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A series of photographs mainly of Luna Park, Sydney, and its buildings and rides, mostly dating from the 1940s and 1950s.  Series also includes a typescript history of Luna Park and newspaper clipping.  

1. [Elevated view of Luna Park].  Inscribed in ink on verso of photographs ‘Early 50’s’
2. [Elevated view of Luna Park].  Inscribed in ink on verso of photographs ‘Early 50’s’
3. [View of Midway looking towards Sydney Harbour Bridge]
4. [View of Midway looking towards Sydney Harbour Bridge]
5. [View of Sydney Harbour Bridge with crane]
6. [View of top of arch of Sydney Harbour Bridge with crane]
7. [View of Luna Park looking towards Sydney Harbour Bridge]
8. [View of Luna Park and Midway looking towards Sydney Harbour Bridge taken from same vantage point as items 9a and 9b]
9a. [View of Dodgem building looking towards Sydney Harbour Bridge taken from same vantage point as item 8]
9b. [Duplicate of item 9a]
10. [Night view of Luna Park and North Sydney Pool in foreground with crowd in stands] / Luna Studios, Luna Park, Sydney

11. [View of people under awning in Midway] / “Smiling Snaps”, Piccadilly Arcade, Sydney
12. [View of Midway looking towards Sydney Harbour Bridge]
13. [View of entrance and Sydney Harbour Bridge]
14. [View of Midway]
15. Day staff, early 50’s
16. [View of Midway looking towards Sydney Harbour Bridge] / “Smiling Snaps”, Piccadilly Arcade, Sydney
17. [View of Midway looking towards Coney Island building] / “Smiling Snaps”, Piccadilly Arcade, Sydney
18. [View of Midway and entrance looking towards Sydney Harbour Bridge] / “Smiling Snaps”, Piccadilly Arcade, Sydney
19. [View of Midway looking towards Sydney Harbour Bridge] / “Smiling Snaps”, Piccadilly Arcade, Sydney
20. [Night view of illuminated Coney Island building]

21. [View looking towards Palais de Danse and Dodgem Building].  Verso inscribed in ink ‘Early 1940’s NB. Garden – no Ferris Wheel yet’
22. [View of one of the entrance towers]
23. [View overlooking Midway towards Sydney Harbour Bridge, with “The Great Berosini” bicycle highwire act in progress, ca. 1953] 
24. [View of Luna Park face]
25. [View of Luna Park face]
26. “The Great Baradine” [i.e. Mike Berosini, “The Great Berosini”, ca. 1953].  Lower left half of photograph damaged
27. “The Great Baradine”, early 50’s [i.e. Mike Berosini, “The Great Berosini”, ca. 1953]
28. “The Great Baradine”, [ca. 1953] / “Smiling Snaps”, Piccadilly Arcade, Sydney [i.e Mike Berosini, “The Great Berosini”] 
29. [Mike Berosini, “The Great Berosini”, ca. 1953] / “Smiling Snaps”, Piccadilly Arcade, Sydney 
30. [Mike Berosini, “The Great Berosini”, ca. 1953] / “Smiling Snaps”, Piccadilly Arcade, Sydney 

31. [Mike Berosini, “The Great Berosini”, ca. 1953] 
32. [Mike Berosini, “The Great Berosini”, ca. 1953] 
33. Dixie [i.e. Dixie Lee (Bell), ca. 1953]
34. “The Great Baradine” [i.e. Mike Berosini”, “The Great Berosini”, ca. 1953] 
35. [Mike Berosini, “The Great Berosini”, ca. 1953] 
36. Dixie, early 50’s [i.e. Dixie Lee (Bell)]
37. [Mike Berosini, “The Great Berosini”, ca. 1953] / “Smiling Snaps”, Piccadilly Arcade, Sydney
38. [Mike Berosini, “The Great Berosini”, ca. 1953] / “Smiling Snaps”, Piccadilly Arcade, Sydney
39. Dare devils on bikes
40. [Firebreathing performance]

