When her grandmother died, Katharine Love and her mother turned this 19th-century home in Auckland Park into a museum to live in.
Victoria Rules
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A large gramophone player of dull gold holds pride of place in the library where Love maintains a large collection of gramophone records. Photo by Darren Taylor.
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“Ladies were supposed to eat like birds," says Love while the other guests enjoyed a sumptuous feast of rich meats, pastries and puddings. Photo by Darren Taylor.
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An organ, an anitquie piano and an 1894 mandolin grace the music room. Love says, "It was everybody’s duty to be able to play a musical instrument." Photo by Darren Taylor.
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Love inside the museum’s extensive library, which is musty from the many leather-bound books on its shelves, dating back to the 1800s. Photo by Darren Taylor.