STANLEY MARTIN PHOTOGRAPHER LAUNCESTON

[Mike]

I just recently came across this real photo postcard by Stanley Martin, Launceston. I have not heard of him before. A quick google did not get me far.

Does anyone have any information on Martin? Photo is c 1930 - 1940 I think.

Can anyone identify the location or the 5 ladies with their snow skis? The building on the left has what appears to be bluestone blocks.

Any information would be appreaciated.

[Mike]

Well I have the answer to one of my questions. A quick thought sent me back to my collection and I found the following 2 cards. Note that 1 of these cards is also a photograph by Stanley Martin.

The location of the 5 ladies is on the steps of Rainbow Lodge at Great Lake. I would still like to know any information on Stanley Martin.

[Ross Ewington]

This is a tough one .... after an hour or so of combing the internet I could only come up with two references
to Stanley Martin.

In a collection of Ship's Pictures at the Launceston Library, there is reference to a single undated newspaper
photo by a Stanley Martin:
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Chris Long, in his book "Tasmanian Photographers 1840 - 1940" refers to a "S. Martin" with very limited information
reading in it's entirety: "Press Photographer, Hobart c.1910 - c.1931. Launceston, 1931."

One would assume that this S. Martin is the very same as the photographer to which Mike's cards are attributed.

The other reference is to another example of the real photo PPC with photographer's index T.244 that Mike has illustrated,
available online at the State Library of Tasmania website.

The skiers are definitely in late 1920s/early 1930s attire so this "ties" that card with Martin operating out of Launceston rather than Hobart.
Rainbow Chalet was at Breona which leads me to a "postal question" ..... was the Tiagarra then Breona telephone office at Rainbow Chalet
at any time during it's operation?

[Kevin Reed]

For biographical information about the Tasmanian born photographer, Stanley Martin (1904-1935) refer Reed (1998) The Widows of Tullow, pp 193, 210-212. Some of his photographs appear in the book - which is held in the National Library and the Tasmanian and Victorian State Libraries. He worked in Sydney and Brisbane for 3 years in the mid 1920s. His work relates mainly to Tasmania, 1922-1932.

[Mike]

Thankyou Kevin for this information.

Mike.

[Mike]

Noticed a good photo by S.Martin in the book "The Brothers Taylor, A Tasmanian Maritime History".

See page 111 - "The Launceston Marine Board's small tug Tarinna, commanded by Herbert Taylor for many years".

This book is well worth acquiring if you do not have it.