Photograph of Martin Place Soldier's Day Appeal, Friday 9 November 1923
Photograph of Martin Place Soldier's Day Appeal, Friday 9 November 1923
About this item
Full title
Date
1923
Call Numbers
SPG/192
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
1 photographic print - 25.4 x 30.4 cm - gelatin silver
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Created before 1955
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Photograph of Martin Place Soldier’s Day Appeal, Friday 9 November 1923, by an unknown photographer. The focus of this photograph is a group of 12 women and a girl, all but two of them dressed entirely in white, holding collection boxes labelled ‘Soldiers’ Day Appeal 1923.’ In the background two stalls and a chocolate wheel can be seen.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Photograph of Martin Place Soldier's Day Appeal, Friday 9 November 1923
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Ancanthe in 2017
Administrative / Biographical history
Friday 9 November 1923 was set aside for the annual Soldiers’ Day Appeal which took the form of a fair in Martin Place with over forty stalls set up around a central platform. Members of the public were asked to wear a poppy in remembrance of those who fell in the War and about 800 women assisted in the appeal. On 10 November the Sydney Morning Her...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SPG/192
Record Identifier
YEGqdyjn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YEGqdyjn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
1009666
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