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PHOTORIA

AUSTRALIAN WOMEN BEHIND THE LENS

1850 – 1950

MOORE, MINA

MOORE, MINA (1882-1957)

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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Name:

MOORE, MINA (1882-1957)

Full Birth Name:

Minnie Louise Moore

Married Name:

Mrs William Alexander Tainsh (1916-1957)

Related Portfolios:

HOLLICK, RUTH

MOORE, MAY

NASH-BOOTHBY, ELIZABETH

Notes:

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.

Profession:

Photographer

Professional Years:

1910 to 1920

Where Practised:

Misses May and Minne Moore, 207 Willis St, Wellington, New Zealand, (1910-1912); Misses May and Mina Moore Photographic Studio, 7th Flr, The Auditorium, 167 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC (1913-1915); Mina Moore, 7th Flr, The Auditorium, 167 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC (1915-1918)
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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.

MOORE, MAY

MOORE, MAY (1881-1931)

MAY MOORE was a photographer from New Zealand who worked in her own studio in Sydney, Australia between 1910 and 1931.

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Name:

MOORE, MAY (1881-1931)

Full Birth Name:

Annie May Moore

Married Name:

Mrs Henry Hammon Wilkes (1915-1931)

Profession:

Photographer

Professional Years:

1910 to 1931

Related Portfolios:

AINSWORTH, CATHERINE

HEGGART, TESSE

MOORE, MINA

Notes:

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.

Where Practised:

Where practised: Misses May and Minne Moore, 207 Willis St, Wellington, New Zealand, (1910-1912); Adelaide Photo Co, Cnr Pitt and Park Streets, Sydney, NSW (1910-1915?); Misses May and Mina Moore, Camden Buildings, 418 George, St, Sydney, NSW (1914-1915); May Moore, 6th and 7th Flrs, Boomerang House, 139 King St, Sydney, NSW, (1915-1922), May Moore Ltd, 6th and 7th Flrs, Boomerang House, 139 King St, Sydney, NSW (1922-1931); May Moore, 3rd Flr, Kyle House, 88 Macquarie Place, Sydney (1931)
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7 March 1924, Country Life Stock and Station Journal, (NSW), pg 8. TROVE

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Portrait of an unidentified soldier by May Moore, “May Moore”, Sydney. Taken between 1914 and 1918. Sepia-toned portrait 93mm x 143mm mounted on textured brown card 100mm x 155mm, mounted on textured brown card 109mm x 167mm then mounted on textured lighter brown card 190mm x 306mm. Photoria Collection

Portrait of theatrical star Cecil Humphries by May Moore, “May Moore Ltd”, Sydney, 1922. Signed by Humphreys and addressed to the theatrical manager, Hugh D MacIntosh. Sepia-toned portrait 143mm x 194mm, mounted on light brown textured card 158mm x 216mm, mounted on lighter brown textured card 203mm x 339mm. Photoria Collection

Portrait of a woman wearing a fur coat. Taken by May Moore, c1920s. Photographic reproduction by Hilary Wardhaugh. Photoria Collection

Portrait of a man by May Moore, “May Moore”, Sydney. c1920s. Sepia-toned portrait 94mm x 144mm mounted on textured brown card 103mm x162mm, then mounted on textured lighter brown card 171mm x 320mm. Photoria Collection

Portrait of Opera star Toti Dal Monte by May Moore, “May Moore Ltd”, Sydney. Signed by Toti Dal Monte. Black and White Postcard 86mm x 135mm. Photoria Collection / Taken between 4 June 1926 when she arrived in Sydney and 15 October 1927 when Dal Monte left Australia from Sydney.

MOORE, MARY

MOORE, MARY (1867-1911)

MARY MOORE worked as a photographer from 1901 to 1911. She had her own studio in East Melbourne and worked with her sister, Kate Moore.

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Name:

MOORE, MARY (1867-1911)

Full Birth Name:

Mary “May” Moore

Married Name:

No identified spouse

Related Portfolios:

MOORE, KATE

Notes:

Mary “May” Moore and her sister, Kate Moore, operated a studio from their home in East Melbourne.  The available documentation indicates a possible start date of 1903 but it’s likely they started earlier, possibly from the time of their father’s death in 1898. The sisters continued operating their studio until sometime before 1917.

Professional Years:

c1901 to 1911

Profession:

Photographer

Where Practised:

M. Moore, East Melbourne, Vic
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Portrait of boy standing by table. The medal on his lapel is likely to be the one given to all school children to commemorate the first Parliament after Federation. Sepia photograph. 9.6cm x 14.4cm mounted on light brown card 19.6xm x 16.4cm. Source: Photoria Collection

Reverse of Portrait of boy standing by table. The annotation includes the year 1901 when Federation was formed. Light brown card 19.6xm x 16.4cm. Source: Photoria Collection

MOORE, LOUIE

MOORE, LOUIE (1856-1948)

LOUIE MOORE was the proprietor of an art and photography studio, the Viola Art Studio, in Bondi at the beginning of the 1910s.

Name:
MOORE, LOUIE (1856-1948)
Full Birth Name:
Alice Ffrench

Married Name:

Mrs Frederick Henry Moore (1885–1934)
Notes:
Profession:
Proprietor
Professional Years:
1910
Where Practised:
Viola Art Studios, 308 Oxford St, Bondi, NSW
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28 November 1910, Dun's Gazette for New South Wales. TROVE

MOORE, KATE

MOORE, KATE (1870-1917)

KATE MOORE worked as a photographer and a retoucher, with her sister, in their studio in East Melbourne, Vic. between 1903 and 1917.

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Name:

MOORE, KATE (1870-1917)

Full Birth Name:

Kate Moore

Married Name:

No identified spouse

Related Portfolios:

MOORE, MARY

Notes:

Kate Moore and her sister Mary “May” Moore operated a studio from their home in East Melbourne.  The available documentation indicates a possible start date of 1903 but it’s likely they started earlier, possibly from the time of their father’s death in 1898. The sisters continued operating their studio until sometime before 1917.

Profession:

Photographer (c1903-1906); Retoucher and Artist (1916-1917)

Professional Years:

c1903 to 1917

Where Practised:

M. Moore, East Melbourne, Vic
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Portrait of boy standing by table. The medal on his lapel is likely to be the one given to all school children to commemorate the first Parliament after Federation. Sepia photograph. 9.6cm x 14.4cm mounted on light brown card 19.6xm x 16.4cm. Source: Photoria Collection

Reverse of Portrait of boy standing by table. The annotation includes the year 1901 when Federation was formed. Light brown card 19.6xm x 16.4cm. Source: Photoria Collection