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Negative - Rock Band Launching Opening of Amoco Service Station, 1970
Reg. No: MM 055290
- Summary:
- Black and white 5" x 4" negative showing a small crowd of teenagers watching a rock band perform on a radio station '3AK' stage, at the opening of an `Amoco' service station in 1970. A boy is standing with a bicycle.
This image is part of the Laurie Richards Collection at Museum Victoria comprising approximately 85,000 negatives taken by the Melbourne based Laurie Richards Studio between the 1950s -1970s. These negatives are all mostly large format [5"x 4"/ 12.5 x 10 cm], black and white images, though a significant number are in colour. The many photographic jobs that were undertaken in the course of thirty years are itemised in a set of log books, copies of which are also held by Museum Victoria.
Laurie Richards was a professional photographer who began his career as a photo-journalist, working for the Advertiser newspaper in Adelaide, and the Argus and the Herald newspapers in Melbourne. In 1953, he opened his own business and set up a photographic studio at his home at 4 Tower Avenue, Alphington, an inner suburb of Melbourne. At its peak, in the late 1960s, the Laurie Richards Studio was one of Melbourne's pre-eminent commercial photographic studios, employing twelve photographers. The Laurie Richards Studio worked mainly in advertising and public relations, and had a broad clientele which included commercial companies, government institutions and the entertainment industry. - Description:
- Black and white 5" x 4" photographic negative
- Description Of Content:
- Small crowd of teenagers watching a rock band perform on a radio station '3AK' stage, at the opening of an `Amoco' service station. A boy is standing with a bicycle.
- Acknowledgement:
- Laurie Richards Collection, Museum Victoria
| Discipline: | Technology |
| Dimension Comment: | Approximate dimensions |
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| Tagged with: | bicycles, bunting, drums, guitars, loudspeakers, microphones, musical instruments, musicians, radio stations, service stations, stringed instruments |
| Themes this item is part of: | Laurie Richards Collection, Images & Image Making Collection, Information & Communication Collection, Laurie Richards Studio, Photographer, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Primary Classification: | COMMUNICATIONS |
| Secondary Classification: | Radio Programming & Production |
| Tertiary Classification: | promotional performances |
| Format: | Negative: Black & White; 5 in. x 4 in. |
| Place & Date Depicted: | Victoria, Australia, 1970 |
| Photographer: | Laurie Richards Studio, Alphington, Victoria, Australia, 1970 |
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