41. [Musicians inside Rotor]
42. Harold Hopkins took over from Atkin [i.e. Atkins?] Bros. Bill & Tom 50’s [portrait of two unidentified men]
43. Atkins [i.e. David Atkins?]
44. Hopkins – Rt [portrait of Ted Hopkins? with unidentified man]
45. Hopkins [i.e. Ted Hopkins] & Atkin [i.e. Atkins]
46. [Unidentified man repairing U-drive track]
47. [Two workers standing in front of Christmas scene]
48. [Photograph probably of driver dressed as an Indian rajah and mechanical elephant, ca. 1948]
49. [Cut out cowboys and teppee on slope]
50. Luna Park Wharf – sank! [view of diver entering water]

51. “Luna Park cricket team” c. 1952
52. [Merry-Go-Round or Carousel]
53. [Half-submerged car fallen off sea wall, diver in attendance]
54. Gardens [with kangaroo and elephant figures and candle sculpture]
55. [S. John Ross cutting silhouettes of Harlem Globetrotters, ca. 1950s]
56. Harlem Globe Trotters [photograph of Harlem Globetrotters dining, ca. 1950s]
57. Harlem Globe Trotters [photograph of Harlem Globetrotters dining, ca. 1950s]
58. [Mardi Gras decorations and entrance to Tumble Bug].  Inscribed in ink on verso ‘Late 40’s’.  [Image damaged at upper right]
59. [Outdoor dining area, Midway].  Inscribed in ink on verso ‘Late 40’s’.  [Lower left corner of image damaged]
60. [Elevated view of Luna Park looking along Midway, Mardi Gras decorations and Carousel in foreground].  Inscribed in ink on verso ‘Late 40’s’.  [Image damaged at upper right]

61. Setting up Carousel, early 40’s [Image damaged at upper right and lower right]
62. [Elevated view of Luna Park with Carousel in foreground].  Inscribed in ink on verso ‘Early 50’s’
63. [View of entrance façade of Ghost Train] / “Smiling Snaps”, Piccadilly Arcade, Sydney
64. [View of Hell’s Doorway, Ghost Train] / “Smiling Snaps”, Piccadilly Arcade, Sydney
65. [Door detail, Ghost Train] / “Smiling Snaps”, Piccadilly Arcade, Sydney
66. [View of entrance façade of Ghost Train]
67. [View of workers on Ghost Train façade]
68. [View of Ghost Train façade]
69. Flying Saucer
70. [Flying Saucer]

71. [Noah’s Ark].  Inscribed in ink on verso ‘50’s’.  Two holes punched in photograph
72. [Overhead view of U-Drive] / “Smiling Snaps”, Piccadilly Arcade, Sydney
73. [Big Dipper looking toward Sydney Harbour Bridge pylon] / “Smiling Snaps”, Piccadilly Arcade, Sydney
74. Dunk Dixie entrance to speed boat ride 50’s [i.e. Let’s Duk Sweetie] / “Smiling Snaps”, Piccadilly Arcade, Sydney
75. [Laff in Dark].  Inscribed in ink on verso ‘Early 50’s’
76. [U-Drive cars and track]
77. Outdoor Dodgems
78. [Dodgem car with harlequin figures]
79. [View of U-Drive ride]
80. [Negative print of the Whirler]

81. [Negative print of Goofy House]
82. [Negative print of the Whip]
83. [Negative print of Big Dipper entry station]
84. [View from under Big Dipper]
85. [View from top of Big Dipper to Big Dipper entry station and Sydney Harbour] 
86. [View along Big Dipper trusswork to Big Dipper entry station]
87. [View across Midway to River Caves? exterior]
88. The Spider [showing worker undertaking repairs]
89. [Big Dipper entry station]
90. [Big Dipper entry station]

