
K.C.B is a common abbreviation for Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, which dates back to Middle Ages. However, in this 1905 glass slide it apparently means Kitten Caught in a Bowl.
From an unknown collection of glass slides and negatives, it presents as a collection of master slides that may have been used for presentations or entertainment on a journey around the globe on foot undertaken by George O’Malley and his wife in c.1905
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.