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Sylvia Evans in the library at Alwyn, Arncliffe, ca. 1927 / Alan Evans  
 
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Title: Sylvia Evans in the library at Alwyn, Arncliffe, around 1927 / Alan Evans
 
Creator: Evans, Alan Spearman, 1902-1963
 
Date: [c1927]
 
Format: [Photograph] 1 photonegative: b&w ; 13.5 x 8 cm.
 
Place: Alwyn (Arncliffe, N.S.W.)
 
Subject: Evans, Sylvia Winifred, 1902-1995.
private libraries
domestic interiors
seagrass
books
bookshelves
cane chairs
leisure time
radiators, electric
reading
rugs
wicker furniture
 
Description: Sylvia Evans reading in the library at Alwyn, 16 Loftus Street, Arncliffe, the home of Alan and Sylvia Evans. This is one of a series of photographs that appear to celebrate the completion of the couple's newly-built home. Alan Evans was an enthusiastic and prolific amateur photographer who worked as an accountant for the firm of Davis Gelatine Australia Ltd.
 
Provenance: Estate of Sylvia Evans.
 
Source: Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection ; Evans Collection: EC4/ALW/N/78-87/79
 
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Record no: 31263