Item #122359 A vintage photograph of a football team at Way College, Wayville, in suburban Adelaide. 1890s Way College Football Team.
[Way College Football Team, 1890s]

A vintage photograph of a football team at Way College, Wayville, in suburban Adelaide

Adelaide, Terence McGann [Photographer], [1890s].

An albumen paper photograph (140 × 194 mm), on the original mount (external dimensions approximately 245 × 305 mm), with 'McGann' blindstamped in the bottom margin.

The photograph is in excellent condition; the mount is a little scuffed, lightly marked and unevenly discoloured, with light wear to the corners.

'Way College was a masterpiece of Federation schooling. It was in its day the most innovative school in Australia and indeed one of the most innovative in the world, notably bringing practical occupations into secondary education. It was a very successful church school which closed down only because that church itself was lost in a Methodist amalgamation' (Bob Petersen: 'Way College, 1892-1903', 2013). The team is photographed in front of the distinctive facade of the main college building. It was originally built as a hospital, with tenders called for in April 1881. The building was sold 'to the Bible Christian Church in 1886 and it was opened for a college for boys and men in 1892. It closed in May 1903 and re-opened in January 1904 as Methodist Ladies College' (State Library of SA, reference ['B 703] Photograph').

Item #122359

Price (AUD): $135.00