Laurie Richards, elderly citizens, indoor bowling, North Melbourne Town Hall, 1959
Summary
A promotional black and white photograph for Melbourne City Council of a group of elderly people playing bowls at North Melbourne Town Hall on 6 November, 1959.
Laurie Richards was a professional photographer who began his career as a photo-journalist, working for the Advertiser newspaper in Adelaide, and the Argus and Herald newspapers in Melbourne. In 1953, he opened his own photography business working mainly in advertising and public relations.
When Richards retired in 1976, Henk Rem, one of his employees, carried on the business. When the business closed in 1991, Rem offered the Laurie Richards collection of negatives (approximately 120,000) to the Arts Centre's Performing Arts Collection. The Arts Centre decided to retain all images with performing arts content, and offered the remainder (approximately 85,000) to Museum Victoria.
