Scrap album, 1915-1990 (bulk 1923-1965) [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 2196641
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Reilly, Gerard Phillip, 1899?-1965
- Access Conditions:
- Available for reference.
- Description:
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- 1915-1990
- 4 cm. (1 v. and 1 folder)
- Summary:
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Scrap album entitled "Log book, My Photographic Record with the Sun News Pictorial from the year 1923"; contains clippings of photographs, with manuscript commentary; letters of reference and other letters from his employers; photographs of his retirement celebration in 1961; death notices and tributes for himself, and death notices for members of his family. Press passes and badges are affixed to the front cover. Folder includes loose papers and clippings which were in the back cover of the album, including indenture of apprenticeship (1915), memorandum of agreement for employment with the Herald and Weekly Times (1927), photocopies of two camera patents (1943), and a license agreement (1944).
- Biography/History:
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Educated at Xavier College, indentured as an apprentice photographer to Alice Humphrey in Melbourne in 1915 for three years, and then employed by her until 1922. Joined the Sun News Pictorial as a news and sports photographer in 1923, and remained there until his retirement in 1961. In the early 1930s he took the first night-time action picture in Australia, capturing the "Spirit of Progress" travelling at 60 mph.
- Notes:
- Manuscript refernce no.: NLA MS 8845.
- Source of Acquisition:
- This album was maintained and added to by a member of Gerard Reilly's family.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1915-1990
- Occupation:
- Photographers
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2060 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1965
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1990
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