Walsh family portraits

Possibly 1936

Page 23 of photograph album. Portraits of members of the Walsh family, at the family home in Vogel Street. [Top left] Portrait of Arnold, seated outside on a chair, holding a book. Portrait of Alec, standing at the back door entrance. Caption: Arnold Alec. [Centre] Grame sitting on the hood of a car, with Weira Walsh standing beside. Caption: Weira & Grame 1936. [Top right] Portrait of Lillian Jane Walsh, standing on the footpath outside her house. Portrait of Eddie Walsh, seated on a motorcycle. Caption: Mother Myself. [Bottom left] Group portrait of Ern Walsh, Hellen, Grandad and Effie Walsh standing at the back door of the family home on Vogel Street. Hellen and Effie Walsh standing at the back door. Caption: Ern Hellen Grandad & Effie. Hellen & Effie. [Bottom right] Group portrait of Hellen, Saide and Grame, standing at the back door. Group portrait of Effie, Sadie and Hellen, lined up at the back door of their Vogel Street family home. Caption: Hellen Sadie & Grame. The Trio.

Contributors note: "The photographs in the album were taken by my father, Edward (Eddie) Walsh. He was one of ten children. His father, George Senior, died due to workplace poisoning when Eddie was 16, and to compensate the family for their loss, my father was offered a position at George's place of work, Bunting and Co. The family was very religious, and during World War II, was a conscientious objector. He was imprisoned at the detention camp at Balmoral, in the Hurunui. As he was very mechanically minded, my father worked on the forestry blocks fixing the trucks, which meant he had some freedom from the detention camp. At the time of his imprisonment, he was married, with a son. My mother had relocated to the area and was helping a family with six children under five – a set of triplets, twins and a singleton. Before moving to the Hurunui, she and her son lived with her mother-in-law in Vogel Street. Having a husband as a conscientious object was very difficult for her when meeting other women whose husbands were fighting in the war."

Creator: Eddie Walsh

Contributor: Walsh Family

Source: Entry in the 2025 Christchurch City Libraries Photo Hunt.

Reference ID: CCL-PH25-2024

Uploaded by: CCL Photo Hunt

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