File 05: Photograph album chiefly relating to Helene Kirsova and the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo Australasian tour, 1936-1937

PXD 1595/Box 12

file

1936-1937

Graphic Materials, Photographs

9668380

1 album (203 photographic prints) - gelatin silver - 25 x 35 cm

Page 1
1. [Loose contact sheet with four prints of Helene Kirsova stamped 'Anbefales Forstorrelse' on verso]
2. Helene Kirsova in L'Epreuve D'Amour, 1936

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3. Helene Kirsova in Les Sylphides, 1936
4. Helene Kirsova leaving Melbourne, December 1936
5. Igor Gousskeviteh and Helene Kirsova in Les Slyphides, 1936
6. Igor Gousskeviteh and Kirsova in Les Presages, 1936
7. Helene Kirsova and Roland Guerard in Le Mariage d'Aurore,1936

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8. Helene Kirsova & Leon Worjikowsky in Beau Danube [in rehearsal], Sydney 1937
9. Helene Kirsova as the street dancer in Beau Danube, Sydney 1937

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10-12. Helene Kirsova & Leon Worjikowsky in Beau Danube, Sydney 1937

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13-14. Helene Kirsova & Leon Worjikowsky in Beau Danube, Sydney 1937
15. Helene Kirsova & Roland Guerard in Scuola di Ballo, Sydney 1937

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16. [Cast party] [Valentina] Blinova, [Valentin] Froman, [Nathalie] Branitzka, [Jascha] Horenstein, [Alexander] Philipoff, [Arnold] Haskell, [Nina] Raievska, [Helene] Kirsova, [Leon] Woizikowsky, [Igor] Youskevitch & Hoyer, Sydney 1937
17. [Cast party] Valentina Blinova, [Alexander] Philipoff, [Helene] Kirsova, [Arnold] Haskell, [Nina] Raievska & [Leon] Woizikowsky, Sydney 1937
18. Helene Kirsova in La Boutique Fantasque [in rehearsal], Sydney 1937

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19. Last night, Theatre Royal Sydney, 26 February 1937
Includes [Valentin] Froman, [Nina] Raievska, [Thomas] Armour, [Jascha] Horenstein, [Helene] Kirsova, [Marjan] Winter, [Milos] Ristic, [Helene] Antonova, [Roland] Guerard [on stage]

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20. De Basil Monte Carlo Russian Ballet arriving by the Wanganella, 3rd March 1937, Auckland, New Zealand.
[Includes] Valentin Froman, [Alexander] Philipoff, Helene Kirsova, [Jascha] Horenstein, Natalie Branitzka, Ivan Clayton

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21. De Basil Monte Carlo Russian Ballet arriving on the Wanganella, 3rd March 1937, Auckland, New Zealand.
[Includes] Nina Golovina, Olga Valeska, Nina Natova, Vanda Grossen, Vera Lipska, Anna Serveska, Betty Souvorova, Valentina Blinova, Natalie Branitzka, Helene Kirsova, Tamara Tchinarova, Margot Garina [Guerard]

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22. Colonel de Basils Monte Carlo Russian Ballet arriving on the Wanganella, 3rd March 1937, Auckland, New Zealand.
[Includes] Savra Andrieff, Serge Unger, Olga Philipoff, Moussia Korjinska, Sonia Worjikowsky, Nina Kouschkevitch, Milos Restic & Thomas Amour. Ivan Cllayton, Roland Guerard, Jan Hoyer, Valentin Blenova, Philipoff, Nina Raievska, Leon Worjikowsky

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23. Helene Kirsova in her dressing room at His Majesty's, Auckland, New Zealand, March 1937

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24. Helene Kirsova being interviewed by press, Auckland, New Zealand, March 1937
25. Helene Kirsova & Petrouchka [doll], Auckland, New Zealand, March 1937
26. Marcia and Bunty, Auckland, New Zealand, March 1937
27. Marcia, Bunty and Mrs Harper, Auckland, New Zealand, March 1937
28. Kirsova and Ken [in an open car roadster], Auckland, New Zealand, March 1937
29. Marcia [holding cine camera] and Bunty, Auckland, New Zealand, March 1937
30. Bunty and Ken, Auckland, New Zealand, March 1937

