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Postcards of 'La Milo' [i.e. Pansy Montague], ca. 1906

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    Postcards of 'La Milo' [i.e. Pansy Montague], ca. 1906

    Call numbers

    PXB 479

    Record identifier

    1bGdWzrY

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    Postcards of 'La Milo' [i.e. Pansy Montague], ca. 1906

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    Postcards of 'La Milo' [i.e. Pansy Montague], ca. 1906

    Full title

    Postcards of 'La Milo' [i.e. Pansy Montague], ca. 1906

    Date

    Sydney : States Publishing Co., [ca. 1906]

    Call Numbers

    PXB 479

    Record Identifier

    1bGdWzrY

    Formats

    Pictures, Photographs and Prints

    — Physical Description

    Contents

    6 photomechanical prints - 13.8 x 8.6 cm - postcards, duotone

    — Other Descriptions

    Level of description

    Fonds

    Access and use

    Copying Conditions

    Out of copyright : Created before 1955

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    Subjects

    Subjects and topics

    performers postcards Entertainers--Australia. Women entertainers. Postcards--Australia. Adult Females Montague, Pansy

    More information

    — SCOPE AND CONTENTS

    Contents

    A series of six postcards, produced in an early duo-tone process, showing 'La Milo' in a variety of poses. In some of the postcards she appears semi-nude. She is draped in a sheer piece of fabric which is draped in a different way in each photograph. In some of the photographs a blossom tree and branches are used as props.

    — ALTERNATIVE TITLES

    Full title

    Postcards of 'La Milo' [i.e. Pansy Montague], ca. 1906

    — NOTES

    Date note

    Dated by Curator of Photographs, Mitchell Library, November 2010

    Description source

    Postcards titled 'La Milo'

    — CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION

    Source

    Purchased from Jane Lennon, Ancanthe, November 2010

    Administrative / Biographical history

    'La Milo' or 'The Modern Milo' were the stage names of the pose plastique performer Pansy Montague. She first appeared on stage at the Alexandra Theatre in Melbourne ca. 1900. In 1905, 'The Modern Milo' presented a 'Fac-simile of Ancient and Modern Statuary and Sculpture' in a series of poses plastiques for Harry Rickards's variety theatres. In 1906 she went to England where under the name 'La Milo' she began a long theatrical career.

    Reference:
    Dictionary of Australian Artists Online. http://www.daao.org.au/ (accessed 31 December 2010)...

    Identifiers

    — PRIMARY IDENTIFIERS

    Call Numbers

    PXB 479

    Record Identifier

    1bGdWzrY

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    https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1bGdWzrY

    — OTHER IDENTIFIERS

    Reference code

    915752

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