Photographs belonging to the family of Ida May Smith, ca. 1920-1981

PXB 686
PXA 1703
PXE 1482
VT 2110

series

ca. 1920-1981

Graphic Materials, Photographs, Drawings, Moving Images

902446

10 albums (616 photographic prints) - 23.5 x 31 cm. or smaller - mostly silver gelatin
876 photographic prints - 24.5 x 30 cm. or smaller - mostly silver gelatin
1 drawing - 18 x 24 cm. - ink
1 film reel

Most of the photographs in this collection were taken by Ida Smith's husband, Charles Douglas Smith. He was a competent amateur photographer who worked mostly in black and white. He dated most of the prints, with details of camera and film used

The photographs record the life of Mr and Mrs Smith and their friends. Because Mr Smith had a keen eye for situations and composition the photographs provide a better-than-average commentary on Australian manners and customs of the time

Reference:
Library correspondence file

PXB 686
Box 1
Album 1
25 photographic prints of mostly family portraits, Sydney Harbour, bush and mountain views, ca. 1923-1932. Includes 16 clippings of 'If's in History' cartoons
Album 2
Album titled, 'Around Cooktown August 1963' and shows images of the Smith family on holiday in Cooktown, Qld, in 1963. Includes scene of the family cooking crabs with Aboriginal Australians

Box 2
Album 1
72 photographic prints of mostly family portraits, family pets and rural life around 'Glen Leigh', NSW, ca. 1931
Album 2
64 photographic prints of mostly family portraits, family pets, rural life, beaches, scenes around Canberra, ca. 1930-1940

Box 3
Album 1
31 photographic prints of mostly family portraits, family pets and rural life around 'Glen Leigh', NSW, ca. 1931
Album 2
48 photographic prints of mostly family portraits, family pets, railway lines and steam trains, the family home and coastal views, ca. 1937


PXA 1703
Box 1
Album 1
96 photographic prints of scenes mostly taken around the NSW coast and Canberra, ca. 1928-1940. Includes images of old Parliament House, Hotel Canberra, rural life (including scenes at family home 'Glen Leigh', Regentville, NSW), family pets, beekeeping, Clandulla Railway Station, Coffey's Court House Hotel, home building/renovations, soldiers on a rifle range (members of NSW Rifle Association?), country military parade, train wreck
Album 2
66 photographic prints of travel images, ca. 1950, mostly showing life on board the ship Wangaratta, including leaving port in Sydney

Box 2
Album 1
107 photographic prints of scenes taken on holidays in Europe and Egypt in the early 1930s. Includes images of life on board ship, scenic European views, views of the Sphinx and the Pyramids, golf tournament at St. Andrews, Scotland (British Open Championship?)
Album 2
75 photographic prints of travel images taken in England, Scotland, Sweden and Norway, ca. 1950. Includes English pubs, castles, scenes on the England/Scotland border, London street scenes, UK landmarks, damage done to London buildings during 'the Blitz'

Boxes 3-6
867 photographic prints, ca. 1920-1960s. Most are family photographs and portraits such as found in the albums above. Also includes wildlife photography (mostly insects and spiders); scenes of flooding; presentation by the NSW Rifle Association; travel photography around Australia (including outback scenes) and UK/Europe; signed portrait of RAAF No.1 Engineering School, File 76, Showground Melbourne by Leonard Snowden Studios

PXE 1482
9 photographic prints, including portrait of Maisie Smith (daughter of Charles and Ida May Smith) before or after being presented at Court in the UK by Bassano in the 1930s; serviceman groom and bride leaving Wesley Chapel in Sydney, December 26, 1939; portraits of friends/family sharing a meal, 26 September, 1954 and other portraits. Also includes 1 ink drawing of 'Glen Leigh' signed S. G., 1958; 2 photographs of Ida May Smith unveiling a sundial dedicated to Charles Douglas Smith with an accompanying letter by Air Vice Marshall M. J. Ridgway to Ida May Smith, 1981

VT 2110
Woman in garden with dog, feeding chickens, tree lined street (film reel).

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Various inscriptions, subjects largely unidentified