Summary
Black and white photograph from an album containing a personal story of Julius Toth's immigration experience and a collection of 40 photo reproductions. Julius left Hungary late in 1956 following the unsuccessful Hungarian revolution and subsequent Soviet Occupation. He escaped to Austria where he spent three months in Displaced Persons Camps before migrating to Australia in March 1957. This image shows Julius' small bedroom with his most prized possession, a Grundig radio, and favourite icon sitting on top of it, a Hungarian Flag he collected on his journey to Australia.
Inscription in Hungarian on reverse of photograph reads: Anywhere I lived the little flag from the ship was in view.
Description of Content
Interior of a small room containing a bed and side table, upon which sits a large radio. On top of the radio there are three photograph frames. A packet of cigarettes and an ashtray are situated on the table in front of the radio. An alarm clock has been suspended from the ceiling and dangles on a cord over the bed.
Physical Description
Landscape format, black and white reproduction photograph with a white border.
More Information
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Collecting Areas
Home & Community, Images & Image Making, Information & Communication
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mr Julius Toth, by Jul 2001
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Place & Date Depicted
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User
Mr Julius Toth, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1961-2000
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Reverse, handwritten in Hungarian: 'Bárhol laktam is kis zászló a hajóról szem elott volt. 1961 Elwood'
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
9 cm (Length), 12.7 cm (Width)
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Keywords
Bedrooms, Domestic Environment, Domestic Life, Flags, Hungarian Communities, Hungarian Immigration, Immigration, National Identity, Photography, Radios, Settlement