Wednesday, December 8, 2021

THE ULTIMATE AUSTRALIAN HOME MOVIES

            

 Another  item of  interest in the latest  Douglas Stewart  Fine Books, Melbourne , list  is the   above  1939 , 16pp , Sydney  catalogue, with  an art deco design cover,  offering  home  movie cameras  and projectors  which   were   the   preserve of  the  wealthiest  level  of   Australian  societyTop of  the range projectors sold for up to 72 pound , the average wage for  a male in 1939  seven pound a  week , four  for  a  female . With a price of $100, the catalogue  apparently  sold   quickly.