Summary

Black and white negative of Joe Hudson and Toni Lamond at the Savoy Plaza, Melbourne, 25 August 1959.
Hudson was the drummer in the Horrie Dargie Quintet and Lamond was an Australian performer who had an extensive career in cabaret, theatre, film and television, winning a Logie award in 1962.

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, 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 of Content

Promotional image of a woman pulling at the jacket sleeve of a man, at the Savoy Plaza. Possibly taken at an event held by the television station GTV9.

Physical Description

Black and white cellulose acetate negative.

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