PHOTOGRAPHS, x40, surfing, b&w, 1938, plus negatives
H2014.1672.1-41
set of 40 black and white photos relating to surfing or upright surfing/ surfskiing with oar, Bruce Gaston, June Smilley and Larry, plus negatives, 1930s. Photographs are copies.
[.1] Girl in light coloured shorts and sleeved shirt, standing on board with curved bow, holding oar with one paddle, a man in water beside her. (June Smylie)
[.2-.3] Woman, half-crouched, on board with line to paddle held by a man behind her, surfing a wave. 'Yours Again,/ June'. Back note about original stamp: "Art Photo Engravers"
[.4] woman diving, signed 'All Yours / June'. On back of original was a stamp: 'Art Photo Engravers/...13 James St Perth'
[.5] Woman (June Smylie?)in bathers, standing in wet sand, with wide long board behind her, oar in right hand, sandhills with people in background.
[.6] Woman, wet, in bathers standing on board, with man on knees in front, on water. On back: ' Frank & I"
[.8-.9] Man standing on beach with one hand holding longboard vertically behind him and other hand holding oar.(Larry)
[.12-.13] Blurred photograph of girl surfing square on with arms in air. On back: written on orginal was: " A goodie. No paddle.../ Got it from where you.../ see others all the.../ in"
[.14-.15] surfing
[.17-.18] man and dog surfing. 'Larry &n his pooch" on back.
[.18-.19] tandem surfing
[.20-.21] 11 surfers with boards and paddles standing vertically behind each, on sand
[.22-23] surfers on board, exposed
[.24-.25] board and paddle surfer with dog
[.26-27]c atching a wave in distance, groin
[.28-29] catching a wave in distance
[.30.-31] Silhouette shot of five surfers with paddles standing square on, catching wave
[.32-.33] Four surfers and four boards standing on edge of water on beach.
[.34] Sufers with paddles standing square on, catching wave.
[.36-.37] Bruce Gsaton in grass with wooden frame of a surfski and saw.
[.38] On back, written by curator, 'Cottesloe 1938 photo taken from jetty looking south. Skis are wooden framed, covered with canvas and painted. Bruce gaston is standing on ski cloest going out over wave"[.39] motorcycle towin surfski/board on trailor. Bruce gaston, June Smilley, Doug Smyth - BSA motorcycle 1938.
[.41] negative strips X 6
Department:
History DepartmentCollection
| Accession Number: | H2014.1672.1-41 |
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| Accession Date: | 14 Nov 2014 |
| Acquisition Year: | 2013 |
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