Florence Broadhurst - pictorial material, ca. 1920s-1970s

PXE 937

fonds

ca. 1920s - 1970s

Graphic Materials, Photographs, Drawings

442889

Photographs - various - 33 photoprints - 1 clipping
Drawings - 41 x 28.5 cm. or smaller - 6 drawings

Designer, Florence Maud Broadhurst, was born at Mungy Station, Mount Perry, Queensland in 1899. Later known as singer and dancer `Bobby Broadhurst', Florence performed in China before setting up a performing arts academy in Shanghai. From 1927 Florence lived in London and returned to Sydney in 1949. She became well known for her wallpaper designs. Florence Broadhurst was murdered in her Paddington studio factory in 1977. -- Reference: A life by design: the art and lives of Florence Broadhurst / Siobhan O'Brien. Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2004.

Nos. 1-34. 33 photographs and 1 clipping, chiefly untitled and undated portraits of Florence Broadhurst and group portraits.
Nos.35-40 Costume designs (nos.35-36 signed "Fleming" at lower right)
Photographs include:
Full length portrait of Florence Broadhurst on her wedding day, London, June 1929 in portfolio folder with "Vandyk London, 1929" on cover (no.1)
Studio portrait by Mason, Brisbane (no.2)
Portrait by Ming Yuen, Hong Kong. Signed "Best love Bobby" (no.4)
Froth Blowers (troupe) (no.7)
The Carlton Follies, Shanghai (nos.8-9)
At the Newcastle Hotel, George Street, Sydney (nos.12-13)
With the Polish Republic's General Wladislaw Anders & Wladislaw Rackiewicz (no.14)
Florence with some of her paintings / photographed by Consolidated Press Ltd., Sydney and Truth & Sportsman Ltd (nos.15-16)
Group portrait by G.F. Hayward studios, Manly (no.20)
Group portrait relating to the United Nations Association by Australian News and Information Bureau (nos.25-26)
Barry Newman and F.B. (colour photograph) (no.27) [Note caption on reverse is incorrect the person with F.B. is Ross Steele]
Portraits of F.B. with wallpaper designs (nos.24,28-33) No.28 by The Australian News and Information Bureau; No.29 by Mirror Newspapers Ltd; No.32 dated 26 Jan 1972

Copyright restrictions may apply: Photographs in this collection created before 1955 are all out of copyright. Photographs created after 1955 are in copyright.

Forms part of Florence Broadhurst papers, c. 1918-1977 held at MLMSS 4145
Photographs taken at the Newcastle Hotel, George Street, Sydney (nos.12-13) identified from the `Australian Photographic Agency (APA) Collection : Sydney people, places and events, 1953-1987'