[Felix the Cat doll and a child] : souvenir of Katoomba, ca. 1928 / taken at Echo Point by D. Evans
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[Felix the Cat doll and a child] : souvenir of Katoomba, ca. 1928 / taken at Echo Point by D. Evans
[Felix the Cat doll and a child] : souvenir of Katoomba, ca. 1928 / taken at Echo Point by D. Evans
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Date
ca. 1928
Call Numbers
MIN 413
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Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
Photographs - image 8.2 x 5.7 cm. , mount 13.6 x 9.8 cm. - 1 tintype photoprint
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Full title
[Felix the Cat doll and a child] : souvenir of Katoomba, ca. 1928 / taken at Echo Point by D. Evans
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
"Souvenir of Katoomba / (Taken at Echo Point)" -- printed on lower edge of mount
For other Evans portraits posed with Felix, Mickey and the Mountain Devil, see -- Blue Mountains : pictorial memories / John Low. 2nd ed. Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Atrand, 1994
Digital order no:a928170
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Presented Mar 2005
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Administrative / Biographical history
D. Evans, a Welshman, was also known as "The Felix Man" in Katoomba. His photographic portraits taken at Echo Point may have been seasonal work. Visitors were keen to have their photograph taken with a large Felix doll, a Mickey Mouse lookalike or the "Mountain Devil".
There is no listed entry for D. Evans in directories for commercial premises...
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Call Numbers
MIN 413
Record Identifier
n88E6pLn
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Reference code
446140
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