Travel photographs and graphic material from the papers of Godfrey Miller and his brother Lewis Miller, 1915, 1935-1945

PXE 1158
R 1119
ON 467

series

1915, 1935-1945

Graphic Materials, Ephemera, Clippings, Photographs, Objects

910140

1 photo album - cardboard - 18 x 26 cm
1 photoprint - black and white - 25 x 15 cm
Approximately 800 photographs - gelatin silver - 10 x 15 cm or smaller
Approximately 650 photographic prints and ephemera items (postcards) - black and white, colour - 10 x 15 cm or smaller<br>
1 set drawing instruments - steel - 23 x 12 cm in box

G. C. Miller, 1893-1964, artist, was born in New Zealand and began his career as an architect. After fighting in World War I he travelled widely, and in 1929 began to study art at the Slade School in London. He left in 1938 and returned to Australia, living first in Victoria, then moving to Sydney

This collection contains photographs and ephemera of various international locations visited by Miller, and is part of the Godfrey Clive Miller papers, 1919-1964, with papers of his brother Lewis Miller, 1916-1962 at MLMSS 1005

Box 1 - Photo Postcards

1. 13 photos - Gallipoli, WWI
2. 5 photos - Egypt
3. 7 photos - Draught horses, Australia(?)
4. 30 photos - South East Asia
5. 30 photos – house interiors; 1 negative (ON 467) – house interior; letter addressed to the Manager of Kirkaldie and Stains Interior Decoration; telegram from The Scouller Company to Lewis Miller; telegram from The Drapery and General Importing Co. to Lewis Miller; 9 photos – various locations; 2 postcards – Cairo, HMT ‘Somersetshire’; newspaper clippings – New Zealand troops in WWI;
6. 46 photos – personal; 8 negatives (ON 467)
7. 34 photos – Maadi, 1942
8. 18 photos – Cairo, 1941-1945, with captions.
9. 14 photos - Bayreuth, Haifa, Tel-Aviv, 1945; 10. 13 photos – Damascus, 1945; pamphlet on the construction of St Paul’s Sanctuary in Damascus.
11. 42 photos – Helwan, 1942-1943; Tobruk and Alexandria, 1941.
12. 82 photos – odd family snapshots; photo portrait of young girl in cardboard case; 5 postcards – various locations
13. 19 photos – personal, wartime photos, some captioned 17 postcards –Bari, San Spirito, Molfetta, Caves, 1945; book of photo panoramas of Taranto; 9 portrait negatives (ON 467)
14. 43 photos - Jerusalem, Tiberias, Nazareth, Bethlehem, 1945; oval photo portrait of horse; set of 10 photo snapshots of Tiberias; set of 1 photo snapshots of Nazareth; set of 10 photo snapshots of Jerusalem; set of 10 photo snapshots of Bethlehem; set of 8 photo snapshots of Russian Building, Jerusalem, hand-dated 1 November 1945.


Box 2 - Postcards

1. 12 postcards of India; 11 postcards of various locations
2. 31 postcards of Port Said, Colombo, Gilbraltar, 20 photo snapshots of Marseilles, 1935
3. 16 postcards of Milan, Florence and Venice, Italy, 1935; 16 postcards in wax paper bag – Venice, Italy; entry ticket to Comune di Fiesole, Roman Theatre; pamphlet for Pauly & C. glass manufacturer, Murano, Italy; set of 20 photo snapshots of paintings from Uffizi Gallery, Florence; set of 20 photo
snapshots of works from Saint Marco Museum; set of 20 photo snapshots of Florence, Italy.
4. 37 postcards of South England , 1935, all hand-dated; Pamphlet on the history of Winchester Cathedral, hand dated 20 June, 1934; 3 postcards in envelope, hand-dated 25 June, 1934; set of 12 photo snapshots of Westminster Cathedral; set of 12 photo snapshots of St. Paul’s Cathedral; set of 12 photo snapshots of Exeter Cathedral
5. 11 postcards of Shogun’s mausoleum, Japan, Manila, The Phillippines
6. 7 postcards - Wellington, Christchurch and Mt Ngauhoe, New Zealand 7. 7 postcards - Brisbane, Sydney and physical landscape of Australia
8. 13 postcards of Polperro and Cawsand Bay, Cornwall, UK 9. 12 postcards - Vadstena and Stockholm, Sweden
10. 5 postcards of Egypt and Panama City 11. 8 postcards - Landmark s in Cote D’Azur, Monaco, Paris, Florence, Venice
12. 17 postcards of Toledo, Cordoba, Seville in Spain 13. 19 postcards - Istanbul and Greek artefacts
14. 27 postcards of Tutankamen’s Treasures; Card with etching of the Embankment, London; British Museum colour card set of natural history; postcard from the Royal Academy International Exhibition of Chinese Art 15. 5 postcards - Paintings located in Milan, Florence and Venice, Italy
16. 50 postcards of works from the Medici Society, London, National Gallery, London and Millbank and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
17. 40 postcards of works from the British Museum collection (1)
18. 40 postcards of works from the British Museum collection (2)
19. 40 postcards of works from the Musee du Louvre, Musee du Luxembourg, Columbo Museum
20. 17 postcards of modern painting works – Goetheanum and various sources
21. 40 postcards in cardboard box of London, 1935

Left in configuration in which material was initially received

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