c1920s. Hand-coloured vintage silver gelatin photograph with pencil, signed in pencil on image lower right, 36.5 x 23.7cm. Slight soiling. Framed. Similar image held in NGV. The subject may be a Mary Josephine (Moya) Cassidy (c1902-1988) buried at Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery in Victoria. More
c1920s. Bromoil transfer, titled and signed in pencil in lower margin, 17.4 x 29.8cm. Stains to image and margins, old mount burn. Born in Geelong, Monte Luke worked as an actor on stage before developing an interest in photography. Theatre manager J.C. Williamson commissioned Luke to take portraits of stage..... More
c1920s. Toned vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed in ink on image lower right, title and photographer’s name in label on frame verso, 38.4 x 31cm. Framed. More
c1899-1920s. Consisting of 15 items comprising six albumen paper and six vintage silver gelatin photographs, one letterpress and lineblock booklet, and two process screen images, one of which is affixed to a letterpress card, two photographs with photographer’s line “Henry King, Sydney” embossed on backing below image, sizes from 7..... More
1918/1920s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, typed caption label affixed to backing below image, 42.2 x 58.1cm. Slight retouching to centre of image and stains to upper portion, laid down on original backing. Original frame. Caption reads “A photograph taken on the morning of the 10th [August], 1918, during the advance... More
![[Edward, Prince Of Wales, With Dignitaries During Royal Visit To Australia]. Gordon Furlee Brown, fl. 1920s-1930s Aust.](/pictures/thumb/CL174-107.JPG?v=1492657541)
1920. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, annotated “Prince of Wales” in pencil and photographer’s stamp verso, 24.2 x 31.8cm. Slight soiling to upper portion and crinkles overall. Stamp includes “Furlée. Copyright.”. More
![[Edward, Prince Of Wales, At Melbourne Town Hall]](/pictures/thumb/CL174-108.JPG?v=1492657541)
c1920. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, 23.2 x 31.1cm. Stains, foxing and slight tears to edges, laid down on original backing. Uncommon image of the Prince of Wales in Melbourne. Popularly known as ‘the Digger Prince’, his tour was Britain’s gesture of thanks for Australia’s role in WWI. Melbourne’s Grand Hotel..... More
c1920. Forty-eight (48) vintage silver gelatin photographs in a Kodak album-book, annotated “E.J. Pini, 31 Stead Street, South Melbourne” and dated “21.2.20” in ink on inside cover, most images captioned in ink on album page, 7.7 x 10.3cm (approx. each). Minor stains, developing flaws or silvering to some images, minor..... More
1920. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, panorama, text including date, title and photographer’s name in negative upper and lower centre, 24.2 x 100.5cm. Slight crinkles to left portion and centre, tear to lower edge, foxing to right portion, surface soiling and wear to margins. Text includes “Sydney, 1920. Alan Row &... More
c1895-1920s. Thirteen (13) items comprising of nine vintage silver gelatin photographs, two printout paper photographs and one platinum palladium photograph, plus one lithograph, five photographs with studio lines “Hall & Co., Sydney”; “Norman Photo, 19 Market St, Sydney”; or “The Swiss Studios, Sydney”, 10.8 x 14.8cm to 34.5 x 26.6cm..... More
![Salt Lakes, Hattah [Victoria]](/pictures/thumb/CL194-119_1.jpg?v=1543548348)
c1920s. Pair of vintage silver gelatin photographs, each titled in ink on backing verso, 15.5 x 20.5cm (each). Silvering, slight foxing, laid down on original backing. Hattah Lakes, in the Hattah-Kulkyne National Park is situated adjacent to the Murray River and overlaps the Murray-Sunset National Park. The area was the... More
1921. Silver gelatin photograph, signed “Vera White” in pencil on backing below image, stamp with date “June 1921” and annotation in ink on backing verso, 14 x 19.1cm. Slight paper loss to margins, laid down on original backing. Framed. Stamp reads “H. Rousel, Signwriter, Sydney.” Annotations include “July 1922, 8..... More
c1921. Group of 22 silver gelatin photographs, most are annotated “Barrett Australian Productions” and captioned in negative, sizes from 18.2 x 14.7cm to 14.6 x 19.6cm. Minor creases, scuffs and silvering to the edges of some images. A Girl of the Bush was a 1921 silent film directed by Franklyn... More
