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Benevolent Asylum [Railway Square, Sydney]

c1890s. Printout paper photograph, title transferred in a modern hand from photograph verso to backing verso, 14.2 x 20cm. Minor missing portions to edges, slight scuffs overall. Laid down on acid-free backing.

Text on a sign includes “Benevolent Society of NSW and Lying-in Hospital. Out Door Relief Department. Lying-in hospital and training in midwifery for students and nurses. Receiving home for sickly mothers with infants. Receiving home for destitute women with children… James P. Grant, Acting Manager.”

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Item #CL172-32

Price (AUD): $1,100.00  other currencies