Old Film:: Another Portrait of my Father
My father was dirt poor and hard working. He left school at the end of grade 6 and worked to help support his large family. He spent over forty years of his life as a labourer (and then foreman) at Comalco, Bell Bay. This photograph of my father was scanned from a 6cm x 9cm film negative made by my paternal grandmother Elvie Ruth Bonner (1901-1986). I’m not sure where this photograph was made, but it was probably in the very early 1950s. If there was one thing to be said for my old dad… he was proud to be a worker.
