Summary
Black and white negative depicting a man in a factory at Australian Consolidated Industries Ltd in 1958. 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 of glass manufacturers showing a workman holding a hammer and a glass jar. A collection of glass jars are pictured in the foreground.
Physical Description
Black and white cellulose acetate negative.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Purchase
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Place & Date Depicted
Australian Consolidated Industries (ACI), Booker Street, Spotswood, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1958
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Photographer
Laurie Richards Studio, Booker Street, Spotswood, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1958
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Format
Negative, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Hand written in white ink on negative below image: 'GX1242' Printed in negative: '1'
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Classification
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Image Dimensions - Negative/s
99 mm (Width), 125 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Containers, Factories, Glass, Glass Technologies, Manufacturers, People, Portraits, Working Life
