Charles Collins photographs of Collins family members

PXA 7801

fonds

approximately 1888 to 1920

Graphic Materials, Photographs

9682290

3 photographic prints - 18 x 13 cm or smaller

Charles Collins, also known as Chas Collins, was born on 15 May 1853 in St Giles, London, England and came to Sydney on 16 May 1855. On 15 April 1885, he married Maria Moses (1858-1925) with whom he had four children: Norman Bertie Samuel (1886-1954); Truda Hannah (1890-1967); Roy Harold (1893-1964) and Una Jane (1895-1986). According to his obituary, he worked as a photographer at the Vita Studios on George Street which he opened from at least 1877 and was also the "C. Collins' Photographic Studio" in Rocky Mouth, Grafton in 1880. He worked in rural New South Wales and, through the 1890s, advertised his George Street studio in Sydney. He died on 27 March 1927 in Paddington.

References:
Library acquisition file.

Daily Telegraph. 12 April 1927. Accessed 20 August 2024. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/246105032

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser. 18 December 1880. Accessed 20 August 2024. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/62118879

Art Gallery of New South Wales. "Charles Collins". Accessed 20 August 2024. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/301.2014

The donor is the great granddaughter of the photographer.

3 photographic prints, at least two of which were taken by Charles Collins of the Collins Studio at 374 George Street, Sydney

1 studio photographic print of Norman Bertie Samuel Collins (1886-1954), son of the photographer, probably taken around 1888. Photographer's details on verso "From the Studio of Collins, late Newman, Photographer" and later annotation sticker "Norman B Collins 1/1/1886 0 10/09/1954".

1 studio photographic print in postcard format of Una Jane Collins (1895-1986), daughter of the photographer, probably taken in the 1910s. Stamped on verso "Collins, Photographer, 236 George St., North Sydney".

1 photographic print of an unidentified woman in a wedding gown. Subject may be Adelaide Lynes (1887-1923) who married Norman Collins in 1920.

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

Date range based on approximate age of Norman Collins in photograph, fashion depicted in wedding portrait and date of Norman Collins' marriage to Adelaide Lynes.