Summary

Black and white negative of businessmen associated with the Canada Cycle & Motor Company, Victoria, 1960. The man on the left is Dewey Smith, export manager of Studebaker Car Company, and on the right is L. R. Buxton, Chairman of the Canada Cycle and Motor Company. The photograph was commissioned by Creative Public Relations.

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 two men in suits posed together at the Canada Cycle & Motor Company. One of the men holds a brochure adverting a Lark motor car. The brochure reads, 'Look...and you'll love that Lark'.

Physical Description

Black and white cellulose acetate negative.

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