Gold fob watch and two photographs of Mr Thomas Vincent Carroll / compiled by Thomas Vincent Carroll

PXB 706
R 2101
Status: On display. Objects Gallery. Case 3, Shelf 64. Applies to R 2101

fonds

ca. 1890-1936

Graphic Materials, Objects, Photographs

902173

1 pocket watch - 5 cm. diameter - gold
2 photographic prints - 14 x 9 cm. - black & white

Thomas Vincent Carroll was the eldest son of John Carroll, deputy governor of Darlinghurst Gaol. He was a bookseller and managed the business of Angus & Robinson for several years.

He later moved to Perth where he established his own bookselling business with John Dwyer. He also managed for several years the bookselling store of Wigg and Sons in Hay Street, Perth. His own bookselling firm was one of the biggest and successful in the Commonwealth. He died in Springwood, N.S.W. 30 March 1936, aged 76. (Source: 1936 'Mr. T. V. Carroll.', The Catholic Press (NSW : 1895 - 1942), 16 April, p. 25, viewed 28 May, 2013, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106376425)

R 2101
18K gold fob watch.
Not working. Monogram of initials TC on front.
Inside lid: near hinge '275', above near top edge '18K'.
Inside back lid: near hinge '32 (?) 275/11', above at top edge 18K.

Engraved on back of watch 'Presented to T.V. Carroll, Esq. by the staff of Messrs. E.S. Wigg & Son, Western Australia, in recognition of his just and kindly administration as their manager for the past 8 years, August 1907.'

In blue box, not the original

PXB 706
Two black & white photographs of Mr Thomas Vincent Carroll
a. ca. 1890 taken at a meeting of booksellers in Sydney.
b. Taken in Manly, N.S.W. a few weeks before his death in March 1936.

Forms part of at MLMSS 5022

Access via appointment - Applies to R 2101

Out of copyright: Created before 1955 - applies to photographs.
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Information transferred from pictures accessions register as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011

Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.6593 as part of the eRecords Project 2012-13