Harriet Brims
Illustration — Self portrait of Harriett Pettifore Brims (1864-1939), Australian photographer • Illustration — Self portrait on a rocking horse Harriet Pettifore Brims (1864–1939) was a pioneer female commercial photographer in Queensland, Australia. She opened a photographic studio in Ingham, Queensland before moving to Mareeba in 1904, where she established a new studio until she moved to Brisbane in 1914. Her photographic work provides information on people and places in the pioneer days of North Queensland.
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Harriet Brims
Harriett Pettifore Brims (1864-1939) · Public domain
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- 1864
- Died
- 1939
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- Australia
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- photographer
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Illustration — Self portrait of Harriett Pettifore Brims (1864-1939), Australian photographer • Illustration — Self portrait on a rocking horse Harriet Pettifore Brims (1864–1939) was a pioneer female commercial photographer in Queensland, Australia. She opened a photographic studio in Ingham, Queensland before moving to Mareeba in 1904, where she established a new studio until she moved to Brisbane in 1914. Her photographic work provides information on people and places in the pioneer days of North Queensland.
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Born in 1864, died in 1939.
Harriet Brims (1864–1939) was an Australian photographer.
Two women reading on a verandah at Ingham, ca. 1894-1903 Harriett Brims (left), early Queensland photographer, photographed with another woman (her sister?) on the verandah of her home at Ingham. Harriett and her husband and five children lived at Ingham between 1894 and 1903. She operated a small photographic studio from a room attached to their residence.
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1864
Harriet Brims born.
1939
Harriet Brims died.
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- 1.Late Mrs. Harriett Brims. The Telegraph. 16 (CITY FINAL LAST MINUTE NEWS). 26 October 1939.
- 2.CURRENT. The Queenslander. LXIV. 1415. 53 (Unknown). 3 January 1903.
- 3.OBITUARY. Cairns Post. 11,774. 3. 11 November 1939.
- 4.Magnificent Makers: Queensland inventors and their curious creations. State Library of Queensland. 2017.
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