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Royal Tour, 1954 / photographs presented by AWA Ltd.

Royal Tour, 1954 / photographs presented by AWA Ltd.

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nM7lOwKY

Royal Tour, 1954 / photographs presented by AWA Ltd.

About this item

Full title

Royal Tour, 1954 / photographs presented by AWA Ltd.

Date

3 February 1954-1 April 1954

Call Numbers

PXB 553

Record Identifier

nM7lOwKY

Reference Code

954669
Physical Description

Contents

88 photographs - between 16 x 21 cm. and 20.5 x 26 cm.; most 20.5 x 26 cm. - silver gelatin

Other Descriptions

Level of description

Fonds

Access and use

Copying Conditions

Out of copyright : Created before 1955

Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Most photographs are printed with the AWA and Pix Picture logos at lower left and lower right, respectively, with a typescript caption printed at centre below the image. A small number are ink-stamped and captioned on verso by Gervaise Purcell, Underwood St, Sydney, and Ritter-Jeppesen Studios, Melbourne.

Scenes include crowds at Bradleys He...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Royal Tour, 1954 / photographs presented by AWA Ltd.

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

General note

Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.3260 as part of the eRecords project 2011-2012

Object History

The photographs of the Royal Tour, 1954, were presented to the Mitchell Library by the Archivist, Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd,. in February 1975. A photograph of the Queen Mother visiting the AWA factory in Ashfield in 1958 was presented to the Library in February 1979 and is located at V / 75.

Contextual Information

Source

Presented by Philip Geeves, AWA Archivist, February 1975
Pic.Acc.3260

Administrative / Biographical history

A letter accompanying this donation from the Philip Geeves, Archivist, Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Limited, to the Mitchell Library, 19 February 1975, states:
"AWA had a substantial technical involvement during [the 1954 Royal Tour] by Her Majesty and the Duke of Edinburgh. At the time, Australia had no television service so the Company,...

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

PXB 553

Record Identifier

nM7lOwKY

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nM7lOwKY

Other Identifiers

Reference code

954669

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