Photograph album belonging to George Saunders, masseur for Olympic and Commonwealth Games teams c.1950s
Object Type
Photography/Photograph/Photograph album
Date Used
1950-1956
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Object Detail
Brief Description
A large photo album with 20 pages of photographs (black/white and colour) and postcards, with nine pages unused. George Saunders is the former owner and collected photographs from 1950 to 1956 from the Empire and Commonwealth Games and the Olympic Games. The objects are also of or from Singapore, Paris, England and Belfast. All photos are of athletes or places except for three loose photos, which are of Saunders or family. There are an additional 13 loose photographs in the album. The cover is brown and with a reptile skin appearance and in the lower right corner of the cover is gold printed text that reads "Photographs". There are two holes on the left edge for binding, however the album is no longer bound and all of the pages are loose.
Measurements
0 - Whole: H: 300 W: 405 D: 27mm (H: 11 13/16 W: 15 15/16 D: 1 1/16")
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Associated Person
Date Used
1950-1956
Location
In storage
Registration No
2006.4844
Credit Line
Kindly donated to the Australian Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum by the Saunders Family
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