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- A Place & Date Depicted Flemington, Australia
- B Photographer Alphington, Australia
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Negative - Olympic Tyre & Rubber Company, West Footscray, 1961
Reg. No: MM 052807
- Summary:
- Black and white 5" x 4" negative showing a process worker operating a tyre building machine at Olympic Tyre and Rubber Company in 1961.
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:
- A worker operating a tyre machine at Olympic Tyre and Rubber Company, Cross St, West Footscray. The man is applying tread rubber to the tyre. This is one of the final processes in tyre manufacture before the 'green' tyre is vulcanised or shaped.
- Acknowledgement:
- Laurie Richards Collection, Museum Victoria
| Discipline: | Technology |
| Dimensions: | 100 mm (Height), 103 mm (Width) |
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| Tagged with: | factories, industrial equipment, manufacturing workers, motor cars, production lines, tyres, protective clothing safety wear |
| Themes this item is part of: | Laurie Richards Collection, Clothing & Textiles Collection, Images & Image Making Collection, Transport Collection, Laurie Richards Studio, Photographer, Melbourne, Victoria, Olympic Tyre & Rubber Co. |
| Primary Classification: | ROAD TRANSPORT |
| Secondary Classification: | Motor Vehicles - Maintenance |
| Tertiary Classification: | tyre retreading |
| Original Caption: | Olympic Tyres, 100 Racecourse Road, Flemington |
| Format: | Negative: Black & White; 5 in. x 4 in. |
| Place & Date Depicted: | West Footscray, Victoria, Australia, 12 Jul 1961 |
| Photographer: | Laurie Richards Studio, Alphington, Victoria, Australia, 1961 |
| Organisation Depicted: | Olympic Tyre & Rubber Co Pty Ltd, Australia, 12 Jul 1961 |
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