MINA MOORE was a significant photographer who worked between the years of 1910 and 1920, in her studio at 167 Collins St, Melbourne.
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Barbara Hall’s ADB biography of Mina Moore provides a good background to Mina’s personal life. Also The Stylish Portraits of May and Mina Moore by Anne Maxwell and Lissa Mitchell’s book Through Shaded Glass : Women and Photography in Aotearoa New Zealand 1860-1960 provide insight into the sisters lives and their work.
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Portrait of theatrical star Ada Reeve by Mina Moore, “May and Mina Moore”, Melbourne. Signed by Reeve. Silver-gelatin, warm-toned, black and white print, 189mm x 350mm mounted on light brown textured card, 96mm x 217mm, then mounted on a lighter brown card 820mm x 203mm. Source: Photoria Collection. Photograph taken between 6 April 1914 when Reeve arrived in Melbourne and 14 May 1914 when the same photograph was published in the society paper Table Talk.
Reverse of Portrait of theatrical star Ada Reeve by Mina Moore, “May and Mina Moore”, Melbourne. Light brown card 820mm x 203mm with Studio identified by stamp. Source: Photoria Collection
Portrait of actor Frank Harvey. Black and white postcard, 86mm x 137mm. Source: Photoria Collection. Likely to have been photographed by Moore in the later half of the 1910s when Harvey was a popular performer in Melbourne.
Portrait of Major Charles Eric Watson. A warm-tone portrait, 130mm x 210mm mounted on brown textured card, 215mm x 300mm, presumed taken in late 1916. He was in the Australian Medical Corp (AMC). Date of photo is uncertain, could have been before he embarked on the “Orontes” for Plymouth on the 23.12.1916, as a Lt/Corporal or upon his return after serving as medical officer in the Australian medical corp and receiving the Miliary Cross for dressing the wounded at Villers-Bretonneux under extremely heavy fire for 2.5 hours. He saved many lives by his actions that day. When he returned circa 1919 he was promoted to Captain. His shoulder tends to indicate a Lieutentant. Courtesy of Elizabeth, John and Peter Balfour Grandchildren Of Capt. Eric Charles Watson.