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KEEN/HOLLEY/CRAWFORD - Photograph of four ladies and a boy at Seward House

Description

Ilford Print & Film Wallet with customer's name, SLADDEN, written on the back, and the words "4 Badsey ladies and a lad, including 3 Seward House helpers" and, at the top, "for Patsy"; the photo was developed at J J Meakins, Photographic Chemist, The Tower Pharmacy, Evesham. Wallet contains (A) Black and white photograph with the following pencilled comments on the back: "?1958, May Holley (back row right), Mrs Keen, Lily Crawford, ?, ?". The photo shows Mrs Alice Keen (1883-1859), her two daughters, Alice May Holley (1906-1980) and Lilian Rose Crawford (1907), and Lilian's two children, Margaret and George, taken about 1958.

Year created
Undated - c1958
Publication Date/Date Made
Undated - c1958
Physical Characteristics (Dimensions)
10.1 cm x 15.7 cm
Physical Characteristics (Description)
Brown Ilford Print & Film Wallet containing small black and white photograph
Supporting Information

Mrs Keen and Mrs Holley lived in Badsey and worked for the Sladden family at Seward House. Mrs Crawford had married and moved away to Scotland, so was presumably holidaying in Badsey. Seward House was occupied by three spinster sisters, May, Ethel and Juliet Sladden, the daughters of Sir Julius Sladden (1847-1928). The sisters continued to live at Seward House until their deaths in 1959, 1961 and 1984 respectively.

Donor or Creator of Records
Patsy Miller
Provenance
From the Sladden family archive (Patsy is the daughter of Patrick Dilnot de la Cour Sladden)
Nature of Acquisition
Gift
Accession Date
2012
Access Conditions
Contact Archive Manager
Reference
603/PEO/IND/P