Collection 10: Photographic albums and newspaper cuttings relating to Nancy Bird Walton ca. 1938-19...
Collection 10: Photographic albums and newspaper cuttings relating to Nancy Bird Walton ca. 1938-1979
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Date
1938-1979
Call Numbers
PXA 7163
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Physical Description
Contents
6 albums (250 photographs) - black & white; colour
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Sub-fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Out of copyright - applies to photographs created before 1955.
Copyright status : In copyright - Life of the creator plus 70 years - applies to photographs created after 1 January 1955
Please acknowledge : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
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Scope and Contents
Contents
6 photographic albums
Album 1 - descriptions transcribed from contents list included in album
1. With Charles Walton in Fiji returning to Australia in 1939. Prior to engagement in 1939.
2. Nancy and Charles engaged - Princes restaurant
3. Nancy-Bird on Golden Glam U.S.A. Woman with scray[?] introduced her to chief passer[?] on Marip...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Collection 10: Photographic albums and newspaper cuttings relating to Nancy Bird Walton ca. 1938-1979
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by the Nancy Bird Walton Estate, 2010
Administrative / Biographical history
Nancy Bird Walton was born in Sydney in 1915. She fell in love with flying after taking a joy flight at the age of 13 at a local fair, after which she bagan to save for official lessons. They began in 1933 under the direction of Charles Kingsford-Smith when Nancy was 17, making her the youngest Australian woman to gain a pilot's licence. One year l...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 7163
Record Identifier
9Bv6GbO9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9Bv6GbO9
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Reference code
1000786
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