Sound technicians setting up the turn-table and amplifiers for the first "talkies" in Australia (War...
Sound technicians setting up the turn-table and amplifiers for the first "talkies" in Australia (War...
Sound technicians setting up the turn-table and amplifiers for the first "talkies" in Australia (Warner Brothers' "Jazz Singer" starring Al Jolson, at the Lyceum) (The sound was recorded on a synchronized disc.)
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Date
[ca. 1928]
Call Numbers
Home and Away - 7666
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Pictures and Photographs
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Photographs - 1 glass photonegative
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Sound technicians setting up the turn-table and amplifiers for the first "talkies" in Australia (Warner Brothers' "Jazz Singer" starring Al Jolson, at the Lyceum) (The sound was recorded on a synchronized disc.)
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General note
The Jazz singer was made in 1927 and was the first talkie shown in Sydney in 1928 at the Lyceum Theatre -- Reference: Wesley Mission website (online)
Digital order no:hood_07666
Man crouching at left of photograph is Harry Waghorn. The photograph was probably taken in late 1928 in preparation for the first screenings in January 1929.
Reference
Information supplied by Paul Thomas, grandson of Harry Waghorn, October 2017...
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Original item no. DG ON4/7666
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Home and Away - 7666
Record Identifier
9NaEEDmY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9NaEEDmY
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Reference code
8675
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