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Sylvia Evans standing beside the pool in the garden at Everglades, the Leura home of Mr & Mrs H. Van de Velde, October 1938 / Alan Evans
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Title:
Sylvia Evans standing beside the pool in the garden at Everglades, the Leura home of Mr & Mrs H. Van de Velde, October 1938 / Alan Evans
Creator:
Evans, Alan Spearman, 1902-1963.
Date:
October 1938
Format:
1 photonegative : b&w ; 6 x 9 cm. 1 photoprint : b&w ; 15 x 20 cm.
Inscription:
Negative is one of 19 in an envelope titled "Everglades, Leura", taken October 1938 with S.S. Pan film. Photograph is mounted on an album page with the title "No, don't push her in" lettered beneath the image.
Subject:
Everglades (Leura, N.S.W.)
historic gardens
pools
retaining walls
terraces (landform)
eucalypts
Evans, Sylvia Winifred, 1902-1995.
Description:
Described as a swimming pool in Nora Cooper "Everglades, the lovely home at Leura, N.S.W. of Mr & Mrs H. Van de Velde" in Australian Home Beautiful April 1938, pp.29-34, 56-57. According to an article in The Home, December 1938 pp.42-43, the raised lawn around the old Eucalyptus tree was used for sunbaking.
Provenance:
Estate of Sylvia Evans
Source:
Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection ; Evans Collection: EC18/PRO/N/1-19/4
Rights:
You may save or print this image for research and study. If you wish to use it for any other purposes, you must contact Museums of History NSW to request permission.
Material Type:
Picture
Record number:
34023
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