Eileen Wearne - photographs and papers mainly concerning the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games, ca. 192...
Eileen Wearne - photographs and papers mainly concerning the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games, ca. 1920-1947, ca. 1990-2002
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Date
ca. 1920-1947, ca. 1990-2002.
Call Numbers
PXA 998 , R 941
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Contents
Photographs - 48 black & white photoprints - 6 x 8.5 cm. to 30 x 24.5 cm.
Photographs - 12 colour photoprints - 10 x 15 cm.
Clippings
Textual Records - (typescript)
Ephemera
Objects - 1 badge - 13 cm. diam.
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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 creator plus 70 years
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder
Physical Access Conditions
Access to this pictures collection via appointment only. Please submit your request through Ask a Librarian : Applies to R 941
Issue Copy
Partly Digitised : 14 photographs
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Scope and Contents
Contents
PXA 998/BOX 1
PHOTOGRAPHS
1. Alice Maude Latham (Eileen Wearne's mother)
2. Eileen Wearne as a young girl.
3. With actresses Ruth Selwyn & Anita Page, 1932.
4. The Indian representatives with Eileen Wearne and Bunny Seawright (trainer), 1932.
5 & 6. Mrs Chambers (chaperone), Bonnie Mealing, Clare Dennis, Frances Bult, Eileen Wearn...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Eileen Wearne - photographs and papers mainly concerning the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games, ca. 1920-1947, ca. 1990-2002
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 824106
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Miss Eileen Wearne in July 2003
Administrative / Biographical history
Alice Eileen Wearne (1912- ) became the second woman to represent Australia in athletics at the Olympic Games when she competed in the 100 metres sprint at Los Angeles in 1932. Unfortunately she was not at her best and was eliminated in the heats. Other members of the Australian team included swimmers Clare Dennis, Frances Bult, Bonnie Mealing and...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 998 , R 941
Record Identifier
YezdP329
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YezdP329
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Reference code
430692
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