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31. Helene Kirsova [in motor car], Auckland, New Zealand, March 1937
32. Marcia [overlooking waterfront], Hamilton, New Zealand, 18 March 1937
33. Kirsova [on bridge], Hamilton, New Zealand,18 March 1937
34-35. Marcia [driving], New Zealand, March 1937
36. Helene Kirsova and The Nit [motor car] between Hamilton and New Plymouth, New Zealand, 19 March 1937
37. Marcia and The Nit [motor car] Le Aute, 23 March 1937
38. Marcia and The Nit [motor car] between Hamilton and New Plymouth, New Zealand, 19 March 1937

Pages 14-15
39-40. Marcia and The Nit [motorcar], Auckland, New Zealand, March 1937

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41. Near Wanganui, New Zealand, 20 March 1937
42. The Nit and Kirsova outside the Opera House, Wanganui, New Zealand, 20 March 1937
43-46. Helene Kirsova [with toy koala], New Zealand, 20 March, cottage in b/g
47. Helene Kirsova, Wanganui, New Zealand, 20 March 1937
48-49. Helene Kirsova & The Nit [motor car], Le Aute, New Zealand, 23 March 1937

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50-52. [Kirsova and The Nit with Monte Carlo Russian Ballet signage in background] between Napier and Hastings, New Zealand, 24 March 1937
53. [View of] Napier, New Zealand, 1937
54. Kirsova between Masterton and Wellington, New Zealand, 26 March 1937
55. Kirsova [climbing rock on seashore], Wellington, New Zealand, 26 March 1937
56-58. Kirsova [posing on rock on seashore], Wellington, New Zealand, 26 March 1937

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59-61. Helene Kirsova [in bed] and Eric [toy koala], Wellington, New Zealand, April 1937
62. Helene Kirsova in La Boutique Fantasque, Wellington, New Zealand, April 1937
63. [Detail of a grouping of men and women], Wellington, New Zealand, April 1937
64. Helene Kirsova [in a grouping of men and women], Wellington, New Zealand, April 1937

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65-66. Helene Kirsova as the Can-Can dancer La Boutique Fantasque, Wellington, New Zealand, April 1937

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67. Birger Bartholin as the Melon Hawker and Helene Kirsova as the Can-Can dancer La Boutique Fantasque, Wellington, New Zealand, April 1937
68. Helene Kirsova as La Francais in Port Said, Wellington, New Zealand, April 1937

Pages 22-23
69-70. De Basils Monte Carlo Russian Ballet at the Houses of Parliament, Wellington, New Zealand, 9 April 1937

Pages 24-25
71. [A selected cast of Russian Ballet holding a quilt or printing fabric with three Maori women seated] Lady Pomare's, Wellington, New Zealand, 9 April 1937

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72. Helene Kirsova and the Orchestra, Wellington, New Zealand, April 1937
73. [A selected cast of Russian Ballet holding a quilt or printing fabric with three Maori women seated] Lady Pomare's, Wellington, New Zealand, 9 April 1937
74. Helene Kirsova [at a market], Wellington, New Zealand, April 1937
75. Nina Golovina & Kirsova Lyttleton, Wellington, New Zealand, 1 May 1937
76. [Selected dignitaries] Lady Pomare's, Wellington, New Zealand, 9 April 1937

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77. Mrs Harper, Eila, Ken, Tony Bartlett and Bunty [with motor car in forest], Auckland, New Zealand, April 1937
78-80. Ken, Tony Bartlett, Mrs Bartlett, Bunty, Mrs Harper & Eila Gordon-Cummings [woodland scene], Auckland, New Zealand, April 1937
81. Mrs Harper and Eila Gordon-Cummings [making a fire], Auckland, New Zealand, April 1937
82-84. Tony Bartlett, Ken, Bunty and Eila, Auckland, New Zealand, April 1937

