Cann family, Willoughby ; Houses designed by Walter Burley Griffin at Castlecrag ; `Playmaker' playground equipment, ca. 1922-1935 / photographed by Rowland Herbert

PXA 748

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1996 photoprints (from original glass photonegatives ca. 1922-1935)

Graphic Materials, Photographs

134835

Photographs - 27 silver gelatin photoprints (resin coated) - 20.5 x 25.5 cm.

1-6. 3 Oakville Rd., Willoughby
1. [Interior view of room with piano, table & chairs]
2. Caroline Cann's bedroom
3. Caroline Cann with 2 children (not her own)
4-5. Caroline Alice Cann (nee Oddy) with her son Keith Angus Cann and daughters Leah Cann (married name Breeze), seated on right, Ruby Cann (married name Guildford), seated left
6. Keith Angus Cann, owner of produce & grocery store, corner of Oakville Rd.
7-14. Fishwick House, 15 The Citadel, Castlecrag [exterior and interior views]
15-16. Grant House, 8 The Parapet, Castlecrag with the Johnson House built for Sir Elliot Johnson (Walter & Marion Griffin lived in the Grant House from ca. 1925-1935)
17-26. Playmaker equipment (includes giant stride, gym set, slide, merry-go-round and log swing)
27. [Unidentified portrait of a man]

Captions supplied by donor -- ML 475/97
Rowland Herbert was the designer and manufacturer of `Playmaker' playground and gymnasium equipment ca. 1934-1973. Herbert came to Castlecrag, Sydney, on the invitation of Walter Burley Griffin to help Griffin with the construction of Knitlock houses.
`Grant House', 8 The Parapet was built in 1921; `Fishwick', 15 The Citadel in 1929 -- Reference: Twentieth Century Buildings of Significance / Ian & Maisy Stapleton. North Sydney, N.S.W. : RAIA, 1979. Location number: Ref.1 Q724.9109944/1 Mitchell Library