New South Wales and South Australia wartime and other scenes, ca. 1910-1931 / chiefly photographed by Leonard Sothern Beckett

fonds

ca. 1910-1931

Graphic Materials, Photographs, Moving Images

825372

467 glass negatives (12 boxes)
1,422 photographic prints (5 boxes)
324 aperture cards
44 film reels

Leonard Sothern Beckett was a dental surgeon and amateur photographer. He was in the Sydney University Regiment and the Dental Corps during the 1st World War.
Reference:
Library correspondence file

Collection includes Army training camps at La Perouse and Liverpool, 1913-1914; wartime scenes; strikebreakers working at Mortlake Gasworks, 1917; street parades, 1914-1918; university students’ activities, ca. 1910-1920; ocean cruises, walking tours and other holidays, ca. 1910-1931; ships, buildings and miscellaneous scenes, ca. 1910-1925.

SERIES 1
Photographic prints of New South Wales and South Australia including wartime scenes; army training camps; university students; ships; tours and holidays, ca. 1910-1931 / chiefly photographed by Leonard Sothern Beckett

SERIES 2
Glass negatives of New South Wales and South Australia including wartime scenes; army training camps; Mortlake Gasworks, 1917 strike; university students; tours and holidays, ca. 1910-1931 / chiefly photographed by Leonard Sothern Beckett

SERIES 3
Aperture cards of camping and motoring scenes; construction of Sydney Harbour Bridge, ca. 1910-1931 / chiefly photographed by Leonard Sothern Beckett

SERIES 4
Motion picture films by Leonard Sothern Beckett