• 85/1497 Crucibles (6), ceramic, used at Sydney Observatory workshop, maker unknown
  • 85/1498 Ladles (2), (metallurgists), iron, used at Sydney Observatory workshop, maker unknown, c 1950
  • 85/1499 Pit saw, steel blade, wooden handle, used at Sydney Observatory workshop, maker unknown, 1950-1960
  • 85/1500 Pitch-fork, (garden or hay), used at Sydney Observatory workshop, 1930-1950
  • Two rain gauge measuring cylinders.
    85/1913 Rain gauges (2), measuring cylinders, glass, made by Angelo Tornaghi, used at Sydney Observatory, New South Wales, Australia, 1861-1900
  • 85/1914 Sieve, cylindrical, copper, used at Sydney Observatory workshop, [Australia]
  • 85/1915 Funnel, conical, ceramic, size 6 (or 9), used at Sydney Observatory workshop, [1930-1950]
  • 85/1916 Mortar & pestle, ceramic, used at Sydney Observatory workshop, made in [England]
  • 85/1917 Cylinder, glass, graduated, used at Sydney Observatory
  • 85/1918 Cylinder, glass, graduated, stoppered, used at Sydney Observatory, Australia, 20th century
  • 85/1919 Measuring vessel, possibly rain gauge, glass with spout, used at Sydney Observatory
  • 85/1920 Tubing (2 pieces), chemical glassware, used at Sydney Observatory
  • 85/1921 Watch glasses (2), used at Sydney Observatory
  • 85/1922 Test tube, fused silica, used at Sydney Observatory
  • 85/1923 Tube, sealed glass, containing liquid, used at Sydney Observatory
  • 85/1924 Glass discharge tube, used at Sydney Observatory
  • 85/1925 Discharge tubes (3), glass, (containing powders), used at Sydney Observatory
  • 85/1926 Vessels (5), glass, handblown, used at Sydney Observatory
  • 85/1927 Filter flask, glass, used at Sydney Observatory, Crown, Australia
  • 85/1928 Boiling flasks (2), glass, used at Sydney Observatory
  • 85/1929 Funnel & filter chamber, porcelain/glass, used at Sydney Observatory, Buchner's, Japan/England
  • 85/1930 Roentgen tubes (2), X-ray, used at Sydney Observatory, Newton & Co, London, England

Names

Bob Lucas Australian Cinema Archive

IDs

2069

http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/collection=Bob_Lucas_Archive

Descriptions

An archival collection relating to Australian cinema, collected by Robert (Bob) Lucas, who was the Chief Technician of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in Australia. The archive dates from 1927 to 1987.

Robert Lucas commenced work as a lolly boy at the Haymarket Theatre in the mid 1920s and was employed by MGM in the late 1920s. Robert remained an employee of MGM for 45 years until his retirement in 1973 as the chief technical officer. This archive documents his life and career in cinema exhibition from the mid 1920s to the late 1980s. It offers a highly detailed and personal insight into the activities of the chief technical officer of a premier cinema chain. The archival material includes high quality commercial photographic prints of now demolished cinema interiors such as 'The Regent' / 'Plaza Talkies' (Melbourne) and records of the controversy surrounding the introduction of drive-in cinemas in Australia. The period covered by the archive demonstrates the changing culture in the presentation, promotion and technology of theatrical exhibition - ranging from the richly illustrated and quirky 1930s Loewe's theatre management training manual to prospectuses for new theatre multiplex developments of the 1980s. The donor's archive is rich in images, offers technical detail and illustrates a colourful life and career in cinema exhibition. There are also a number of objects in the Powerhouse collection that support and complement the archival material. These were also donated by the Lucas family and include projectors, projector lenses, cinema audio amplification system and cinema testing and measuring instruments.

1987

Some material included in this collection may be subject to copyright.

By appointment - Powerhouse Archives

Selected material is available on the Powerhouse Museum Website. Further material is held at the museum. A PDF guide to the full archive is available on the Museum Website (2007/191/1).

Subjects

Archives; Correspondence; Photographs

Australian cinema

Bob Lucas; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Films

Coverage Spatial

Australia

Coverage Temporal

1927

1987

Related Collections

Dates

2012-05-30 23:40