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Volunteers sending out election literature

Advertiser Newspapers Ltd., c. 1949, Photograph, SRG 168/1/58/60

Liberal and Country League volunteers, mostly women, working at trestle tables preparing election literature to be posted. The material has a portrait of the Premier Tom Playford. Stamps and envelopes and cake for refreshment can be seen on the table in the foreground. The location may be Liberal House on North Terrace.

Robin Millhouse, MP

Rembrandt Studio, c. 1962, Photograph, SRG 168/1/58/72

Robin Millhouse, member of the Liberal and Country League and Member for Mitcham.

Bishop Arthur N. Thomas

Rotary Photo, c. 1908, Photograph, SRG 94/A42/19/13

Formal portrait of the Right Reverend Arthur N. Thomas, Bishop of Adelaide.

James Gow

c. 1908, Photograph, SRG 94/A42/19/15

Portrait of altar boy, James Gow, of St George's Anglican Church, Goodwood.

Engelbrecht's Pioneer Distillery

c. 1895, Photograph, D 8084/5(Misc)

Portrait of Louis William Engelbrecht, J.C. Engelbrecht's eldest son.

Rosye F. Mortlock

Rembrandt Studio, c. 1935, Photograph, PRG 1445/8/8

A studio portrait of Mrs Rosye (Rosina) Forsyth Mortlock, nee Tennant, mother of John Tennant Mortlock. She died in 1939.

John T. Mortlock

Blodwen Thomas Studio, c. 1945, Photograph, PRG 1445/8/9

A studio portrait of John Tennant Mortlock, with the Mortlock coat of arms depicted on the studio backdrop.

Hans Heysen

Cazneaux, Harold, 1935, Photograph, PRG 737/2

Portrait of South Australian artist, Hans Heysen.

Anxious moments

Cazneaux, Harold, 1933, Photograph, PRG 737/6

Photographic portrait of Anaesthetist, Dr Frederick Bridges.

The Child, the Blossom

Cazneaux, Harold, c. 1934, Photograph, PRG 737/17

Portrait of Lorne Campbell, named 'Angela' by Cazneaux.

The Bamboo Blind

Cazneaux, Harold, c. 1915, Photograph, PRG 737/19

Portrait of Beryl Cazneaux, the daughter of the photographer.

Mask and Model

Cazneaux, Harold, c. 1914, Photograph, PRG 737/21

Portrait of South Australian born artist Gayfield Shaw with a mask. This print was exhibited at the London Salon of Photography, 1924, and the Fifth International Exhibition of the Pictorial Photographic Society of San Francisco, 1928.

Balloons

Cazneaux, Harold, c. 1933, Photograph, PRG 737/26

Portrait of Lorne Campbell, named 'Angela' by Cazneaux, holding three balloons.

'Royal Visit Decorations - Belfast, Northern Ireland'

c. 1938, Photograph, PRG 287/1/5/88

A decorative archway spans a Belfast street for the 'Royal Visit'. It is decorated with Union Jack flags and portraits of the King and Queen. A group of men are standing around a ladder, and young boys are in the street nearby.

Charles Mountford

c. 1962, Photograph, PRG 1218/34/194H

Portrait: Charles Mountford, South Australian ethnographer, anthropologist and photographer, photographed working in the field.

Mrs Alexandrina Seager

Cheer Up Society, c. 1919, Photograph, SRG 6/34/1

Portrait of 'Mrs Alexandrina Seager of Adelaide, founder of the Cheer-up Society Inc, October 1914 - 1919 World War I' [from back of photograph]. Mrs Seager is wearing the white dress and veil which constituted the uniform for the CUH volunteers, and has signed the front of the card 'with love A. Seager' in the bottom right hand corner.

A.A. and R.P. Nicholas

c. 1920, Photograph, PRG 1435/5/1

Informal portrait of Richard Nicholas (right) with his brother A.A. Nicholas. Both are wearing their Navy Cadet uniforms.

Richard Nicholas

c. 1940, Photograph, PRG 1435/5/2

Portrait of Richard Nicholas, wearing a volunteer badge in the lapel of his coat.

David J. Gordon

Hammer & Co., 1933, Photograph, PRG 520/11/3

Studio portrait of 'David J. Gordon - Chief Caledonian Society 1930-1933'.

Adelaide Inter-Varsity Lacrosse Team

1922, Photograph, PRG 520/12/4

Team portrait, with their trophy, of the 'Adelaide Inter-Varsity Lacrosse Team 1922. Adelaide 9 goals v Melbourne 7 goals. [Back row, from left] M.I.Formby, C.J.Glover, H.M.Bourke, L.B.Mathews, J.S.Kessel, E.F.West. [Front row, from left] J.R.Gordon, D.A.Dowling, H.M.Fisher (Vice Capt), G.A.Pavy (Captain), H.M.Rees, G.G.Johnston (Emergency), G.H.Howard'.