Scots' Church, Victoria, Australia

albumen print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Caire, N.J.
Australia, Victoria; Australia, Melbourne
paper
overall: 10 x 8 in.

Albumen print on white card; Scots' Church, Victoria, Australia; collected by Captain Richard C. Mears (1829-1899) during his travels as a shipmaster; image of Scots' church in Melbourne, Australia, the first Presbyterian church in the state of Victoria, built in the Neo-Gothic style starting in 1841, but was rebuilt between 1871 and 1874 after it was demolished for fear the original tower and spire would collapse; printed on front "CAIRE'S PHOTOGRAPHS OF VICTORIA./ MELBOURNE SCENERY."; handwritten on front "Scotts Church".

2005.34.80