Ralph Symonds Ltd further records, 1924-1999
Ralph Symonds Ltd further records, 1924-1999
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Date
1924-1999
Call Numbers
MLMSS 10505 , PXD 1536 , PXE 1802
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Contents
0.16 metres of textual material (1 box)
403 photographic prints
1 architectural drawing - diazotype
1 technical drawing - diazotype
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Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder
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Contents
MLMSS 10505
Business and personal records of Ralph Symonds, with further material collected by his son, Ken Symonds, for a planned book.
Folder 1: Correspondence and notes, 1926-1959, undated; Agreement appointing Ralph Symonds as manager of Panels Limited, 1933
Folder 2: ‘Symonds barges’, 1942-1943
Folder 3: ‘Jenolan Caves’, 19...
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Full title
Ralph Symonds Ltd further records, 1924-1999
Authors, Artists and Contributors
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Notes
Object History
By descent from Ralph Symonds to his son and grandson
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Yosef Symonds, October 2015
Administrative / Biographical history
Ralph Symonds (1895-1961) was a world authority on the use of laminated veneers and timbers. He began producing laminated panels and plywoods in Sydney in 1923 and became convinced of the potential of plywood as a structural material, rather than as a veneered decorative one. During World War II his firm produced a variety of ordnance for the armed...
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MLMSS 10505 , PXD 1536 , PXE 1802
Record Identifier
nGm4zyaY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nGm4zyaY
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Reference code
1381772
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