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85-90. Mrs Bartlett, Ken, Bunty, Mrs Harper, Eila and Marcia [picnicking], Auckland, New Zealand, April 1937
91-92. T.S.S. Awatea [in Sydney Harbour with Harbour Bridge in background], Wellington to Sydney, 4 May-7 May 1937

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93. T.S.S. Awatea, Wellington to Sydney, 4 May-7 May 1937
94. Helene Kirsova, Beau Danube, Brisbane, May 1937
95. Nina Golovina and Helene Kirsova with Erik [toy koala] and Noisy [puppy] knitting, May 1937

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96. Felix Bay [sailboats at anchor]
97. Petrouchka [doll]
98-99. Noisy [puppy]

Page 31-36
100-122. Helene Kirsova [candid photos with Noisy the puppy], Point Piper, June 1937
123. Packard [motor car], Dubbo, August 1937

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124-127. [House and garden at] Terramungamine, Dubbo, August 1937

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128. Hala and Jill, Dubbo, August 1937
129. Judy, Jan, Hala and Jill, Dubbo, August 1937
130. Hazel Stewart and Thelma [in horse paddock], Dubbo, August 1937
131. Jim, Dubbo, August 1937
132. Tim and Charles Kingsford-Smith, Dubbo, August 1937

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133. Tim and Charles Kingsford-Smith on Lady Mary and Tip-Toes [horses], Dubbo, August 1937
134. Tim and Charles [on horseback], Dubbo, August 1937
135. Thelma and Hazel Stewart [with horses], Dubbo, August 1937
136. Thelma, Tim and Hazel Stewart [with horses], Dubbo, August 1937

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137. Thelma and Hazel Stewart, Dubbo, August 1937
138. [View of] Macquarie River, Dubbo, August 1937
139-140. Tim [on bicycle], Dubbo, August 1937

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141-144. 'Blondie', Jaguar [motor car] Point Piper, August 1937

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145-146. Packard [motor car], Dubbo, August 1937
147. Charles Kingsford-Smith, Thelma and Tim, Dubbo, August 1937
148. Thelma, Dubbo, August 1937

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149-152. Pat Pike, Joan Rainbow, Shirley Moss [in costume], La Boutique Fantastique Carnival, [Sydney] Glaciarium, 19 August 1937

Pages 44-47
153-160. Rosemary Stewart and Robert Dench [skating], Glaciarium, Sydney, August 1937

Page 48-50
161-173. McLennan and Logan [in swimming costume], Point Piper, 14 November 1937

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174. Kenilworth [apartment building], Point Piper, November 1937
175. [View of harbour], Point Piper, November 1937
176. [Pier] Lady Martins Beach, Point Piper, November 1937
177. [Harbour with ocean liner at anchor], Point Piper, November 1937
178. [Children in canoe], Point Piper, November 1937

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179. Logan, Point Piper, December 1937
180. [Two women napping on living room floor], Point Piper, 21 November 1937 ,
181-182. Junior [in school uniform, Lady Martins Beach in background], Point Piper, December 1937

Page 52-53
183-193. McLennan and Logan [in nurse's uniform], The Scottish Hospital, 4 December, 1937

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194. Keith Alexander Angus aged 17 months, Adelaide S.A., December 1937
195. Marcia arriving at St. Marks, Darling Point for the wedding of Helene Kirsova and Dr Erik Fischer, 10 February 1938

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196-201. Babe and Oriel [in nurses uniform], The Scottish Hospital, 4 December, 1937

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202-203. Oriel [in swimming costume], Lady Martins Beach, November 1937

Out of copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

The contents list is adapted from an inventory compiled by Library volunteer and based on album contents.

Label 'Made in Australia by Harrington Ltd', no. 290 in pencil inside verso of album

Album pages and photographs are captioned with locations, dates and subjects
Inscribed '1937' in white ink on cover