c1930s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled and signed in pencil on accompanying original board from mount, 42.4 x 33.4cm. Soiling and stains to upper portion, slight silvering, retouching to image centre right, crinkles. Illustrated in Smith, Fifty masterpieces of photography, 1948, pl.42, as a smaller scale photogravure. Held in NGV... More about The Plot Thickens
![Pittwater, 15th September [NSW]. Max Dupain, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL185-83.JPG?v=1486013155)
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 about Pittwater, 15th September [NSW
c1931. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled and signed in pencil in lower margin, 15.5 x 24.3cm. Slight silvering to edges of image, discolouration to margins. More about Sunset, Sydney Harbour
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 about Pastoral, Late Afternoon
1932. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled, signed and dated in pencil on backing below image, 23.5 x 14.6cm. Slight surface loss and retouching to image lower left, tipped to original backing. Provenance: Olive Cotton estate. Grosvenor Galleries were founded by Walter Taylor and Adrian Feint in 1924 and were located... More about The Grey Window, Grosvenor Galleries
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 about Charles William Anderson Scott
1932. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled, signed and dated in pencil in lower margin, 18.2 x 12.8cm. Minor foxing and scuffs to image, laid down on original backing. More about Brambles
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 about Sydney Harbour Bridge
1932. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled, signed and dated in pencil in lower margin, 37.5 x 30.4cm. Minor indentation, silvering and soiling to image lower left, slight cockling and foxing to margins. More about Winter Landscape
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 about Australian Grand Prix
1933. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled, signed and dated in pencil on backing below image, 21.1 x 26.8cm. Slight stains and minor chips to edges of image, laid down on original backing. More about Sea Wind
![Archibald Fountain At Night [Hyde Park, Sydney]. Harold Cazneaux, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL191-60.JPG?v=1513996528)
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 about Archibald Fountain At Night [Hyde Park, Sydney
![Sydney Fruit Stall [Macleay St, Kings Cross]. Harold Cazneaux, 1878–1953 Australian](/pictures/thumb/CL195-52.jpg?v=1557900149)
c1933. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled and signed in pencil on backing below image, 18.2 x 15.1cm. Minor chips to edges, laid down on original backing. Shows a glimpse of the Willow Cafe with its “decorative and colourful tiled facade with canvas awnings.” Similar images held in NLA, NGA, Royal..... More about Sydney Fruit Stall [Macleay St, Kings Cross
![Children’s Aquarium-Themed Playroom]. Harold Cazneaux, 1878–1953 Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL195-53_1.jpg?v=1557900150)
1933. Two vintage silver gelatin photographs, each signed in pencil on backing below image, 21.4 x 19.3cm to 18.9 x 29cm. Retouching to surface loss, slight silvering and creases, laid down on original backing. These images were illustrated in a 1933 volume of The Home magazine, captioned “Submarine playroom. These... More about Children’s Aquarium-Themed Playroom
![Fire Stairs At Bond Street, Sydney]. Max Dupain, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL185-87.JPG?v=1486091942)
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 about Fire Stairs At Bond Street, Sydney
1934. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled, signed, annotated “[corner] Hunter & Castlereagh Street [Sydney]” and dated “18/9/34” in pencil in lower margin, 19 x 21.3cm. Provenance: Mallard estate. Image most likely shows the site being prepared for the construction of the City Mutual Building at 66 Hunter Street, Sydney, which... More about The Demolisher
![RMS “Strathnaver” Berthed In Sydney Harbour]. Henri Mallard, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL172-116.JPG?v=1492650053)
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 about RMS “Strathnaver” Berthed In Sydney Harbour
1934. Group of four vintage silver gelatin photographs mounted together, one with publisher’s copyright stamp, the rest with photographer’s stamp verso, 19.7 x 14.8cm to 15.1 x 19.9cm. Minor handling crinkles. Copyright stamp includes “The Sun Feature Bureau, 60-66 Elizabeth Street, Sydney.” Photographer’s stamp includes “S.J. Hood, Press Photographer, 124..... More about Minister For Health And Repatriation (Lyons Government) Billy Hughes And The Duke Of Gloucester...
![Police On Guard In Lane Outside [Site Of] Chemical Explosion [Bulletin Place, Sydney]. Sam Hood,...](/pictures/thumb/CL178-78.JPG?v=1492665091)
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 about Police On Guard In Lane Outside [Site Of] Chemical Explosion [Bulletin Place, Sydney
![Sand Shadows]. Olive Cotton, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL185-68.JPG?v=1486013124)
1935. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed and dated in ink in lower margin, 16.9 x 18.8cm. Minor silvering to upper edge of image, slight creases to lower margin. More about Sand Shadows
1935. Pair of vintage silver gelatin photographs, one image hand-coloured with partially illegible studio blind stamp on image lower right, titled and dated in ink verso, accompanying old backing with captions, 13.9 x 9.4cm, 5.2 x 5.4cm. Stamp reads “Prisma Studios, 82 Oxford Street.” Captions include “1st prize, 5 guineas”... More about Audrey Patricia Lopez, Star Male Impersonator, Movie Ball <i>and</i> Family Group...
1935. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled and signed in pencil on backing below image, 26.4 x 36.9cm. Minor foxing to upper portion, slight surface loss verso, laid down on original backing. Framed. Illustrated in Newton, Silver and Grey, NLA, 1980, plate 19, and The Quiet Observer, NLA, 1994, p74. More about Autumn Sunshine (Adelaide Hills
1935. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled, signed, dated and annotated “Sydney” in pencil on backing below image, titled, dated and annotated with photographer’s name in ink and pencil on backing verso, 24.9 x 30.4cm. Slight silvering and minor chips to edges, laid down on original backing. Annotations include “No. 6..... More about Still Life Arrangement
c1935. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, captioned in pencil on backing verso, 14 x 19.5cm. Minor stains to margins, laid down on original backing. Caption includes “Season 1934-35” and names of the Bondi team “J. Cox, T. Meagher, A. Besomo, B. Wilson, H. Nightingale, H. Doerner, instructor W. L. Stevenson” who..... More about Australian Premier Surf Life Saving Club Of Australia [Bondi
![Adelaide Hills]. Harold Cazneaux, Australian](/pictures/thumb/CL191-61.JPG?v=1513996528)
c1935. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, annotated “untitled landscape” by one of Cazneaux’s daughters in pencil verso, 24.4 x 31.8cm. Silvering, minor paper loss to upper left corner. Provenance: Cazneaux family. Purchased for $500 (as noted verso) from the exhibition Harold Cazneaux: Photographs 1906-1937 held in 1984 at the Australian Centre..... More about Adelaide Hills