Series 01: Fashion, advertising, performance and social photography, 1930s

PXE 992/Box 1/nos. 1-204

series

ca.1930-1941

Graphic Materials, Photographs

872558

204 photoprints - chiefly silver gelatin

1-9. Fancy dress ball or theatrical, Sydney Town Hall? and other halls
10-16. Empire Day costume performance?
17-19. Women in outdoor costume party. No.18: “S. Walder Ltd. Makers … Pitt St.” visible on back of folding chair
20-26. Female acrobatic performer supported by two men, on city rooftop, unidentified location
27-38. Young women demonstrating gymnastic dancing or eurhythmic dancing, unidentified garden location
39-54. Young women demonstrating callisthenic exercises in photographic studio and on verandah
55-105. Fashion photography, 1930s, female models, mostly in studio. Includes dresses, coats, stoles, hats, swimsuits. Contact prints; some have 2 prints per sheet. Some inscribed ‘Fashion’ on verso in ink. No. 59: “Fashion David Jones” -- inscribed in ink on verso. No. 93 is an informal shot of 4 models seen in other images, seated on a bench under a tree, seemingly during a pause in a photo session

106-113. Uncaptioned photographs of homewares and interior details
No. 108. Man in suit holding cocktail shaker behind bar set with glasses, trays and bottles. Inscribed in pencil on verso ‘Taken 17 [or 19?] Nov 1934’
No. 113. Unidentified mythological bas-relief

114-143. Portraits of unidentified models and performers. It is not clear in every instance whether the portrait subject is a fashion model, performer or other personality. Some photos use effects such as tinting and feathered edges
119. Two young women applying makeup in a dressing room
120. Three singers? posing standing, looking over shoulder at camera
121. Woman seated, holding printed music for ‘Hawaiian Whispers / Words and Music by Sybil Wild’
133-135. 3 prints of one image, woman wearing headdress with veil on upraised palms, 2 printed with colour tint; one signed at lower right ‘fröbuls’[?]
136. Group portrait of women actors, on film set?: Patricia Firman, Lilybell H? Davies, Jeanette Crichton, Dorothy Fallon, Jennie Brereton, Poppy Harrison, Phil Riley
137-139. Helen Twelvetrees

144-170. Stills and production shots from 40 000 Horsemen. No. 144. Photographer’s notes on verso

171-204. Weddings, society photography and women’s pages
171. "Runaway wedding” Pearl Appleton & Teddy Edwards of “Pindari” Station Inverell N.S.W. Jan 1932 – inscribed in ink on verso
172. Bride entering St Stephen’s Church, Phillip Street, crowd outside; Coogee Laundry motor delivery van in foreground.
174. Women in crowd on street, intent on a point of attention out of frame. Woman at left is same as in photo no. 308
175. Mr & Mrs Crown [Croun?] / Big Game Hunter / wife is journalist & photographer. / 13th Feb 1932 – inscribed in ink on verso
176. Mr & Mrs Fairchild of / Manilla Phillipino Is. / Sugar magnate. / Taken on Board the “Taiping” / 19th August 1931 – inscribed in pencil on verso
177. Mr Shannon / Late Gen. Mangr of / the / Australian Bank of Commerce / Astr[?]” – inscribed in ink on verso
178. Mrs David Cohen / Lady Gordon / Lady Isaacs[?] / at Grace Bros Home Exhibition / Competition – inscribed in ink on verso
179. Mrs David Cohen / Lady Isaacs[?] / & Lady Gordon / at Grace Bros Home Decoration / Competition – inscribed in ink on verso
180. Miss Nancy Back / San Francisco / Society girl. / 13th Feb 1932 – inscribed in ink on verso
181. Zlato Balokovic & his / wife [nee Joyce Borden] with Lady Game / at Cobbity during Polo / week July 1931 – inscribed in ink on verso
182. Zlato Balokovic and his wife Joyce on the deck of her yacht Northern Light
183. Zlato Balokovic below decks on his wife’s yacht Northern Light
A steward serves the Balokovics tea on board Northern Light
Joyce Balokovic at chart table with sextant
184. Mrs P. Simelius, wife of Consul for Finland with daughter Marja Simelius in Finnish national costume
186-187. Marja Simelius in Finnish national costume. Used in article “National costumes at Consuls’ homes”, Sydney Morning Herald Thurs Nov 26 1936 p.19
188. Mrs Carlos Zalapa, wife of Consul General for Mexico, with daughters Maria Teresa and Dolores Consuelo in Mexican national costumes. From photographic session for article “National costumes at Consuls’ homes”, Sydney Morning Herald Thurs Nov 26 1936 p.19
189. Woman with two boys, unidentified, sitting on stone baluster in front of house. Torn newspaper fragment adhered to reverse, “Womens Weekly[?] ‘…ary 10[?]’” indistinctly legible
190. Woman with two boys, as above, on garden steps
191. Small child at beach, probably published in newspaper women’s section (torn newspaper affixed to reverse)
192. Small child at beach, image published in Sydney Morning Herald Women’s Supplement, Tuesday, 12 January 1937. Newscutting annotated in ink with name “Elizabeth” below picture
193. Head and shoulder portrait, small girl wearing hooded poncho with pompoms, probably published in newspaper women’s section (torn newspaper affixed to reverse)
194. Woman’s face looking out from azalea bush; possibly that appearing in Sydney Morning Herald Women’s Supplement, Tuesday, 21 September, 1937?
195-203. Unidentified adults, children, babies, houses and gardens; some possibly published in newspaper (‘Paper’ inscribed in pencil on no. 202 verso)
204. Group portrait, unidentified ladies’ college [Sydney? 1930s?]