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8402
  • Title
    Two of the first female men's barbers, Miss Dolly House and her sister
  • Creator
  • Call number
    Home and Away - 7486
  • Level of description
    item
  • Date

    1927 ?
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    8402
  • Physical Description
    Photographs - 1 glass photonegative
  • Copying Conditions
    Out of copyright:
    Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
  • General note

    Reproduced in Sydney Exposures... [by] Alan Davies (1991), p. 72.
    "Their father, Jack House, ran the barber shop just underneath Australasian Films' film studio. A young movie cameraman, Bill Tresis, married Dolly, c.1927." (Ted Hood, 13/9/1988)
    Sydney Exposures book and exhibition caption: Women barbers, Sydney, [1927] : Working in a male dominated profession, Dolly House and her sister were employed in their father's barber shop underneath Australian Films' studio in Pitt Street.
    Digital order no:hood_07486
  • Alphanumeric designations

    Original item no. DG ON4/7486
  • Name
  • Subject
  • Topic
  • Place
  • Exhibited in

    Sydney Exposures: the photographic studio of Sam Hood 1925-1950 - State Library of New South Wales (27 December, 1991 - 26 April, 1992)

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