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Negative - A.P.M., Workmen Operating Paper Making Machine, Fairfield, circa 1950
Reg. No: MM 56760
- Summary:
- Black and white 5" x 4" negative showing three workmen operating Walmsleys (Bury) Limited paper making machinery at Australian Paper Mills in Fairfield, in about the 1950s.
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:
- Three men operating a Walmsleys (Bury) Limited paper manufacturing machine at the Australian Paper Mill, Fairfield, Victoria, circa 1950. They are standing at the left of a long bank of machines. Paper is being wound on rollers on several of the machines. A sign on the gantry above says "Danger Live Wires", and a "caution" sign is on the wall at right.
- Acknowledgement:
- Laurie Richards Collection, Museum Victoria
| Discipline: | Technology |
| Dimensions: | 100 mm (Height), 103 mm (Width) |
| Dimension Comment: | Approximate Dimensions |
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| Tagged with: | factories, fire extinguishers, lighting, manufacturing workers, mills, papers, signage |
| Themes this item is part of: | Laurie Richards Collection, Images & Image Making Collection, Working Life & Trades Collection, Laurie Richards Studio, Photographer, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Primary Classification: | MANUFACTURING & INDUSTRY |
| Secondary Classification: | Pulp & Paper Products |
| Tertiary Classification: | manufacturing processes |
| Format: | Negative: Black & White; 5 in. x 4 in. |
| Place & Date Depicted: | Fairfield, Victoria, Australia, 1950s |
| Photographer: | Laurie Richards Studio, Alphington, Victoria, Australia, circa 1950 |
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