Series GRS2110 - PITT COLLECTION - Stereogram Photographs of Geelong and District

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PITT COLLECTION - Stereogram Photographs of Geelong and District

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  • 1910 - ? (Creation)

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(1850 - 1931)

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George Leake Massingham, a photographer specialising in portraits and landscapes, created a series of portraits of the original colonists in the Geelong region.

George arrived in Australia as a 16 year old assisted immigrant. He worked as a travelling photographer before settling in Geelong.

Establishing a photography business on Moorabool Street he produced some of the most iconic images of 1890s Geelong.

The business was sold in June 1901 and George moved to Bendigo.

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Said to have belonged to a former Mayor, all have been scanned and can be viewed on Online Image Library Donated by Christine Pitt 30 March 2010

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