots.
Elizabeth Smith.
Copy of a portrait of Elizabeth Smith, nee Graham, seated on a chair outdoors, in front of a farm building. She is wearing a long, dark dress, with a frilled collar and a frilly bonnet. She was born in Scotland in 1826 and died in 1926, and was an older sister of Duncan Graham (father of Walter Graham). Caption: 'Elizabeth - eldest of first family then Duncan, Ellen, Ann, James, Marion (born in NSW). Wouldn't mind betting taken at the old homestead Jeparit (Victoria)'.
Family at Rivoli Bay.
A family group, possibly members of the Graham family, standing on the rocky edge of a cliff overlooking Rivoli Bay, South Australia.
Bicycle mail.
Mailman, Mr Kershaw, delivering the mail on a three-wheeled railway bicycle, with a large crate on the back, riding along a track similar to a railway track. A man on a horse is watching in the background, and there is a dog by the tracks on the right.
Mervyn Douglas Graham.
Studio portrait of Mervyn Douglas Graham after returning to Australia from active service overseas during the First World War. He is wearing a suit and tie and is wearing his RSL badge on his lapel. No. 984 Private Mervyn Douglas Graham enlisted with the AIF aged 18 years on 15 April 1915 and served in Gallipoli and France with the 27th Battalion, D Company. He returned to Australia on 2 June 1919.
Meredith, Nancy and Kelvin Graham.
Family portrait of the children of Mervyn Douglas Graham and wife Edith May (nee Lashmar): left to right, Meredith May (born 13 May 1940) age about 2.5 years, Nancy Joy (born 5 April 1930) age 12.5, and Kelvin Lawrence (born 1927) age 15.
Railway Terrace, Quorn.
View of Railway Terrace, Quorn, with the Grand Junction Hotel on the left, J. Cowans' flour mill in the centre.
Railway Terrace, Quorn.
View of Railway Terrace, Quorn.
Shipping at Morgan.
Paddle steamers shipping goods on the Murray River near Morgan, South Australia. Addressed to Miss R. Graham C/O J. Harris & Sons, Murray Street, Gawler. Written on reverse: 'Best wishes for a bright and happy birthday. From Stan'.
Dora Lohf in costume.
Studio portrait of Dora Lohf wearing an 18th Century inspired costume which was made by 'E.M. Graham' - possibly Ethel Maude Graham or Effie Muriel Graham. Possibly Dora Jean Lohf, born in 1913 to Frank Arthur Ernest Lohf and wife Lillian Olive Violet (nee Errington).
Murray Bridge.
View overlooking the main street of Murray Bridge with the Murray River on the right.
Parade, Murray Bridge.
Parade along a road at Murray Bridge. In the foreground on the right is a soldier riding a horse, with the town ban marching in the centre, people riding in carts in the background, and children riding bicycles on the left. Written on reverse: 'Murray Bridge, SA. Walter Graham helped form the band in the town.'
Graham Family with bicycles.
The Graham Family in a backyard standing with their bicycles, about to head out for a ride. Left to right: Kelvin and brother Mervyn, Nancy and Meredith, daughters of Mervyn, and Mervyn's wife Edith.
Wedding portrait of Mervyn and Edith Graham.
Studio portrait of Mervyn Douglas Graham and his wife Edith May Lashmar. They were married at Semaphore Church of Christ on 19 June 1926. The bride is wearing a gown of silver lace with georgette godets, and a silver train lined with shell pink georgette and trimmed with hand-made georgette rosebuds, and a silk tulle veil arranged cap style with a coronet of orange blossom. She carried a shower bouquet of pink and white blossoms and streamers. The groom is wearing a formal suit with a bow tie and white gloves. The wedding photographs were taken the day after the wedding as the photographer needed daylight to take the photo. See article in 'The Mail', Saturday 17 July 1926, page 21 for details of the wedding.
Wedding portrait of Edith Graham (nee Lashmar).
Studio portrait of Edith May Graham (nee Lashmar) in her wedding gown. She married Mervyn Douglas Graham at Semaphore Church of Christ on 19 June 1926. She is wearing a gown of silver lace with georgette godets, and a silver train lined with shell pink georgette and trimmed with hand-made georgette rosebuds, and a silk tulle veil arranged cap style with a coronet of orange blossom. She carried a shower bouquet of pink and white blossoms and streamers. The wedding photographs were taken the day after the wedding as the photographer needed daylight to take the photo. See article in 'The Mail', Saturday 17 July 1926, page 21 for details of the wedding.
Passengers on board the 'Shamrock'.
Passengers on board the small boat 'Shamrock', which is towing a small rowing boat behind. Other yachts and boats are visible in the distance.