Views of Sydney, chiefly Woolloomooloo and East Sydney, ca. 1955 / photographed by Hans M Landecker
Views of Sydney, chiefly Woolloomooloo and East Sydney, ca. 1955 / photographed by Hans M Landecker
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1950s
Call Numbers
PXE 866 , ON 242
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures, Photographs and Ephemera
Physical Description
Contents
Photographs - 30 x 40 cm. or smaller - 29 silver gelatin photoprints
Ephemera - 17 x 11 cm. - Single folded cardboard sheet - 1 exhibition catalogue
Photographs - 35 mm. - filed in 23 sheets each holding up to 6 strips per sheet - 134 photonegative strips
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Arrangement
Photonegatives in photographer's arrangement
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
1. Exhibition catalogue entitled "25 Years of Photography presented by Dr. H. M. Landecker, 24th August to 9th September, 1959 at the Paxton Galleries, 308 George Street, Sydney". 88 photos listed, some of Sydney scenes
Photographs - PXE 688:
2-3. [Yachts on Sydney Harbour]
4. [Man and dog in Royal Botanical Gardens watch activities on the...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Views of Sydney, chiefly Woolloomooloo and East Sydney, ca. 1955 / photographed by Hans M Landecker
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Reference source:
Encyclopedia of Australian Art / Alan McCulloch. Victoria: Hutchinson Group, 1977
Some negative sleeves contain more than one negative strip
Two photographs (PXE 866 No.2,5) have a matching negative available at ON 242/4
Signature / Inscriptions
Photonegative sheets are dated and contain details of the type of camera and film used, written in pencil by photographer however only the dates are consistently legible
Contextual Information
Source
Presented c.1998
Administrative / Biographical history
Son of Siegfried (Fritz) and Paula Landecker (nee Rosengold), Hans Landecker (1906-1978) was a Jew who migrated from Germany to Australia during the 1930s, with his first wife Eva (nee Segall), and their daughter Kathrine, born in 1935. The family spent six months in London before being accepted by Australia as stateless refugees. They arrived in...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXE 866 , ON 242
Record Identifier
nM7ly6eY
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nM7ly6eY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
411843
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