Agency:
Leonard Standish Shirley
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Jan 1942
Description:
Leonard (Len) Standish Shirley (1942- ) was a Victorian born electrician who in the 1960s worked in Tasmania for CM Bell electrical contractors. An amateur photographer, Shirley photographed the sites that he visited including Consolidated Home Industries (CHI) project sites. On the weekends he would take images of the west-coast area on his pentax spotmatic (35mm slides), roliflex (6x6cm), and voighlander bessa 2 (6x9cm). Shirley's great grandfather at one time ran the 'Man at the Wheel' Hotel in Hobart.
Information Sources:
L S Shirley.
Functions Performed:
Arts and culture
Series Created By Agency:
NS6875 Photographs - Construction Work and Scenery West Coast | 01 Jan 1960 | 31 Dec 1969 |
NS6920 Film - Construction Work on Tasmania's West Coast | 01 Jan 1960 | 31 Dec 1969 |