Summary
Black and white negative depicting a group of manufacturing workers and their families carrying placards as part of a protest meeting outside a Patons Brakes, motor car component factory, in Bentleigh East, on 14 March 1973. The protest is over wage levels. 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
Group of manufacturing workers and their families carrying placards as part of a protest meeting outside a factory.
Physical Description
Black and white negative.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Public Life & Institutions, Transport, Working Life & Trades
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Acquisition Information
Purchase
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Place & Date Depicted
Bentleigh East, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 14 Mar 1973
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Photographer
Laurie Richards Studio, Bentleigh East, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 14 Mar 1973
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Format
Negative, Black & White
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Classification
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Type of item
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Keywords
Factories, Flags, Manufacturing Workers, Motor Cars, Parades, Placards, Prams, Protests, Trade Unions