Pictorial material and realia from the Maurice Laserson papers, 1914-1942

PXE 1135
R 1106

fonds

1914-1942

Graphic Materials, Photographs, Badges, Medals, Objects

910934

4 albums (163 photographic prints) - 36 x 24.5 cm. or smaller
9 photographic prints - 19.5 x 12 cm. or smaller
3 badges (one is the Golden Eagle) - 10.5 x 5 cm. or smaller, 14.5 x 10.5 cm. (box holding Golden Eagle) - metal, plastic
2 commemorative medals - 10 x 10 cm. (box) or smaller - metal
1 seal (impression) - 11 x 9.5 cm. (box)

Dr. M. J. Laserson-Larson, 187- - 1961, settled in Australia in 1940 and was naturalised in 1945. He was prominent in the Jewish community until he returned to Germany

PXE 1135
Album 1 - Inscribed, 'Photos meiner sieber kollektion in St. Petersberg 1914-1917 [silver collection in St. Petersberg 1914-1917]
Contains 44 photographs of silver ornaments, drinking cups and plates as well as a cabinet with a mirror

Album 2 - Inscribed 'Photos aus de feit meines arbeist in Russland 1920-1924 [Russian photo album 1920-1924]
Contains 13 single and group portraits most featuring Dr Laserson-Larson

Album 3 - Inscribed 'Photos of prominent statesmen, Geneva 1932'
Contains 10 photographic portraits being:
1. Joseph Avenol, Secretary General of the League of Nations, 1932
2. Salvador de Madariaga, Spanish diplomat, 1932
3. Dr Wellington Woo, Ambassador of China, taken in Geneva, 1932
4. Edward Benes, Foreign Minister (later President) of Czechoslavakia
5. Albert Thomas, International Labour Office, taken in Geneva, 1932
6. Signed portrait of Professor Nicolas Politis, Greek diplomat, taken in Geneva, 1932
7.-8. 2 signed portraits of General W.T.Y. Tinge, Head of the Manchurian Mission in Europe, taken in Geneva, December 1932
9. Signed portrait of Tevik Rustu Aras, Turkish Foreign Minister, taken in Geneva, January 1933
10. Signed portrait of Fracesc Macia, President of Generalitat of Catalonia

Album 4 - Inscribed, 'Photos non reussies: Egypte, Iran, Palestine, Ceylon, New Zealand, India'
Contains 96 photographic prints of Dr Laserson-Larson's travels around the world, 1935-ca. 1940, including images of Port Said, Egypt; Suez Canal; Alexandria, Egypt; Cairo; Syria, Baghdad (including the Tigris River and prisoners waiting behind bars for their cases to be heard in court); streets and beaches of Tel Aviv, Palestine (including group portraits); women building workers in Haifa, Palestine; group portraits on board ship traveling from Haifa to Marseilles, France, May 1935; Poland, including street scenes of the Jewish Ghetto and the Jewish cemetery at Ostrog; Milan, Italy; street scenes in Colombo, Ceylon; Lady Macquarie's Seat, Sydney, N.S.W.; Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand; Perth, W.A., Bombay and a fishing boat at Cochin in India; Jewish cemetery in Aden

9 loose photographs including:
6 portraits of Dr Laserson-Larson dated, St. Petersberg, March 1916; Sydney, November 1935, 4 March 1941 and 3 taken in January 1942; portrait of Dr Laserson-Larson and his wife Hildegard walking in Cannes, France; portrait of Boris Tchlenow; photo of African (?) artifacts

R 1106
6 items of realia being:
Item 1
1 Golden Eagle with cross (award) in a box
Item 2
1 seal (wax?) inscribed, 'Commission Pour la Realisation Des Valeurs a Moscou'
Items 3-4
2 commemorative medals from the League of Nations in Geneva, 1932 and 1933
Items 5-6
2 badges for international congresses (World Jewish Congress, Geneva 1936 and Red Cross Congress, 1937)

Forms part of MLMSS 2336

Out of copyright: Created before 1955
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