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Title
Photographs of Swain's bookstore, including interiors, employees, and functions
Call number
PXE 914
Level of description
series
Date

approximately 1908, 1920's, 1946-1953, 1962-1963
Type of material
Graphic Materials, Photographs
Reference code
431503
Issue Copy
Partly Digitised : Nos. 1 - 12, 23 - 43.
Physical Description
45 photographs - albumen, gelatin silver - 44.5 x 37.0 cm or smaller
Textual material - 1 photocopy - 21.0 x 29.7 cm
Scope and Content
SHOP INTERIORS
1. 'Swains' 16 Moore St., 1908. Now Martin Place
2-9. Interior of bookstore showing Library and Book Rental Department, display stands, customers browsing, and stationery section. Christmas decorations reflect time of year Oct-Dec, approximately 1948

INDIVIDUALS
10. Mr Henry Charles Maitland Swain (probably early 1920's) / Murmann Studio, Sydney
11. H.C.M.S. 4-12-46 (Henry Swain, 1946)
12. Henry Swain outside Swain's bookstore, 1948
13-17. Male staff members photographed inside bookstore, early 1960's
18-21c. Female staff members inside bookstore and within section selling framed paintings, early 1960's
22. Mr A.N. (i.e. Arthur Newling] Swain & a young Daniel Barenboim, approximately 1962-63

GROUP PHOTOGRAPHS
23. Staff outside the Sarjeant Gallery, early 1950's] / The Telsa Studio Wanganui N. [New Zealand]
24. [Group inside room surrounded by framed pictures. Henry Swain sits at front row left, ca. 1950-1953]
25. [Group in front of corrugated iron wall, at summer picnic? ca. 1948]
26. Staff photo ca. 1950 Christmas time
27. [Group photo, early 1950's]
28-29. [Staff at Swain's bookstore. Figure third from left in middle row changes, with one being Henry Swain, early 1950's]
30-33. [Group photographs, with a list names of "copies sent to" on the reverse. Individuals include: Moore, Manton, Phillips, Ritchie, Webber, Branson, Tilly, Cheshire, Linehan, Utting, Thorpe, Forsyth, Barker, and Campbell, early 1950's]
34. Left to Right: Branson, Forsyth, Utting, Ritchie, Holland, Barker, Thorpe, Linehan, Cheshire, Manton, Campbell [printed below image, early 1950's]
35. ABA Conference, Melbourne, March 1950 [Australasian Booksellers Assocation]
36. [Four males wearing suits, 1940's]

FUNCTIONS
37-38. [Dinner inside hall, 1940's] / The Telsa Studio Wanganui N.
39. [Formal dinner, ca. 1946] / Phil Ward Studios 296 Pitt Street Sydney
40. Photograph taken at the Wentworth Hotel, Sydney, on Wednesday, November 8, 1950, in honour of Mr George H. Barker, (President of the A.B.A.) and Mrs. Barker, to welcome them on their return from a visit to England [with typed list of people present and places of employment]
41-42. [Presentation lunch or dinner. Album presented has initials, "J.M.F.", early 1950's]
43. A.B.A. Ex Meet, Melbourne Oct. 1949
44. [Photocopy of group photograph that includes the Pikes (owners of Everglades until late 1950's), Henry Swain, A.N. Swain, and Joy Swain]
Copying Conditions
Copyright restrictions may apply: Photographs in this collection created before 1955 are all out of copyright. Photographs created after 1955 are in copyright for the life of creator plus 70 years
Approval for reproduction required: applies to photographs created after 1955
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Variant title

Nos. 2-9, 12-25,
General note

Nos. 23, 37, and 38 have photographers imprint at lower right and ink stamp on reverse.
Some photographs are in postcard format.
Digital order no:Album ID : 1014611
Signatures / Inscriptions

Some photographs are identified on the reverse.
Date note

Nos. 13-21c, 23, 27, 30-34, 37-38, 41-42 dated by Curator of Photgraphs, Alan Davies 15/01/2013.
Topic
banquets
booksellers
dinners
groups (people)
interiors (buildings)
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