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Hubert Rutherford Purnell [B 15055] • Photograph

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Summary

Hubert Rutherford Purnell, Librarian, Public Library of South Australia 1913-1944. He was appointed Principal Librarian of the Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of South Australia and emigrated from England in 1913 to take up this position. He enlisted in 1916 as a Bombardier and embarked from Melbourne on the HMAT A15 "Port Sydney" in 1917. He was actively involved in the establishment of Friends of the Public Library Society in Adelaide. He created the country lending service

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Physical description

Photograph; 15.8 cm x 11 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1940

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Purnell, H. Rutherford (Hubert Rutherford), 1882-1944
Librarians -- South Australia

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Digitisation information

Date

07/07/2006

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,431 x 3,462 pixels (8.4 MP)

Size

25.28 MB

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