Kings Cross, 1970-71 / photographed by Rennie Ellis
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Kings Cross, 1970-71 / photographed by Rennie Ellis
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PXE 858
Record identifier
Yr8RDDDn
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Kings Cross, 1970-71 / photographed by Rennie Ellis
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
2000 (from original photonegatives made 1970-1971)
Call Numbers
PXE 858
Record Identifier
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
— Physical Description
Contents
Photographs - 30.5 x 40.6 cm. and 40.6 x 30.5 cm. - 24 silver gelatin photoprints
— Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Reproduction Restricted
Terms of use
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Subjects
More information
— SCOPE AND CONTENTS
Contents
01. Golden Orchid Strip Club, Kings Cross 1970-71
02. Peace! US R & R sailors, Kings Cross 1970-71
03. Between Strips, Kings Cross 1970-71
04. Island Bar, Kings Cross 1970-71
05. Carlotta, Kings Cross 1970-71
06. R & R Servicemen, Kings Cross 1970-71
07. Dressing Room, Paradise Club, Kings Cross 1970-71
08. Yellow House, Kings...
— ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Full title
Kings Cross, 1970-71 / photographed by Rennie Ellis
Variant title
No. 21 previously titled : US servicemen and girls outside the Red Baron restaurant
Reference:
Rennie Ellis Archive, June 2012
— AUTHORS, ARTISTS AND CONTRIBUTORS
Author / Creator
— NOTES
General note
"The photographs were shot over a six months period during the latter part of 1970 and early 1971 at a time when American servicemen from Vietnam were enjoying R & R [Rest & Recreation] breaks in Sydney. Many of them hung out in the Cross where all sorts of services had sprung up to help relieve them of their dollars. It was a unique time in the hi...
Signature / Inscriptions
Signed, photographer's label & negative file numbers on reverse
Description source
Titles from Rennie Ellis Archive 2013
Published information
Several photographs were originally published in: Kings Cross Sydney ; a personal look at the Cross / by Rennie Ellis and Wesley Stacey. Melbourne : Thomas Nelson (Australia), 1971
— CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION
Source
Purchased July 2000
Exhibited in
No standing only dancing : photographs of Rennie Ellis
Identifiers
— PRIMARY IDENTIFIERS
Call Numbers
PXE 858
Record Identifier
Yr8RDDDn
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https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yr8RDDDn
— OTHER IDENTIFIERS
Reference code
411630
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