Object number
59/324
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Description
This is a white, lady's bonnet with a stiffened brim, and lace edging and frills. The back of the bonnet stands out and above the main structure. It was possibly worn at funerals. It was purchased by the donor at an auction of the estate of Alfred J. Pool, an engineer and keen photographer from Chipstable, Somerset, on his death in 1957.
Physical description
1 bonnet: cotton; good condition
Archival history
Letter from MERL to Prof. W. E. Minchinton, 19 February 1965 – ‘He [Alfred J. Pool] was a general engineer at Chipstable in North Devon and he also was quite active in taking photographs between 1880 and 1900. His forebears had been craftsmen in the village. His father died in 1907 at the age of 90 and one gathers that the family did everything from wheel-wrighting to coffin making. It also appears that his grandfather and grandmother kept a shop in the village where they sold groceries and draperies, which was carried on until 1946 by Mr. Poole’s sister.’
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- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_10711.tif - High resolution image
