File 2: Alexander MacCormick photographs of 1st World War and portraits, ca. 1914-ca. 1939
File 2: Alexander MacCormick photographs of 1st World War and portraits, ca. 1914-ca. 1939
About this item
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Date
ca. 1914-ca. 1939
Call Numbers
PXA 7182
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Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
39 photographs (1 box) - gelatin silver
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File
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Created before 1955
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Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
1. Photographic portrait of Alexander McCormick in military uniform, ca. 1914.
2. Photograph of Alexander McCormick at the helm of a ship, ca. 1930s.
3-39. 37 photographs, many inscribed ‘H.H’ (likely photographer Herschel Harris), depicting military activity in a Mediterranean setting, probably Lemnos. Images also include Anzac Cove,...
Alternative Titles
Full title
File 2: Alexander MacCormick photographs of 1st World War and portraits, ca. 1914-ca. 1939
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Notes
Attributions / Conjectures
Several photographs are inscribed ‘H.H.’ Probably the work of Lawrence Herschel Levi Harris as some photographs are similar or duplicate to photographs held at call number PXA 403 which indicate Harris was the photographer.
Contextual Information
Administrative / Biographical history
Lawrence Herschel Levi Harris (1871-1920), radiologist, became interested in X-rays in the second half of 1896 and founded an X-ray unit at Sydney Hospital. In England in 1914 for the annual meeting of the British Medical Association, Harris volunteered soon after the outbreak of World War I. As a captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps he joined t...
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Call Numbers
PXA 7182
Record Identifier
YolgrO39
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YolgrO39
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Reference code
9623543
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