Royal Tour, 1954 / photographs presented by AWA Ltd.
Royal Tour, 1954 / photographs presented by AWA Ltd.
About this item
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Author / Creator
Date
3 February 1954-1 April 1954
Call Numbers
PXB 553
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Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
88 photographs - between 16 x 21 cm. and 20.5 x 26 cm.; most 20.5 x 26 cm. - silver gelatin
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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...
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Full title
Royal Tour, 1954 / photographs presented by AWA Ltd.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
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Author / Artists
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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