Photographs and postcards relating to Tod Hennessy

Date
[ca 1910-1940]
Reference
PAColl-10218-2
Description

Items, chiefly photographs relating to Tod Hennessy and his service in World War I, taken circa 1890 to circa 1940s by a range of photographers. Also includes portraits of Hennessy in uniform, family photographs, and hand-embroidered silk postcards from Belgium written to his mother, Mary Eleanor Hennessy (nee Boyle) in Gisborne during World War I from 1917-1919, and later postcards from the 1930s and 1940s.

Handcoloured print of two children and a dog shows Tod Hennessy's brother, Desmond, and sister Patracia.

Quantity: 27 b&w original photographic print(s) including 1 hand-coloured print. 4 non-photographic postcards including 3 with embroidered fabric decoration. 1 Christmas card.

Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints, Silk-embroidered postcards

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Part of
Morriss, Bernadette, fl 2014: Items relating to members of her family
Format
27 b&w original photographic print(s) including 1 hand-coloured print, 4 non-photographic postcards including 3 with embroidered fabric decoration, 1 Christmas card, Photographs, Silver gelatin prints, Silk-embroidered postcards
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