Summary

A group of male press photographers listening to a table top radio receiver. They are all carrying cameras and wearing official identification arm bands for the Olympic Games held in Melbourne in 1956.

This image is part of the Laurie Richards Collection at Museum Victoria comprising approximately 85,000 negatives taken by the Melbourne based Laurie Richards Studio between the 1950s -1970s. These negatives are all mostly large format [5"x 4"/ 12.5 x 10 cm], black and white images, though a significant number are in colour. The many photographic jobs that were undertaken in the course of thirty years are itemised in a set of log books, copies of which are also held by Museum Victoria.

Description of Content

A group of four men carrying large cameras, listening to a radio receiver sitting on a table.

Physical Description

Black and white negative.

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