This photograph has a connection to one of Australia's lost department stores!
Inscribed on the back is the name and address of the studio where the photograph was taken:
GEORGE & GEORGE'S
FEDERAL STUDIO
11, 13, 15 & 17 Collins St East
MELBOURNE
George and George's Federal Emporium was located at this address between 1883 and 1888. The photographic studio was one of the services they offered, along with products such as "Dress goods, Manchester goods, soft goods, &c, &c". George & George's Federal Emporium became simply "George's" sometime after the turn of the century, and it remained Melbourne's most fashionable high-end department store until it closed in 1995.
The back of the photograph also gives us the name of the photographer:
F.E. ELLIOTT
PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST
F.E. Elliott was Florence Elliott, a photographer who worked at the Federal Studio between 1883 and 1886.
I don't know if the bridal couple are wearing anything bought at George's (the lace? the veil? gloves? the outsize bouquet?) but it would be nice to think that they did!
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