J.C. Williamson photographs, ca. 1900-1973
J.C. Williamson photographs, ca. 1900-1973
About this item
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Date
ca. 1900-1973
Call Numbers
PXA 971
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Reference Code
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Physical Description
Contents
27 photographs, 10 prints, 3 col. slides, 2 col. transparencies and 1 drawing
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Fonds
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Alternative Titles
Full title
J.C. Williamson photographs, ca. 1900-1973
Notes
General note
Related manuscript collections at ML MSS 2185 ; ML MSS 4458
Reference: Entertaining Australia : an illustrated history / Katharine Bribane (ed.). Sydney : Currency Press, 1991
Contextual Information
Source
Presented 1985
Pic.Acc.5836
Administrative / Biographical history
James Cassius Williamson (1845-1913) married soubrette Maggie Moore in 1873, and came to Australia in 1874-5 and to stay in 1879. In 1899 he divorced and married Mary Weir, one of his dancers.
From the 1880's, Williamson, an American character and comic actor, and partners built the largest theatrical chain in the world which dominated Australia...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 971
Record Identifier
Yr8RBQDn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yr8RBQDn
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Reference code
421440
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