Images of Australian womanhood, 1910-1925 : fifty photographic portraits of women by Australian studios.

Group of 50 (fifty) gelatin silver print photographs, all printed on postcard stock (as was customary in this period) in uniform format 140 x 90 mm (approximate); 49/50 have studio imprints, and in some cases the sitters are identified on the back; a couple with corner wear and one with light marks, but overall the portraits are in excellent condition.

The quality and, in many cases, breathtaking beauty of these Australian vernacular photographic portraits makes them a readymade nucleus for an exhibition or publication.

Among the studios represented (several more than once) are:

Adelaide (S.A.): Diamond Studio; Frank A. McNeill

Brisbane (Old.): Ruddle

Gatton (Qld.): Rodway Studio

Hobart (Tas.): Fred Brunton; Milo Studio

Sydney (NSW): Coronation Studio; Jas. C. Cruden; Robin M. Cale (Neutral Bay)

Corowa (NSW): Alf L. Bowden

Melbourne (Vic.): Mendelssohn & Co.; Yeoman Studios; Melba Studio; Eden Studios; Pearce & Fullwood (Brunswick); W. B. Latimer (Fitzroy); H. Williams (South Melbourne); Whitney Bros. “Electric Studios”

Geelong (Vic.): J. Lockwood; G. Wilmot

Warrnambool (Vic.): Jordan; Foyle’s Studios;

Rochester (Vic.): W. B. Brown

Horsham (Vic.): L. Brown, Thelma Studios

St. Arnaud (Vic.): Lenlethen Studio

Echuca (Vic.): W. Grimwood

Numurkah, Nathalia and Seymour (Vic.): E. A. Krutli

Shepparton (Vic.): Colliver, Toska Studio

Ballarat (Vic.): Richards & Co.; Yeoman & Co.