In this collection of black and white photograph wallets are two from Egypt in World War l , several from Sydney and Perth , Western Australia , in the l920-l930s . Bought at garage sales, old wares markets and in antique and op shops , some of them contained negatives and prints .
The one from Tilley's Photographic Merchants , Hay Street, Perth , offers special attention to tourists' orders in the pocket . It says some of the enclosed negatives in the pocket are suitable for enlarging, and framed , would make handsome pictures. Enlarging cost from sixpence ,five cents, each . Lantern slides could also be made from negatives , old and faded prints copied.
Included in the WA negatives were groups of women , people standing in a field of wheat , a car in several , a close up of an oval , some shops .
The Hesma Film Wallet , dated 23/9/ l920 or 28 , from the Herbert Small camera supply shop in Pitt Street ,Sydney , contains negatives and prints of Port Adelaide, S.S. Largs Bay , inside Sydney Harbour and The Heads , passengers disembarking . Written on the back of a print, dated March 6, 1928, was the information that there had had been a strike in Sydney , prior to a trip to Tasmania , and the Largs Bay crew were photographed doing boat drill , the stewards boat making for the vessel .
Now in this age of blinding colour and dazzling digital cameras , taking black and white photographs is growing in popularity..There are tips for taking black and white photos in the digital age . Think monochrome , is the message .
In black and white , long gone Kodak shop sign, with pigeons, above , in Flinders Street, Townsville. The various Kodak wallets in the display list associated camera shops throughout Australia and New Zealand , including Townsville, strangely, not Cairns . Townsville's last real camera shop, Kemp's, closed at least two years ago .
Adventurous Magnetic Island artist Steve Crowe recently painted a seascape in black and white which went on display at the Townsville Art Society Castletown jump in shop .
Adventurous Magnetic Island artist Steve Crowe recently painted a seascape in black and white which went on display at the Townsville Art Society Castletown jump in shop .
