2. [Interior of bookstore showing Library and Book Rental Department, display stands, customers browsing, and stationery section. Christmas decorations reflect time of year Oct-Dec, ca. 1948]

1. 'Swains' 16 Moore St., 1908. Now Martin Place

1. 'Swains' 16 Moore St., 1908. Now Martin Place [verso]

3. [Interior of bookstore showing Library and Book Rental Department, display stands, customers browsing, and stationery section. Christmas decorations reflect time of year Oct-Dec, ca. 1948]

4. [Interior of bookstore showing Library and Book Rental Department, display stands, customers browsing, and stationery section. Christmas decorations reflect time of year Oct-Dec, ca. 1948]

5. [Interior of bookstore showing Library and Book Rental Department, display stands, customers browsing, and stationery section. Christmas decorations reflect time of year Oct-Dec, ca. 1948]

6. [Interior of bookstore showing Library and Book Rental Department, display stands, customers browsing, and stationery section. Christmas decorations reflect time of year Oct-Dec, ca. 1948]

7. [Interior of bookstore showing Library and Book Rental Department, display stands, customers browsing, and stationery section. Christmas decorations reflect time of year Oct-Dec, ca. 1948]

8. [Interior of bookstore showing Library and Book Rental Department, display stands, customers browsing, and stationery section. Christmas decorations reflect time of year Oct-Dec, ca. 1948]

9. [Interior of bookstore showing Library and Book Rental Department, display stands, customers browsing, and stationery section. Christmas decorations reflect time of year Oct-Dec, ca. 1948]

10. Mr Henry Charles Maitland Swain [early 1920's?] / Murmann Studio, Sydney

11. H.C.M.S. 4-12-46 [Henry Swain, 1946]

12. [Henry Swain outside Swain's bookstore] 1948

23. [Staff outside the Sarjeant Gallery, early 1950's] / The Telsa Studio Wanganui N. [New Zealand]

23. [Staff outside the Sarjeant Gallery, early 1950's] / The Telsa Studio Wanganui N. [New Zealand] [verso]

24. [Group inside room surrounded by framed pictures. Henry Swain sits at front row left, ca. 1950-1953]

25. [Group in front of corrugated iron wall, at summer picnic? ca. 1948]

26. Staff photo ca. 1950 Christmas time

27. [Group photo, early 1950's]

28. [Staff at Swain's bookstore. Figure third from left in middle row changes, with one being Henry Swain, early 1950's]

29. [Staff at Swain's bookstore. Figure third from left in middle row changes, with one being Henry Swain, early 1950's]

30. [Group photographs, with a list names of "copies sent to" on the reverse. Individuals include: Moore, Manton, Phillips, Ritchie, Webber, Branson, Tilly, Cheshire, Linehan, Utting, Thorpe, Forsyth, Barker, and Campbell, early 1950's]

30. [Group photographs, with a list names of "copies sent to" on the reverse. Individuals include: Moore, Manton, Phillips, Ritchie, Webber, Branson, Tilly, Cheshire, Linehan, Utting, Thorpe, Forsyth, Barker, and Campbell, early 1950's] [verso]

31. [Group photographs, with a list names of "copies sent to" on the reverse. Individuals include: Moore, Manton, Phillips, Ritchie, Webber, Branson, Tilly, Cheshire, Linehan, Utting, Thorpe, Forsyth, Barker, and Campbell, early 1950's]

31. [Group photographs, with a list names of "copies sent to" on the reverse. Individuals include: Moore, Manton, Phillips, Ritchie, Webber, Branson, Tilly, Cheshire, Linehan, Utting, Thorpe, Forsyth, Barker, and Campbell, early 1950's] [verso]

32. [Group photographs, with a list names of "copies sent to" on the reverse. Individuals include: Moore, Manton, Phillips, Ritchie, Webber, Branson, Tilly, Cheshire, Linehan, Utting, Thorpe, Forsyth, Barker, and Campbell, early 1950's]

32. [Group photographs, with a list names of "copies sent to" on the reverse. Individuals include: Moore, Manton, Phillips, Ritchie, Webber, Branson, Tilly, Cheshire, Linehan, Utting, Thorpe, Forsyth, Barker, and Campbell, early 1950's] [verso]

33. [Group photographs, with a list names of "copies sent to" on the reverse. Individuals include: Moore, Manton, Phillips, Ritchie, Webber, Branson, Tilly, Cheshire, Linehan, Utting, Thorpe, Forsyth, Barker, and Campbell, early 1950's]

33. [Group photographs, with a list names of "copies sent to" on the reverse. Individuals include: Moore, Manton, Phillips, Ritchie, Webber, Branson, Tilly, Cheshire, Linehan, Utting, Thorpe, Forsyth, Barker, and Campbell, early 1950's] [verso]

34. Left to Right: Branson, Forsyth, Utting, Ritchie, Holland, Barker, Thorpe, Linehan, Cheshire, Manton, Campbell [printed below image, early 1950's]

35. ABA Conference, Melbourne, March 1950 [Australasian Booksellers Assocation]

36. [Four males wearing suits, 1940's]

37. [Dinner inside hall, 1940's] / The Telsa Studio Wanganui N.

