c1890 ANTIQUE MAN COWBOY HAT CDV PHOTO MASSINGHAM GEELONG AUSTRALIA. Photographers imprint of Massingham Geelong along the bottom, back blank. Light edge and corner wear, light soiling, sepia toned. It measures 2 7/16" x 4". A nice find.


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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