Thorburn Brailsford Robertson (1884-1930)
Papers c1902-1990
MSS 574.19 R65pa
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Series 5 : Photographs
- Picture of portrait of Robertson as child (portrait done by one of the Staunton sisters?) Framed in Adelaide by M.H. Bayly.
- Robertson as young boy with radio set
- Partial photograph of Robertson at his wedding 1910?
- Robertson at Berkeley (frame bore ticket of H.S. Swasey, art dealer, Berkeley) 2 copies (1 in frame)
- Postcard of Jeannie and Robertson camping in California(?) 191?, inscribed on reverse ‘New Year from J.W. Robertson'
- Robertson with infant (daughter Judith? ca 1918?)
- Robertson in suit in laboratory (Berkeley ca 1910-20?)
- Robertson in lab coat (head and shoulders) Framed in Adelaide by M.H. Bayly.
- Robertson in light suit inside house (Adelaide 1920) Framed in Adelaide by M.H. Bayly.
- Robertson as young man (head and shoulders)
- Robertson studio portrait (inscribed on reverse of portfolio ‘Mrs Brailsford Robertson, Mt Lofty') OVERSIZE (in Map Cabinet); also small copy
- Robertson leaning on fence in garden at Mt Lofty (1920s?) Postcard full figure, and enlarged head of shoulders (framed in Adelaide by M.H. Bayly)
- Memorial in CSIRO Building, Kintore Ave: photograph of centre figure; and photograph from Sydney Morning Herald, 5 August 1931 p 14 of the memorial with sculptor Arthur Murch.
For a picture of Robertson at the Misses Staunton's School see Sea change: a pictorial history of the City of Holdfast Bay / Jim Blake and the Holdfast Bay History Centre (Kent Town, S. Aust.: Wakefield Press, 2012)
