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Miss Rowena Cade Founder of Minack Theatre building and developing it

Miss Rowen Cade Founder of Minack Theatre building and developing it

Photographer with certificates and sculpture when he attended Penzance School of Art. He was one of The Richards family of photographers with a studio in Queen Street, Penzance.

Civic reception, with bishop and officers in ceremonial dress

Formal portrait with the mayor and mayoress wearing chains of office. The location is an unknown interior. In the background is a copy of The Rain it Raineth Every Day, painting by Norman Garstin.

Possibly bandsmen of Territorial Army

Various plaques and Banners in the b background

Portrait of a young man standing next to a rustic style chair photographer's prop

The following information was kindly supplied by Peter Everest, Curator and Librarian of the Henry Mitchel Memorial Museum, Hayle, in October 2024.

" This is an Oddfellows meeting of the Riviera Lodge of Past Grand at Redruth. The Lodge still…

Portrait of an unidentified woman wearing an embroidered jacket and holding a fan. There is a large plant on a bamboo stand behind her.

Portrait of a young woman standing in front of a rustic bench studio prop. Note embroidery on cuffs hem and bodice and her large hat. She is wearing spectacles.

Studio portrait of an unidentified woman. Note the elaborate beading/embroidery on her dress and the bustle. There is an elaborate hat and/or stole on the right.

Studio portrait of an unidentified women.Note her costume and elaborately decorated hat. She is standing by a rustic style chair.

Studio portrait of unidentified woman wearing a large straw hat decorated with flowers. She is standing by a rustic style chair in the studio.