Summary

Black and white negative depicting men working in an office at Nicholls-Cumming Advertising Australia Pty Ltd in September 1954. This image is one of approximately 85,000 negatives from the Laurie Richards Collection taken by the Melbourne based Laurie Richards Studio between the 1950s -1970s.

Laurie Richards was a professional photographer who began his career as a photo-journalist, in 1953, he opened his own business and set up a photographic studio at his home in Alphington. At its peak, in the late 1960s, the Laurie Richards Studio was one of Melbourne's pre-eminent commercial photographic studios, employing twelve photographers.

Description of Content

Interior view of Nichols-Cumming Advertising general office showing five men working at desks.

Physical Description

Black and white cellulose acetate negative.

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