38. [Dinner inside hall, 1940's] / The Telsa Studio Wanganui N.

39. [Formal dinner, ca. 1946] / Phil Ward Studios 296 Pitt Street Sydney

40. Photograph taken at the Wentworth Hotel, Sydney, on Wednesday, November 8, 1950, in honour of Mr George H. Barker, (President of the A.B.A.) and Mrs. Barker, to welcome them on their return from a visit to England [typed list of people present and places of employment]

40. Photograph taken at the Wentworth Hotel, Sydney, on Wednesday, November 8, 1950, in honour of Mr George H. Barker, (President of the A.B.A.) and Mrs. Barker, to welcome them on their return from a visit to England

41. [Presentation lunch or dinner. Album presented has initials, "J.M.F.", early 1950's]

42. [Presentation lunch or dinner. Album presented has initials, "J.M.F.", early 1950's]

43. A.B.A. Ex Meet, Melbourne Oct. 1949

Swain & Company Pty. Ltd. : pictorial and manuscript collection, ca. 1895-1963

SHOP INTERIORS
1. 'Swains' 16 Moore St., 1908. Now Martin Place
2-9. Interior of bookstore showing Library and Book Rental Department, display stands, customers browsing, and stationery section. Christmas decorations reflect time of year Oct-Dec, approximately 1948

INDIVIDUALS
10. Mr Henry Charles Maitland Swain (probably early 1920's) / Murmann Studio, Sydney 
11. H.C.M.S. 4-12-46 (Henry Swain, 1946)
12. Henry Swain outside Swain's bookstore, 1948
13-17. Male staff members photographed inside bookstore, early 1960's
18-21c. Female staff members inside bookstore and within section selling framed paintings, early 1960's
22. Mr A.N. (i.e. Arthur Newling] Swain & a young Daniel Barenboim, approximately 1962-63

GROUP PHOTOGRAPHS
23. Staff outside the Sarjeant Gallery, early 1950's] / The Telsa Studio Wanganui N. [New Zealand]
24. [Group inside room surrounded by framed pictures. Henry Swain sits at front row left, ca. 1950-1953]
25. [Group in front of corrugated iron wall, at summer picnic? ca. 1948]
26. Staff photo ca. 1950 Christmas time
27. [Group photo, early 1950's]
28-29. [Staff at Swain's bookstore. Figure third from left in middle row changes, with one being Henry Swain, early 1950's]
30-33. [Group photographs, with a list names of "copies sent to" on the reverse. Individuals include: Moore, Manton, Phillips, Ritchie, Webber, Branson, Tilly, Cheshire, Linehan, Utting, Thorpe, Forsyth, Barker, and Campbell, early 1950's]
34. Left to Right: Branson, Forsyth, Utting, Ritchie, Holland, Barker, Thorpe, Linehan, Cheshire, Manton, Campbell [printed below image, early 1950's]
35. ABA Conference, Melbourne, March 1950 [Australasian Booksellers Assocation]
36. [Four males wearing suits, 1940's]

FUNCTIONS
37-38. [Dinner inside hall, 1940's] / The Telsa Studio Wanganui N.
39. [Formal dinner, ca. 1946] / Phil Ward Studios 296 Pitt Street Sydney
40. Photograph taken at the Wentworth Hotel, Sydney, on Wednesday, November 8, 1950, in honour of Mr George H. Barker, (President of the A.B.A.) and Mrs. Barker, to welcome them on their return from a visit to England [with typed list of people present and places of employment]
41-42. [Presentation lunch or dinner. Album presented has initials, "J.M.F.", early 1950's]
43. A.B.A. Ex Meet, Melbourne Oct. 1949
44. [Photocopy of group photograph that includes the Pikes (owners of Everglades until late  1950's), Henry Swain, A.N. Swain, and Joy Swain]

Photographs of Swain's bookstore, including interiors, employees, and functions

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