Agency:
George Benjamin Davies
Agency Number:
Start Date:
10 Apr 1900
End Date:
31 Dec 1964
Description:
George Benjamin Davies was a Tasmanian photographer. He was the honorary secretary for the Southern Camera Club in the early 1920s, recording details in their minute book (1917-1922) and including newspaper clippings giving detailed coverage of club activities. Davies created stereoscopic photographs and glass lantern slides. He lived in Hobart until 1947 when he moved to Stanley in the North West. While in Hobart he lived with his parents, John Thomas Davies and Louisa Rebecca at 111 Patrick Street, West Hobart. In Stanley he worked as a law clerk for Kenric Laughton and his son Richard. Davies died at Smithton Hospital in 1964. Several portraits of G B Davies can be found in the series PH30.
Information Sources:
Phillip Davies Sims, 2019.
Related Agencies:
Southern Tasmania Camera Club (NG1464) | 01 Jan 1917 |
Series Created By Agency:
NS6934 Lantern Slides | 01 Jan 1913 | 31 Dec 1929 |
NS6539 Album of Photographs of Tasmanian Scenes | 01 Jan 1920 | 31 Dec 1926 |
NS6706 Strathaird (Ship) Photographs | 01 Jan 1920 | 01 Jan 1935 |
NS6707 Shipping Views, Hobart (Transposed) | 01 Jan 1920 | 31 Dec 1935 |
NS6708 Working Prints | 01 Jan 1920 | 01 Jan 1920 |
NS6710 Sets of Tasmanian Images (Transparencies) | 01 Jan 1920 | 31 Dec 1930 |
NS6713 Photographs of Activities and Outings of the Southern Tasmanian Camera Club | 01 Jan 1920 | 31 Dec 1930 |
NS6717 Miscellaneous Photographs | 01 Jan 1920 | 31 Dec 1935 |
NS6538 Stereoscopic Photographs and Envelopes | 01 Jan 1921 | 31 Dec 1927 |
NS6701 Photographs of Snow Scenes | 01 Jun 1921 | 31 Aug 1921 |