Smith, Muriel J, fl 1909: Scrapbook of photographs and ephemera

Photographer unidentified. Scrapbook originally owned by Muriel Smith, a noted pianist. Contains a wide range of photographs and ephemera relating to her and her parents, Mr and Mrs George Smith of Gisborne, dated circa 1895 to circa 1930s.

Photographs include studio and amateur portraits of unidentified men, women, girls and groups; a group standing outside a single storey house with verandah; and several of groups outside a large two storied house, presumably their home at 'Berwen', Grey Street, Gisborne.

Ephemera items include postage stamps and stickers; Masterton Girls' Collegiate School certificate for Miss Black, 1895; Christmas cards; dance and garden party invitations; dinner menus; a toast list; riddles [from Christmas crackers?]; an advertisement for Gisborne City Hall recital of Len Barnes and Muriel Smith, 1927; and a postcard for United Treat Movement 1913-14 for State School Children of Poverty Bay District organised by Mr and Mrs George Smith.

Newspaper clippings include a photograph of students outside Kaiti Girls' College, Gisborne; items about a toast made by George Smith; Muriel Smith returning from two months study in Wellington, 1929; Mrs G Smith having a literary afternoon, having a bridge and tea dance, and a Christmas Eve party; a musical recital with Miss M Smith and Mr L Barnes; and a review of a series of international concerts organised by Muriel Smith and Mr Carrington Wellby, 1930.

Source of title - Title supplied by Library

Quantity: 1 scrapbook containing 48 b&w original photographs, 5 photo-mechanical prints, and 66 items of ephemera which includes 17 newspaper cuttings.

Physical Description: Album with blue cover and green leaves, 27.5 cm x 22.0 cm, titled 'Post cards' with a picture of dog and leaves embossed on cover.

Provenance: Donated by the Gisborne Branch of NZ Society of Genealogists, 2014, after purchasing it at an auction in Auckland.

Very fragile condition, front cover loose