Mora Studios Adelaide

[PrueM]

Unfortunately as with most businesses, once a photographic studio closed down its contents would have been either sold off or got rid of - in rare cases they might have been kept or donated to someone more interested in keeping them, such as a historical society, library etc. 

I'd suggest searching the State Library of SA for starters, and see if they have any of the Mora Studios negs/prints or other stuff.  Are you trying to find out whether they took a photograph of one of your relatives?

Cheers
Prue

[McGreevy]

Hi Prue

I am helping out with the  Lost Diggers on Facebook and we have come across the fact that in 1920 there were 10,000 negatives still in existence.

Have looked at the State Library of South Australia and have come up empty so far. It would be wonderful if we could trace these photos down.

Any ideas?

Many thanks
McG

[PrueM]

Do you know where the figure of 10,000 negs in 1920 came from?  That might be a starting point for your search...

The only other things I can suggest would be the obvious stuff like checking with all the state institutions in SA (museum, archive etc.) then moving on to the local ones (Adelaide City archives for example) and trying to find them that way.  They may of course have gone into private hands which would make things more difficult 

P.S.  Have move this topic to the Australia board for a wider audience 

[Aussie1947]

Hi,

South Australian Directory 1902 (Sands)
Photographers.
Mora studio, 51A Rundle st
Alphabetical
Mora" photographers and picture framers,
51A Rundle at and St Vincent at, P.A.

South Australian Directory 1922 (Sands)
RUNDLE STREET.
49A Mora Photo Studio

ditto 1924 & 1930

SA Government Gazette
10th Jan 1894 page 7.
There is a mention of Moro, Hammer & Rothwell, photographers of Rundle street Adelaide.

Regards
Gerry

[McGreevy]

Hi Prue and Gerry

Thanks for shifting the topic for me. The next piece of the puzzle is this....

10,000 NEGATIVES OF WW1 SOLDIERS? Newspaper Advertisement from 1920: The Register (Adelaide, SA ) Saturday 4 September 1920, Page 2 of 12...
REMOVAL OF G. A. ROGERS' STUDIO We have Removed from 138 Rundle Street to our Headquarters, corner of RUNDLE STREET and CHARLES STREET(opposite John Martin's), where our BEST WORK is done. We have 10,000 Soldiers' Negatives taken during the war. Duplicate orders may be had at any time at this address, 110 CHARLES STREET (OPPOSITE JOHN MARTIN & CO., LTD)

Many thanks
McG

[PrueM]

So was GA Rogers something to do with the Mora Studio? 

[McGreevy]

Hi Prue

So far this is all the information I have. But it would wonderful to see where these photos went.
 


Many thanks

McG

[Seoras]

George.A.Rogers seems to have been a seperate company Prue.I can only think that as they were all in competition they were all offering the same deals to soldiers.Which must mean many more negs somewhere possibly.

George.

[McGreevy]

Hi

Slightly off topic but I cam across this sheet of WW1 soldiers and was wondering if they can be separated into single photos.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/22298642?searchTerm=Battalion&searchLimits=l-illustrated%3DIllustrated

I think you are correct in that George A. Rogers was a competitor , but still the question remains , where did the photos go?