![Adelaide Show [Co-operative Insurance Co.]. K H. Wollaston, Aust.](/pictures/thumb/CL169-114.JPG?v=1492492926)
1921. Silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated and annotated in various hands in white ink with photographer’s line in letterpress on backing below image, 15.3 x 20.9cm. Slight scuffs and soiling overall, minor missing portions to edges of image, laid down on original backing. Photographer’s line reads “K.H. Wollaston, 1 Currie..... More
![Fort Street [Boys’ High School, Petersham]. R P. Moore, Aust./NZ.](/pictures/thumb/CL169-115.JPG?v=1492492926)
1921. Silver gelatin photograph, photographer’s blind stamp on backing below image, titled and dated in an unknown hand in ink on backing verso, 12.4 x 50.7cm. Slight soiling, foxing and scuffs overall. Blind stamp reads “R.P. Moore, Lyons Rd, Five Dock, Sydney.” Fort Street alumni are traditionally called “Fortians”. Prominent..... More
c1921. Group of 13 vintage silver gelatin photographs, postcard format, most captioned in negative lower left or right, four captioned and one dated in pencil verso, 7.5 x 12.2cm to 8.7 x 14cm. Minor scuffing, stains, creases or chips to edges. Views include Hunter and Bolton streets, Bar Beach showing... More
c1880s-1922. (1) John Barclay Godson (Brit./Aust., 1882-1957). Henry Lawson’s House, Abbotsford, 1922. Pencil drawing, titled, signed and dated “16/9/22” in pencil lower left to right, 13.6 x 19.7cm. Foxing. Framed. (2) Phillip Street, Sydney [Showing House Of Henry Lawson’s Mother On Left] , c1880s. Albumen paper photograph, titled, dated “late..... More
![ALP Rally Procession [Botany, NSW]](/pictures/thumb/CL187-118.JPG?v=1496127463)
1922. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated “May 24” and signed illegibly in coloured pencil verso, 16.5 x 21.5cm. Pinholes, creases to right portion, slight silvering overall. Banner in image reads “Botany [NSW], Vote the Labor 5. Read the Labor Daily. [Frank] Burke, MLA; Long; [William] McKell MLA; [Thomas] Mutch... More
![[The Brisbane Hotel, Launceston]. Stephen Spurling, Aust.](/pictures/thumb/CL187-119.JPG?v=1496127464)
c1922. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, annotated “Spurlings” in pencil on original mount below image, 51.5 x 40cm. Retouched scratches to image lower left, stains to upper portion and image centre, slight silvering. Framed. Possibly taken on the occasion of the visit of the Australian Prime Minister Billy Hughes attending a...... More
![Anzac Cove Gallipoli, Turkey [Looking North To New Zealand Point]. Walter Ernest Dexter, Brit./Aust.](/pictures/thumb/CL181-121.JPG?v=1486012324)
1915/1925. Hand-coloured silver gelatin photograph, signed “Colarts [Studio, Sydney]” in ink on image lower right, 72.5 x 99cm. Original oak frame. Rare large format. Colarts Studios acquired the negative of this image taken by Padre Walter E. Dexter, and subsequently included it in their touring exhibition around Australia during the... More
1925. Silver gelatin photograph, autographed and dated by a Leonard Pearson, one of the sitters, as marked with an “arrow” in ink on image lower left, 14.7 x 19.5cm. Slight stains and scuffs overall. More
c1925. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, 7.2 x 9.6cm. Slight foxing and minor crinkles overall. Sign on horse-drawn wagon reads “Moving Pictures.” From the 1920s, motion pictures were made accessible to country towns in Australia via travelling picture showmen who worked a circuit. They found venues in the towns, such as..... More
![Avon Dam [NSW]](/pictures/thumb/CL174-124.JPG?v=1492657994)
1925. Vintage silver gelatin photograph in two panels, titled, dated “2/8/25” and monogrammed in negative lower left, 25.3 x 61.8cm. Slight silvering to edges, laid down on original backing. Framed. More
1926. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed, annotated “Melbourne” and dated in negative lower right, 18.4 x 11.6cm. Minor retouching to lower portion of image, laid down on original backing. More
![[Terrace And Cottage, Double Bay, NSW]](/pictures/thumb/CL194-125_1.jpg?v=1543548364)
c1926. Two vintage silver gelatin photographs, annotated in ink and pencil with photographer’s stamp verso, 14.2 x 19.7cm to 16 x 20.7cm. Minor creases, scuffing, tears and ink stains, one with minor missing portion lower left. Annotations include “61 & 63 Bay St, Double Bay.” Photographer’s stamp includes “O. Godfrey..... More