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The Month's Prize Shots

The Month's Prize Shots

Date1930s
Object numberANMS0460[033]
NameMagazine page
MediumInk on paper
DimensionsOverall: 285 × 210 mm, 4 g
ClassificationsEphemera
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Dale O'Sullivan
DescriptionA page from a magazine titled 'This Months Prize Shots' featuring five photographs of various Hollywood personalities. The main image shows actor Joan Bennett sitting on the edge of a pool with her two daughters.SignificanceSwim wear was synonymous with Hollywood glamour in the 1930s and Hollywood celebrities were often featured in swim suits for publicity shoots.
Journal of a voyage to Australia by the Cape of Good Hope, six months in Melbourne and return to England by Cape Horn, including scenes and sayings on sea and land
Journal of a voyage to Australia by the Cape of Good Hope, six months in Melbourne and return to England by Cape Horn, including scenes and sayings on sea and land
Sinclair Thomson Duncan
1884
The journal of a voyage from Calcutta to Van Diemens Land: comprising a description of that colony during a six months' residence
The journal of a voyage from Calcutta to Van Diemens Land: comprising a description of that colony during a six months' residence
Elizabeth Prinsep (Mrs Augustus Prinsep)
1833
In memory of Leslie Carter ship MERSEY. Who fell from aloft and was buried at sea off Cape Horn on March 30th 1914 aged 17 years and 11 months
In memory of Leslie Carter ship MERSEY. Who fell from aloft and was buried at sea off Cape Horn on March 30th 1914 aged 17 years and 11 months
1914
On Surfari III, Green Hills, 1965
On Surfari III, Green Hills, 1965
1965
Three Emperor penguin's eggs
Three Emperor penguin's eggs
Herbert Ponting
1910-1913
Three men having breakfast after their return from Cape Crozier
Three men having breakfast after their return from Cape Crozier
Herbert Ponting
1 August 1911
The Talk of Hollywood
The Talk of Hollywood
c 1938
ANMS0547[001]_1.mp4
Can one of 16mm film by Oskar Speck
Oskar Speck
1930s
Near Lady McQuarie’s [sic] chair Sydney
Near Lady McQuarie’s [sic] chair Sydney
Harold Cazneaux
1904
Image Not Available for Gloria Smythe aged 18 months on North Bondi beach
Gloria Smythe aged 18 months on North Bondi beach
Harringtons Ltd
1929 - 1930
Image Not Available for Newspaper clipping depicting a toddler wearing large straw hat and swimwear on beach captioned '18-months-old Jill Finnis didn't care a straw for yesterday's heat'
Newspaper clipping depicting a toddler wearing large straw hat and swimwear on beach captioned '18-months-old Jill Finnis didn't care a straw for yesterday's heat'
1930s 1930s
Image Not Available for Budget of operating expense 12 months to 27 July 1936
Budget of operating expense 12 months to 27 July 1936
1935-36