Showgirls

Date: [circa 1945-1949]

From: Unwin, William Henry, 1909-1992: Papers relating to the life and career of musician Harry Unwin

Reference: fMS-Papers-11909-3

Description: Contains menu from Sammy Lee's nightclub in Sydney. Also 'Man' magazine poster of Sammy Lee's showgirl Nanette Allan, wearing a leopard skin "Trixy of London" swimsuit (Nov 1949). On rear of of this image there is an illustration of a topless woman wearing a grass skirt. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter

Date: [ca 1947-1977]

From: Unwin, William Henry, 1909-1992: Papers relating to the life and career of musician Harry Unwin

Reference: fMS-Papers-11909-6

Description: Contains newspaper clippings collected by Harry Unwin relating to show business, entertainers, and Sydney's nightclubs, circa 1946 to 1950s. Clippings relate to people including actor John O'Malley, performer Don Nicol, showgirl Nanette Allan, magician and singer Tex Morton, actress and dancer Billie Ponds, nightclub performer Nellie Small, musician Horrie Dargie, actor Phillip Jay (his arrest at Bondi Beach), hypnotist Rooklyn, and Mr New Zealand John Penman. Contains feature articles on the nightclubbing scene in Sydney (with Sammy Lee's nightclub in Kings Cross featured), beauty pageants (including Pacific Neptune's Daughter), and Tivoli producer Bob Barre taking performers to the United States. Also contains a 1977 article about "Pornpals". Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter (with some Mss annotations)

Date: [ca 1940s-1950s]

From: Unwin, William Henry 1909-1992: Photographs relating to the life and career of musician Harry Unwin

By: Ascot Photographers (Christchurch, N.Z.); Cabaret Candid Photography; Smith, Robert H, active 1952

Reference: PAColl-10379-6

Description: Photographs of various women in Harry Unwin's life, 1940s-1950s, some of whom he may have been romantically involved with. Taken by a range of photographers, many of whom are unidentified. - Contains portraits of women, many of whom have autographed and sent their image to Unwin. Includes studio portraits and glamour photographs. Some first names are given, including "Norma", "Glad", "Miskey", "Betty", "Mona", "Margaret", 'Joan", and "Elvie", but many are unidentified. One image features a topless woman on the beach. - Includes a series of images of dancer Billie Ponds. These include professional stage shots in costume and studio portraits that she has given to Unwin. Ponds has autographed or annotated the rear of a number of the images. Also includes images of Unwin and Ponds together by a fountain and at a railway station, and Ponds with an older woman [possibly her mother?]. Another series features a blond woman identified only as "Elese" and includes professional portraits in a swimsuit and high-heeled shoes on a beach as well as informal snapshots [possibly taken by Unwin?]. One portrait is signed "To Harry, with fondest regards, Elese". Elese and Unwin are photographed together holding a koala and with a koala sitting on the back of an Alsatian dog, drinking in evening wear, holding hands, and outside Christchurch Cathedral (with Elese in a [adult Girl Guide?] uniform). - Named photographers include Cabaret Candid Photography, 'Truth' and 'Daily Mirror' feature service, Capitol Studio (Brisbane), Doug Balmer, Ascot Photographers (Christchurch), Robert H Smith (Wellington), Maxim Studio (Western Australia), and Majestic Studios (Coburg, Melbourne). Quantity: 57 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints

Date: 2001

From: Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- :Digital caricatures and cartoons

Reference: DX-003-037

Description: Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 2004

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

By: Bay news (Periodical)

Reference: DCDL-0008436

Description: Shows the Ponsonby Post Office as a bursleque dancer and kicking up her heels. An old person with a walking stick says that it is shameful. Refers to the old Ponsonby Post Office being converted into a drinking establishment. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s). Processing information: This cartoon file was donated to the library with no file extension. On recommendation of the Digital Archivist and with the consent of the donor, a ".jpg" file extension was added to this file in order to ensure it was readable and accessible.

Date: 2009

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DCDL-0010947

Description: Two men walk along a footpath in Hamilton talking about the V8 400 car racing. One of them was more interested in the Grid girls that the cars it seems. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2003

By: Walker, Malcolm, 1950-

Reference: DCDL-0008467

Description: Shows a cartoon of Malcolm Walker's embroidered by a Sydney craft group. Shows three can-can dancers kicking up their legs on a stage surrounded by balloons. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).