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69908
  • Title
    Ralph Symonds Ltd collection
  • Creator
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    ca. 1919-1993
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    69908
  • Physical Description
    19 albums (587 photoprints)
    1 drawing
    1 illumination
    Textual Records - includes printed and typescript
    Clippings
    Approx. 788 photographic prints - chiefly black & white
    22 negatives - colour
    Approx. 300 stereographs
    144 slides
  • ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

    Ralph Symonds (1895-1961) was a world authority on the use of laminated veneers and timbers. His products were used in major construction works throughout Australia during the 1940s and 1950s including the Myer Music Bowl, Glenbawn and Warragamba Dams. Ralph Symonds founded Standardised Furniture Co., Marrickville, 1924; Panels Pty Ltd., Newtown, 1933; Ralph Symonds Pty Ltd., 1942.
  • Scope and Content
    SERIES 01
    Ralph Symonds Ltd - records, ca. 1919-1993

    SERIES 02
    [Photographs relating to the manufacture of plywood and the use of laminated timber in construction], ca. 1919-1962

    SERIES 03
    [Slides relating to the manufacture of plywood and the use of laminated timber in construction], ca. 1930-1960

    SERIES 04
    [Photographic albums relating to the manufacture of plywood and the use of laminated timber in construction], ca. 1940-1975

    SERIES 05
    [Photonegatives relating to the manufacture of plywood and the use of laminated timber in construction], ca. 1950-1960
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