Houghton family photographs relating to Thomas John Houghton including a portrait, group portrait of a New South Wales politicians' garden party and a portrait of Albert Friedenthal presented by the pianist, ca. 1890-1910

PXA 1550

fonds

ca. 1890-1910

Graphic Materials, Photographs

909625

3 photographic prints - 26 x 33 cm or smaller - cabinet, panel

Thomas John Houghton (1861-1933), printer and publisher, was the son of George Houghton and Frances Fairclough. He married Catherine Susanna Kitsch in the Church of England, Grafton on 31 December 1884. They had 1 daughter and 2 sons.
Houghton arrived in New South Wales in 1866. He was apprenticed for six years as a printer from age 14 then worked for nine years as a printer on 'Hansard' with the Government Printing Office. He joined the typographical association and became a part time secretary of the Trades and Labour Council (TLC). In the late 1890's he took an active part in the Federation campaign. Thomas travelled to Tasmania and returned to Sydney in 1904 and worked on the Commerce and Manufacturers Journal. He became an employer in 1923 and resigned as a representative on the Trades and Labour Council (TLC). Houghton was one of the Labor Party's founders.

Reference:

Parliament of NSW website. http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/web/common.nsf/v3home (accessed May 22, 2013)

1. Thomas John Houghton / Harcourt-McGuffie & Co., Murray St., Hobart
2. [Women and men at a garden party possibly associated with the first Labour government in New South Wales, including Mrs Houghton, Government House, Sydney] / Paris panel photograph, 808 George St. [photographer's stamp missing]
3. Albert Friedenthal, pianist, ca. 1899 / cabinet photograph, Falk Studios, 496 George Street, Sydney
Friedenthal wears evening suit with the medals of five orders on his left breast

Out of copyright: Created before 1955
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

No. 2 has pieces missing from edges of image and border

No. 3 is in two pieces and appears to be a different image from the same Falk Studios session as in the Gerald Marr Thompson collection of theatre portraits at: P1 / 601

Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.4172 as part of the eRecords Project 2012-13

1. "Yours ever, T.J. Houghton" - signature on lower right edge of mount, photographer's stamp on lower edge of mount
2. Inscription identifying members of portrait on reverse, pieces of photographer's stamp missing from border
3."To Miss... Houghton with the compliments of Albert Friedenthal, Hobart, 18/VI/04" signature on lower edge of mount, photographer's stamp at lower left of border and on reverse

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