Item 04: [Group portrait of the board of William Arnott Limited, 1904]

ML 1164

item

ca. 1904

Graphic Materials, Photographs

152318

1 photograph - 61 x 83.5 cm. (visible image) in wooden frame with carved ornamentation, red velvet slip and gilded inner slip, 103 x 125 cm.

Grouped in the centre, left to right, five of William Arnott's sons: Samuel Sinclair Arnott, John McLean Arnott, James Hayden Leslie Arnott (managing director), William Arnott (jnr) and Halse Rogers Arnott, who was Chairman of the Board till 1961, nearly 100 years after the first shop opened in Newcastle. Extreme left and right, two of William's grandsons; the elder sons of Leslie; Walter Esmond Arnott and Herbert Leslie Arnott -- Identifications of sitters by Jeremy Arnott, Aug 1998

Out of copyright: Created before 1955
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Probably taken to mark the formation of William Arnott Limited as a limited liability company in 1904. J.H.L. (Leslie), the eldest son, was the Company's first managing director
Reproduced in 'The story of Arnott's famous biscuits : a history & a celebration' / Charles Boag. Sydney : Landsdowne, 1993. Location number : Q338.7664752/1 Mitchell Library [Caption to photograph (p.25) incorrect, information from J. Arnott, 1998]
Also in 'Arnott's : 125 years of making & selling biscuits' / Charlotte Rowe. Homebush, N.S.W. : Arnott's Biscuits Ltd, 1991, p. 8. Location number : Q664.7525/1 Mitchell Library