Slides relating to lectures given by Sir Hudson Fysh on the beginnings of Qantas, and on Sir Ross an...
Slides relating to lectures given by Sir Hudson Fysh on the beginnings of Qantas, and on Sir Ross and Sir Keith Smith, ca. 1920-ca. 1960 / Sir Hudson Fysh
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Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1920-ca. 1960
Call Numbers
SLIDES 216/Boxes 1-4
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Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
225 slides (4 boxes) - 8.3 x 8.3 cm - lantern, positive
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Fonds
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Copying Conditions
Copyright restrictions may apply : Photographs in this collection created before 1955 are all out of copyright. Photographs created after 1955 are in copyright for the life of the creator plus 70 years.
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Slides show Qantas aircraft from early biplanes to the Boeing 707, and include photographs of aviators and airmen. There are aerial views taken from planes, photos of Qantas commercial buildings and interesting interiors of early passenger planes with passengers reclining in their bunks or dining at tables. In Box 3 there are some photographs of Fy...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Slides relating to lectures given by Sir Hudson Fysh on the beginnings of Qantas, and on Sir Ross and Sir Keith Smith, ca. 1920-ca. 1960 / Sir Hudson Fysh
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Lists of the slides have been kept in files together with lecture notes that accompany the slides. All this material is with manuscript collection at MLMSS 2413/Box K21859/Item [ 2 ].
Other pictorial material at Pic.Acc.3590
Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.3253 as part of the eRecords Project 2012-13
Date note
Dated by cataloguer
Conservation note
Taped edges of some slides sticking together.
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by John Hudson Fysh, the son of Sir Hudson Fysh
Pic.Acc.3253
Administrative / Biographical history
Wilmot Hudson Fysh (1895–1974), airline director, was born in Launceston. After the First World War, he and another ex-serviceman, Pat McGinness, were commissioned by the government to survey the Longreach–Darwin section of a London-to-Australia flight – their T-model Ford becoming the first car to journey overland to the Gulf of Carpentaria. In 19...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SLIDES 216/Boxes 1-4
Record Identifier
9WZMjkzY
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9WZMjkzY
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Reference code
909960
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