James Jaye, tinsmith and tank maker, his wife and employees outside his works, George Street, Bathurst

1873
Glass photonegative

James Jaye, his wife Mary and employees were photographed outside his tinsmith and tank-making shop and factory, at the corner of George and Howick streets, Bathurst, where, according to the Empire, 5 April 1873: ‘Mr Merlin is photographing Bathurst for Holtermann’s Exposition’. Tinsmiths made household utensils by hand, but the trade disappeared with the introduction of cheaper, mass-produced goods.