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PHOTORIA

AUSTRALIAN WOMEN BEHIND THE LENS

1850 – 1950

SYKES, JEAN

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Portrait of a young woman standing in front of a dark curtain. Hand-coloured photograph in folder. Taken, c1920s, during the time Jean Sykes worked with her brother Harold J Sykes. Photoria Collection.

Portrait of baby seated on a small round table and playing with blocks. Taken, c1920s, during the time Jean Sykes worked with her brother Harold J Sykes. Black and White photograph, 77mm x 150mm mounted on grey card 111mm x 231mm. Photoria Collection

Portrait of two women, one seated, the other standing, late 1920s. B&W photograph mounted on board. Likely to have been taken just prior to the studio being renamed to Jean Sykes Studio. Photoria Collection

Wedding portrait of husband and wife, late 1920s. B&W photograph mounted on board. Taken around the time Jean Sykes changed the name of the studio to Jean Sykes Studio. Photoria Collection

SWEET, ELIZABETH

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Crowds gathered outside the church during the funeral for Alexander Russell, Dean of Adelaide, 1886. One the photographs taken by Elizabeth Sweet of this event. State Library of South Australia, B 43150.

Crowds gathered to wait while the Dean’s funeral was in process. One of the photographs taken by Elizabeth Sweet of the Funeral of the Dean of Adelaide, Alexander Russell, on 29 May 1886. State Library of South Australia, B 43149.

Dean Russell’s Funeral procession from St Paul’s, 1886. One of the photographs taken by Elizabeth Sweet of the Funeral of the Dean of Adelaide, Alexander Russell, on 29 May 1886. State Library of South Australia B 43151

SOAR, ALICE

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Hand-coloured portrait of seated toddler with teddy bear (156mm x 125mm). Mounted on cream card with hand-drawn brown ink border (280mm x 182mm). Photographer’s signature bottom right. Photoria Collection

Portrait of Baby girl seated and with teddy bear at her feet. Photograph hand-coloured, 184mm x 152mm, inset into buff matte 265mm x 241mm. Photoria Collection

Portrait of Baby girl seated and with teddy bear at her feet (reverse side). Stamped photographer’s studio logo and mounting instructions and customer details. 265mm x 241mm. Photoria Collection

A collage of hand coloured photographs of a toddler at a beach. Each photograph is placed against a painted beach background. This work was undertaken by Alice Soar c. 1940s. From the collection of Anne Smith AOM.

SARGENT, MYRA

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View of Wynyard, Tasmania by Myra Sargent of Sargent’s Studio. B&W, 14cm x 8.8cm. Source: Photoria Collection

Reverse of View of Wynyard, Tasmania by Myra Sargent of Sargent’s Studio. B&W, 14cm x 8.8cm. Source: Photoria Collection

The Weekly Courier, 16 August 1917, pg 22. Centre left, Nos 5 and 6. The medal awarded to a Wynyard man for bravery on the French battlefield. Photographed by Myra Sargent. Libraries Tasmania

ROWE, BEATRICE

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