Two stereocard photographs of women with motorcars, ca. 1922

SPG/194

fonds

ca. 1922

Graphic Materials, Photographs

1009601

2 photographic stereocards - black & white - 8.8 x 17.7 cm

The stereocard photographs, ca. 1922, depict women and motor cars in the Blue Mountains Region of Sydney. The images capture the developing use of cars for travelling in regional areas for leisure. The first stereocard depicts a touring party parked on a gravel road shrouded in bushfire smoke. The second stereocard shows women posing in front of a motorcar and a grand Federation house called ‘Carmena’. The photographs represents the growing affordability of the car, its use for recreation and as a status symbol for Australian families and urban women in the early 20th century.
Reference: Library correspondence file

1. Bush Fires Blue Mountains Xmas Day 1922', Unknown amateur photographer; 2 silver gelatin photographs affixed to card, stereocard format. Ink manuscript title to verso and penciled no. '21'.
2. 'Carmena', ca. 1922. Unknown amateur photographer; 2 silver gelatin photographs affixed to card, stereocard format. Ink manuscript title to verso.

Out of copyright: Created before 1955
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