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Loading TAIYUAN from a wharf
Loading TAIYUAN from a wharf

Loading TAIYUAN from a wharf

Photographer (1919-1999)
Dateafter 1949
Object numberANMS1404[326]
NameTransparency
MediumCellulose acetate transparency, colour
DimensionsOverall: 125 x 100 mm
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Leigh Purcell
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DescriptionMedium format colour photographic transparency taken by commercial photographer Gervaise Purcell after 1949, showing the ship TAIYUAN moored alongside a wharf.SignificanceThese photographic negatives were taken by Australian commercial photographer Gervaise Purcell from the late 1940s to the early 1960s. They represent his work for clients such as swimwear manufacturer Jantzen, as well as retail giants David Jones and Hordern Brothers, cruise ship operators the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O), radio technology manufacturer Amalgamated Wireless Australasia (AWA) and tourism operator Ansett Airways. Many of the images were taken with a Graflex Crown Graphic camera in the 1950s.