Photographs of Wallace Palfrey Youngs' family including Errol Flynn, the Hall and Morrison families, and opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, with realia, ca. 1867-1949

PXA 1659
R 2041
PXD 1274
FM5/1439

fonds

ca. 1867-1949

Graphic Materials, Objects, Drawings, Prints, Photographs

903325

190 photographs - 27 x 34 cm or smaller - black & white, albumen, some mounted
1 necklace - shell and straw
1 photograph frame (with 1 photograph) - wood
1 pendant - brass and bakelite
3 drawings - 25 x 28 cm or smaller - black pencil scraper board, black ink on board
109 photographs (1 album) - 30 x 22 x 7 cm - carte-de-visites
100 photographs (1 album) - 25 x 20.5 cm - albumen

Wallace Palfrey Young (? - 1989) of Drummoyne, was a press photographer in the 1920 and 1930s, working for Sam J. Hood, However, he did not enjoy his profession, so later became a dental prosthetist until his retirement in the 1970s. His father Harry Palfrey Young, served on the John William Missionary Ship, and claimed to be a descendent of Edward Young, one of the mutineers on the Bounty in 1789. His Uncle, Prof. Theo Thompson Flynn, was a scientist with Douglas Mawson's Antarctic Expedition in 1909, and father of Tasmanian born Hollywood actor Errol Flynn (1909-1959).

Reference: Library Correspondence File

PXA 1659 (Box 1)
1 album (100 photographs) of ‘John Morrison of Drummoyne and forebears of Wallace P. Young’, featuring images from Pretoria, South Africa, construction sites and various groups of people (25 x 20.5 cm).

PXA 1659 (Box 2)
1 album (109 photographs) of small single portrait photos on card (carte-de-visite) of the Hall family, (30 x 22 x 7 cm).

R 2041
a. Shell and straw necklace
b. Small wooden photo frame featuring image of a young child
c. Bakelite and brass pendant with coloured flower arrangement motif.

PXD 1274
8 portrait photographs including a portrait of Errol Flynn’s mother.

11 photos related to the John Williams Missionary Ship (see papers re: discharges from ships).

18 Photographs of the opening incident of Sydney Harbour Bridge and images of the Bridge at night taken from North Sydney.

38 Photographs of Wallace P. Young’s family including nephew Errol Flynn – mostly studio publicity photos in costume and some of Flynn’s children and one wife. Some with descriptions written by Flynn.

66 photographs of press images taken by Wallace P. Young when working for Sam J. Hood, including a wedding at St. Stephens Church, Phillip Street Sydney, ca. 1920s.

41 Miscellaneous photographs - Many not identified. Some captions read ‘Betty Young’, ‘Leichhardt 6A Class, 1924’, ‘German East Africa, 1915’, ‘Patricia Young at Woy Woy’, ‘H. Hall Senior, Mary Ellen’s father’.

1 mounted photograph of Stanley Hall, Dentist with Dr. Fiaschi at Lamloss Islands, brother of Mary Ellen Young nee Hall, signed ‘Yours Truly “Stanley”, 1917’.

3 drawings by Cedric Emanuel; 2 scraper board and ink drawings of two horses in a field (25 x 28 cm) and a landscape scene (20 x 26 cm), 1 black pencil and ink drawing on board of man, horse and dog (19 x 35 cm).

4 large photographs of Harry P. Young with Tiddy the dog in Drummoyne, (30 x 25 cm).

1 large mounted portrait photo of Mrs Hall.

1 large mounted portrait photo of Mary Ellen Hall nee Young with inscription on verso, ‘My dear wife M.E.Y. Hong Kong, China, May 8th, 1918.’

1 mounted photograph of the ship St. Albans with inscription ‘H.P. Young – Chief Engineer’.

1 large mounted photograph of the Balmain District Choral Union, inaugurated December 9th, 1901 with inscription on verso ‘To Wallace, from Father, Jan 1959, Mary Ellen Hall’ (27 x 34 cm).

FM5/1439
1 colour transparency featuring image of Harry P. Young's dog 'Tiddy'.

This pictorial material is part of Young family papers at MLMSS 5322

Access via appointment - Applies to FM5/1439 and R 2041

Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.6952 as part of the eRecords Project 2012-13

Fair to good condition, albums bindings in very poor condition