c1930s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed in ink/gouache on image lower right, 38.7 x 29.5cm. Minor crinkles, dents and surface cracks to image, silvering to edges, tipped to original backing. Provenance: Charles Lloyd Jones estate. Lady Hannah Lloyd Jones (1901-1982) was the wife of Sir Charles Lloyd Jones (1878-1958), Australian..... More

c1930s/later printing. Silver gelatin photograph, annotated, titled, signed and dated “1930s” in pencil in lower margin, 27 x 36cm. Slight silvering. Framed. Annotation reads “Dancer with electric torch bulbs attached to fingertips. Several flashes were made during exposure to catch figure.” Held in AGNSW with title “Dancer dancing” and date..... More

c1930s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph tipped to greeting card, titled and signed in pencil below image on card, letterpress inscription overleaf, 9.8 x 13.9cm (photograph), 19.4 x 15.5cm (folded card). Slight foxing. Inscription reads “Christmas and New Year greetings. Mr & Mrs Monte Luke, ‘Elsmont’, Ilukia [sic] Road, Clifton Gardens.”..... More

1928/1931. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated “1928”, signed “Laddie” and inscribed in pencil on backing below image and verso; dated “15 September 1928” and “’31” and signed “Lad” in crayon verso of photograph, 13.6 x 21.9cm. Chips to edges of image, slight stains, creases and paper loss not affecting..... More

1932. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled, editioned 2/15, signed and dated in pencil on backing below image, 16.7 x 24.3cm. Slight retouching and minor silvering to edges of image, laid down on original backing. Provenance: Olive Cotton estate. Illustrated in Max Dupain’s Australia, 1988, p161. More

c1932. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, autographed in ink and photographer’s blind stamp “F.W. Thiel, Brisbane” lower right, 15.9 x 20.6cm. Repaired tear to upper edge, slight foxing, soiling, discolouration to edges. Flight Lieutenant Charles William Anderson Scott, AFC (Brit./Aust.,1903-1946) was an aviator, best known for winning the England to Australia..... More

c1932. Orotone photograph on glass, title and text in negative lower left to right, annotated in pencil on accompanying Columbia Pictures envelope, 20.2 x 25.3cm (glass). Minor surface loss verso. Text reads “Bronze art plaque. Pat. app’d for.” Annotation reads “Excelsior Photo Co.” An orotone photograph is created by printing..... More

1932. Five vintage silver gelatin photographs, newspaper subheading mounted upper centre, captioned “203 miles” and dated “14.3.1932” in ink on mount lower centre, 37.6 x 66.2cm (overall). Minor silvering. Framed together. The subheading from the Referee, 16 March 1932, reads “Bill Northam gets there in ‘Red Onzer.’ (Special wire from..... More

1933. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled and dated in pencil on backing below image, 29.5 x 24.3cm. Slight silvering, minor chips and pinholes to edges of image, laid down on original backing. Held in AGNSW with the title Diana (Archibald Fountain at Night). More

c1934. Vintage solarised silver gelatin photograph, signed in pencil in lower margin, 30 x 20.9cm. Minor silvering. Dupain’s first studio was on the corner of Hamilton and Bond Streets, Sydney. Similar image held in AGNSW. More

c1934. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, annotated “From Verichrome negative” by Mallard in pencil in lower margin, illegible annotation in another hand in pencil verso, 16.5 x 25.3cm. Minor soiling overall, slight creases and cracking to margins. Provenance: Mallard estate. Ref: NLA. The RMS Strathnaver, an ocean liner of the Peninsular..... More

c1934. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, photographer’s stamp, titled in pencil by Hood, and annotated “Ford bus” in unknown hand in ink verso, 19.8 x 14.8cm. Slight crinkles, embossing from title verso. On 24 May 1934 newspapers Australia-wide reported an event involving several people being overcome by gas from a boiler..... More