91. [Santa and sleigh mural over parking marquee];
92. [Two men inspecting undercarriage of U-Drive dodgem car]
93. Giant Slide [Coney Island]
94. [Crowd at ticket booth at entrance to Luna Park?].  Inscribed in ink on verso ‘Late 40’s’. Image damaged at upper right
95. [Coney Island artwork]
96. Coney Island [artwork]
97. [Mechanical elephant, ca. 1948]
98. [View of inside of mechanical elephant, ca. 1948]
99. Mechanical walking elephant, [ca. 1948]
100. [Children playing on ‘Dennis’ fire engine in front of Luna Park face].  Inscribed in ink on verso ‘Early 50s’

101. [Conveyor belt for Jack and Jill slide]
102. [Luna Park game stall with prizes]
103. [Luna Park game stall with prizes]
104. [Women with harlequin heads].  Inscribed in ink on verso ‘Late 40’s’ [Print surface damaged]
105. [Sailors on façade of Ghost Train].  Inscribed in ink on verso ‘Late 40’s’ [Print surface damaged]
106. Waratah Pde [Parade] 50’s
107. [Crowd watching harlequin parade].  Inscribed in ink on verso ‘Late 40’s’ [Papier mache heads seen in another image. Image damaged at lower right]
108. "A few brief facts about the history of Luna Park from its inception until 1970" by E. A. Hopkins [photocopied typescript with manuscript annotation, 5 pages]
109. "From no show to snow show at Luna Park" by Geraldine O'Brien, Sydney Morning Herald, 15 February 1997 [newspaper clipping]

Series 02: Photographs of Luna Park, Sydney, New South Wales, and related material, ca. 1940-1997

Comprises 53 photographs, chiefly black & white, of revues, theatre productions and performers at the Phillip Street Theatre and Phillip Theatre, wearing costumes designed by Peter Hurst.

1-4. Unidentified production, possibly Happy Returns, Phillip Street Theatre, 1 May 1955 / John Hearder
5-8. Alice in Wonderland, Phillip Street Theatre, 14 December 1956 / John Hearder
9-15. A Ride on a Broomstick, Phillip Street Theatre, 26 December 1959 / John Hearder
15-31. Mistress Money, Phillip Street Theatre, 27 May 1960 / John Hearder
32-47. Various actresses including Dawn Lake, Sheila Bradley, Bettina Walsh, Lyle O’Hara, June Salter and other unidentified women, ca. 1961 / ACP and John Hearder
48. At it Again, Phillip Theatre, April 1962 / John Hearder
49. A Wish is a Dream, Phillip Theatre, 26 December 1962 / ACP
50-51. Santa’s Christmas Party, Phillip Theatre, 27 December 1962 / ACP
52. Unidentified production / John Hearder
53. Woman in dress designed by Peter Hurst, ca. 1955-1965 / Smiling Snaps

Series 2: Photographs of theatre productions featuring costumes designed by Peter Hurst, 1955-1965 / by ACP and John Hearder

Personal and family photographs, houses (Gables, Launceston;  Longreach;  Mt Pleasant;  Fysh's mother's house in Melbourne;  Pinehill Avenue, Double Bay & Golden Ridge), cars (incl. the first Qantas company car), some early survey and aviation photographs, picnics, beaches, fishing (incl. W. Ifould), holidays, Fysh's Japanese Floral Show (7 Nov 1956), school photographs, medal and honours presentations (incl. Sir Colin Sinclair, Sir Garfield Barwick and Sir Daniel McVey), presentation of Dobell sketch

Sir Hudson Fysh - personal and family photographs, ca. 1920-1970

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Series 02: Photographs of Luna Park, Sydney, New South Wales, and related material, ca. 1940-1997

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Series 2: Photographs of theatre productions featuring costumes designed by Peter Hurst, 1955-1965 / by ACP and John Hearder

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Sir Hudson Fysh - personal and family photographs, ca. 1920-1970

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