Dame Mary Gilmore , 1948 / photograph by the ABC weekly
Dame Mary Gilmore , 1948 / photograph by the ABC weekly
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Author / Creator
Date
1948
Call Numbers
P1/632
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Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
1 photographic print with typescript letter affixed to reverse - 21.8 x 16.5 cm - gelatin silver
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Fonds
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : created before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Mary Gilmore is posed with open book, holding her glasses. "What bird is that" sits on a pile of books behind her.
Letter, dated 28 Oct. 1948, from The ABC Weekly, thanks Gilmore for participation in a recent interview and offers the photo as a sign of recognition for her involvement in Australian literature. Signed H.G. Ringland, Managing E...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Dame Mary Gilmore , 1948 / photograph by the ABC weekly
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Transferred from P1/Gilmore, Dame Mary (BM), February 2010
Digital order no:Album ID : 935399
Signature / Inscriptions
"Dear Dame Gilmore, Thank you for your letter. We were tremendously pleased at your kindness in giving the interview. Would you please accept these three copies of the photograph which appeared in the A.B.C. Weekly as a tiny recognition of the part you played in Australian letters, Yours sincerely, H.G. Ringland. Managing Editor. / Dame May Gilmore...
Date note
Dated from letter on reverse
Description source
Titled from letter on reverse
Published information
Published in: ABC weekly, 1948
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Dame Mary Gilmore, March 1949
Administrative / Biographical history
For a biography of Dame Mary Gilmore, see: Australian Dictionary of Biography Online. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/ (accessed February 8, 2010)
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
P1/632
Record Identifier
9yM63PD9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9yM63PD9
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Reference code
887504
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