Collection of fashion photographs [picture] / Athol Shmith
- Bib ID:
- 600345
- Format:
- Picture
- Author:
- Shmith, Athol, 1914-1990, photographer
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Related Online Resources:
- Finding aid at National Library of Australia
- Description:
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- between 1948 and 1975
- 471 photographs : b&w and colour.
- 170 negatives ; acetate, b&w : 12.5 x 10 cm. and smaller.
- 208 transparencies ; acetate, col. : 5.5 x 5.5 cm.
- Summary:
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The collection includes photographs of Australian models and fashions, many for advertising. Portraits of: Greta Miers, Yvonne Watts, Margaret Hebble, Jillian Griffiths, Sir Frank Beaurepaire, Pauline Kiernan, Irene Cotter, Elke Sommer, Prue Acton, Britt Cooper, Judy Varali, June Finlayson, Sir Rohan Delacombe, Sir Dallas Brookes, Maureen Jones, African Ballet 1969, Gregory Peck, Googie Withers, Michael Dennison, Chester Wilmott, John Royle, Arthur Young, Maggie Tabberer, Georgia Gold, Baroness von Thyssen, Jeanette Elphick, Rhonda Christensen, Anne Hamilton, Wendy Martin, Raylene Orr, Robin Bailey, Bambi Shmith, Wanda Polissadoff, Jenny Haur, Judy Barraclough, Bunty Turner, Leah McCartney, Jill Hamilton, Penelope Munday, Marie McKay, Dawn Diedricksen, Janice Wakeley, Mrs Martin Alstergren, Margaret Wood, Elizabeth Taylor and Mike Todd, Rona Newton-John, Michael Pate, Vivien Leigh, Jill Cofner, Marianne Liedloff, Penny Lane, Elizabeth Scarborough, Anne Moffat, Harold Holt, Laine Francis, Diana Knox, Geoffrey Smith, Clem Christesen, Diane Masters, Jenny Ham, Zara Holt, Bettina Gorton, Sir John McEwen. Athol Shmith opened his photographic salon in Melbourne during 1930s.
- Notes:
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- Acetate negatives and transparencies stored in cold store.
- Some of the photographs are by John Cato.
- Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-142924431
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Caption list available.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Cato, John Chester, 1926-2011, photographer
- Terms of Use:
- Copyright restrictions may apply.
- Exhibited:
- Exhibited: NLA Treasures Gallery, Treasures, The Sell: Australian advertising 1790’s to 1990’s, 23 November 2016 – 25 April 2017
- Related Records:
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This collection contains 447 records. - Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2081 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Photograph
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 2011
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1975
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