c1930-1968. (1) Don Bradman, The World’s Greatest Batsman, c1930. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, captioned in image lower left to right, 13.5 x 8.7cm. Slight creases. Caption continues “Born at Cootamundra, NSW, Aug. 27th, 1908.” (2) Don Bradman’s Reply To A Fan Letter, 1968. Handwritten letter on Sir Donald Bradman letterhead..... More
1968. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled, signed and dated in pencil verso, 38.6 x 30.3cm. Tears and chips to edges, creases overall. One of the competitors is wearing a Gosford athletic club patch. More
c1958-1972. Group of seven vintage silver gelatin photographs, with Betty Cuthbert’s autograph in ink on accompanying slip, most with captions and various publishing annotations and stamps including dates or affixed slips or labels verso, 29 x 21.3cm (approx. each). Stains, tears, missing portions to edges, slight crinkles, dents, one image..... More
1974. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, publishing annotations in crayon and ink on image and verso, 20.6 x 25.4cm. Slight crinkles, creases to edges. Annotations include “Pollard’s Soccer Records, page 24.” Jack Pollard’s Soccer Records was compiled by Sid Grant and published in 1974. Ref: The Guardian; Oz Football. More
1971/1974. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed, titled, dated and annotated “3046” in pencil verso, 22.6 x 33.6cm. Minor creases and foxing to margins. More
![Item #CL195-77 Sir John Kerr [Governor General] And Winning Jockey, Melbourne Cup. Rennie...](/pictures/thumb/CL195-77.jpg?v=1557900183)
1976. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated and signed by photographer’s wife Kerry Oldfield Ellis in ink in authentication stamp verso, 15.2 x 21cm. Slight stains to margins. Illustrated in Ellis, Decade: 1970–1980, SLV, p188. The thoroughbred racehorse Van der Hum won the 1976 Melbourne Cup, ridden by New Zealand..... More
c1910s and 1980s. Eleven (11) silver gelatin photographs (two vintage, and nine reprints) with two menus from “The Les Darcy Restaurant” [Maitland, NSW], and a booklet titled The Darcy Story. The vintage photograph is autographed by Darcy in ink lower right, and all re-prints are stamped, some captioned in ink..... More
![Item #CL195-137 [Fred Brophy’s Boxing Troupe, Birdsville, Qld]. Charles Page, b.1946 Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL195-137.jpg?v=1557899994)
1988/later printing. Silver gelatin photograph, signed and dated in pencil verso, 27.7 x 41.7cm. Held in NLA. “Fred Brophy is an Australian tent boxing promoter who regularly tours around Queensland with the eponymous Fred Brophy’s Boxing Troupe.” Ref: Wiki. More
1991. Vintage silver gelatin photograph with hand-colouring, annotated ‘Mal’ and signed in pencil on mount below image, captioned “‘Mal’ Meninga, Rugby League, signed, dated and annotated “hand coloured” in pencil on backing verso, 31 x 24.7cm. Laid down on board. This photograph is accompanied with a magazine tear sheet of..... More
1968/2009. Silver gelatin photograph, signed in pencil in lower margin, titled and dated verso, 40.6 x 35.3cm. Illustrated in Bishop, In dreams: thirty years of photography 1960–1990, p32. “Boxer Lionel Rose was the first Indigenous Australian to win a world title in boxing, and later the first Indigenous Australian to..... More
![Item #CL195-56 Cathy [Freeman], Town Hall. “Our City, Our Games”, Sydney [Olympics]. Liz...](/pictures/thumb/CL195-56.jpg?v=1557900153)
2000/2017. Silver gelatin photograph, numbered “16”, signed, titled and dated in pencil verso, 18.9 x 28.3cm. “The aim of ‘Our City, Our Games’ was to observe and record Sydney’s transformation to an Olympic City. My proposal to document the city and its people during the brief period of intense world..... More
c1870s-1890s. Group of seven items comprising four albumen paper photographs, a hand-coloured tintype, a wood engraving and letterpress card, and a colour digital photograph, most captioned in various hands in ink or pencil verso, two with photographer’s line or stamp on backing, sizes from 6.3 x 4.5cm to 10.2 x...... More
c1890s. Albumen paper photograph, title and caption transferred from original backing by restorer in pencil verso, 15.5 x 23.2cm. Minor creases. Laid down on acid-free backing. Caption reads “Carter, Jobson, Simpson, Saunders.” Established during the 1890s by Harry M. Bathem, “Beetaloo” is a cattle station located in the Northern Territory..... More
1892. Albumen paper photograph, captioned and dated in coloured ink with letterpress text on backing around image, 24.9 x 37.2cm. Foxing, minor surface loss to left edge, laid down on original presentation backing. Original frame. Text includes the English and Australian teams’ statistics, Australian team names “W.O. Whiteridge (Umpire), G.H.S...... More
c1908. (1) Burns–Johnson Contest , 1908. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, title, date and photographer’s line in negative centre right, 30 x 38cm. Surface loss, crazing, scuffs, soiling. Framed. . Text includes “Sydney, Dec. 1908. 12. Kerry Copyright.” See item 104. (2) [Jack Johnson In The Ring] , c1908. Vintage silver..... More
1908. Ten vintage silver gelatin photographs, postcard format, each captioned with studio line in negative lower portion, sizes range from 13.4 x 8.6cm to 14 x 8.9cm. Slight creases and scuffing overall. This group includes six postcards of Johnson, and four postcards of Burns, three by photographer Charles Kerry. On..... More
1908. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, panorama format, captioned with photographer and date in negative lower right, mounted with colour facsimile of admission ticket to the match, 37.1 x 94.4cm. Minor foxing overall. Original frame. Caption continues “14 rounds, won by Johnson on points. Stadium, Sydney, Dec. 26th, 1908. Purse £7,500..... More
c1908. Printing-out paper, captioned and signed in ink on backing below image, 19.6 x 14.5cm. Edges of photograph lifting away from slightly foxed backing. Born in Jimbour, Queensland, Adolphus William Lund was the eldest son of August Lund (1840–1924), who was a leading business figure and citizen in Gin Gin..... More
c1910s. Eleven (11) vintage silver gelatin photographs, six in panorama format, in a string-bound album, 6.9 x 9cm to 14.1 x 19.3cm. Silvering, minor chips to edges, all laid down on album page, one with tape. Photographs show groups of young men in bathers on the beach, in a line-up..... More
1910s-1930s. Three photograph albums containing 200 vintage silver gelatin photographs, two albums are annotated with captions and some dated in ink on album page below images, sizes range from 4.9 x 3cm to 24.4 x 19.2cm. Minor silvering, most images laid down on album page. Albums contain many family photographs..... More
c1940s. Three vintage silver gelatin photographs, one image with title in negative lower centre and typed “Associated Press” label with date “27.11.46” verso, another image captioned in pencil with “The Argus” stamp date “7 Dec. 1948” verso, sizes range from 14.9 x 10.3cm to 20.5 x 15.6cm. Minor silvering, creases..... More
1976. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, annotated and dated “’76” in ink on backing verso, 30 x 37.9cm. Pinholes, slight stains to image upper left and centre, scuffing and minor silvering. Laid down on old board. Image shows brothers Ian Chappell and Greg Chappell, Doug Walters and Rick McCosker. Annotation includes..... More
1962, 1981. Pair of vintage silver gelatin photographs, one with Dawn Fraser’s autograph with “S.A. 1957” in pencil on accompanying slip, with various dates and publishing annotations and stamps including typed label with caption verso, the other photograph is stamped “14 May 1981” verso, 24.2 x 19.2cm, 23.9 x 18.9cm..... More
