Ralph Symonds Ltd photographs, slides and other material

PXA 7729
SLIDES 409
ON 725
VT 5826
VT 5827

fonds

probably between 1936 and 1989

Graphic Materials, Photographs

130962

approximately 965 photographs (7 boxes), includes contact sheets - chiefly colour
approximately 459 slides (2 boxes) - colour, some glass
approximately 157 transparencies (1 box) - colour
443 negatives (1 box) - colour - 35 mm
2 videocassettes - VHS, MoviePak - 11 x 19 cm, 25 mm tape

PXA 7729
Box 1
Panoramas including Balmain, 1960-1964, Arncliffe, 1948-1949, Racecourse [Randwick?],
Contruction of factory at Homebush Bay, Rudder's Bond Store at St Peters 1936-1958 including construction of Arch and Queen's visit 1956?
Aerials Ralph Symond's Factory Homebush Bay, stamped Aerial Photo, Milton Kent
Official Opening of Ralph Symonds Ltd, New Main Factory Development, Homebush Bay, by Hon R J Heffron, 16 November 1959, photographs by Ern McQuillan with invitation
Portrait of man

Box 2
Construction of Arches including Rudder's Bond Store, St Peters, telescope dome and Bankers Arch plywood approximately, 1946-1954
General Roscoe Wilson and Colonel Arthur Salisbury United States Air Force, 17 June 1957
Views of factories with chimneys, St Peters, Sydney
Model for furnace, 1957, Campbell Street, St Peters, Sydney

Box 3
Commonwealth Steel Company Ltd Comsteel stainless stall
Interiors of bank, stamped Mike Studios
Solidor doors and doorways, stamped Bradford publicity
Interiors Town Clerk office, stamped Bradford publicity
Interior, St George Branch
Various building exteriors including Department of Motor Transport, Townsville Shopping Centre, Barton offices ACT, Signal and Telegraph Branch Coffs Harbour ca. 1970s?, Australian Aluminum
Portraits incldung Mr John A Simon
Timber expert Prof Julius Natterer inspecting 42 metre Glulam arches at Ralph Symonds plant in Homebush with Ralph Symonds
Early Ralph Symonds factory scenes and workers on construction sites with some photos stamped by L&D Keen and Bradford Publicity ca. 1956 including Alphaply crates, vacuum press and spray line; Queanbeyan Leagues Club; Demountable skateboard ramp for Wollongong City Council; McDonalds restaurant in South Australia; cruise ship terminal, Circular Quay; Overpass bridge, Waringah Expressway, Sydney and Rip Bridge Woy Woy;
Car park for Farmer & Co at Gordon, Sydney
Children in school sandpit and art class
Guests on board the Lady Hopetoun and Profound, photos by Ern McQuillan
Sapalite caravan and Streets Ice Cream Truck
Furniture window display
Scruttons Ltd staff photographs and steam trucks and steam engines, copy photos

Box 4
Publicity/promotional photos by Norman L Danvers with related brochures:
Aerials Ralph Symonds plywood factory
Interiors including Centrepoint Convention Centre, Sydney; Sydney Regent Hotel; Martin Place Railway Station; Claymore Public School; Woden Valley Hospital Canberra; Alumply facade Falcon Street Crows Nest, Awning Elizabeth Street Sydney; Qantas House escalator panels; Queanbeyan Courts; High Court of Australia Canberra roof panels; Factory scenes; Furniture sales building; CAGA; Wentworth Hotel; Brisbane Law Courts; Twin Restaurant in Alexandria; Edgecliff Station; Townsville shopping mall; Trade Winds Motel

Box 5
Publicity/promotional photos by Norman L Danvers with related brochures including Brisbane Airport Terminal Building and various hotel/office interiors
Telescope Dome at The Australian Defence Forces Academy [i.e. Mount Stromlo Observatory], Canberra, approximately 1952, some stamped Ralph Symonds
Model of Gluelam Barrell Vault, some stamped Tom Balfour
Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne Victoria
Sporting Arena, Melbourne, stamped Melbourne Photo & Graphic Services
Construction sites
Factory interiors
Building facades/exteriors
Demountables, Rick Sherwin Photography
Official opening of Joint Venture Veneer Plant, Samoa Veneer Products Ltd, 1982
Qantas plane
Interiors of train carriage

Boxes 6-7
Photographs relating to the manufacture of plywood and the use of laminated timber in construction, 1980s, including Parliament House Canberra and Telescope Dome at The Australian Defence Forces Academy [i.e. Mount Stromlo Observatory], shopfronts for Fosters Lager, Commonwealth Bank, Ryobi, State Bank

Box 8
Contact sheets and various reports, memorandum and notes, 1962-1987

SLIDES 409
Boxes 1-2
573 film slides and transparencies, approximately 1960s-1980s:
AJC Randwick
Australian Defence Force Academy
Berry Street Shopping Centre
Berry Street, North Sydney Shopping Town/World
Brisbane Airport
Brisbane Law Courts
Caga House
Carlton Baths, Darling Harbour and Charleston
Centrepoint
Commonwealth Bank, Rooty Hill
Claymore Public School
Eastern Suburbs Railway
Martin Place Railway
Myer Music Bowl
Miscellaneous
Overseas Terminal
Pitt Street
Parramatta Club
Qantas
Quay Apartments
Queanbeyan Law Courts
Railway Maintenance Sheds
Railway Doors/Carriages
Regent Theatre, Brisbane
Sebel Townhouse
State Parliament House
State Bank
Symonite
Sutherland Hospital Entrace
Sydney Opera House
Sydney Regent Hotel
Taronga Park Zoo
Townsville Shopping Centre
Trade Winds, Maroubra
Wentworth Hotel
Westmead Hospital
Woden Valley Hospital

Box 3
26 glass slides:
Australian Defence Academy Canberra
Berry Street Shopping Town
Connaught Units
5 Elizabeth Street facade
Quay apartments, Circular Quay
Parramatta Club
St George Building Society
Trade Winds Motek
Twin restuarant

ON 725
443 colour negatives of various building and construction projects

VT 5826
Raute plywood technology
1 videocassette - VHS - 180 mins

VT 5827
Timber engineering, 1960s-1970s
1 videocassette - MoviePak - 20 mins

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