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446135
  • Title
    Jacob "Yarka" Lewis, 1912 / photographed by Rudolph Buchner
  • Creator
  • Call number
    P4/8
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    1912
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    446135
  • Physical Description
    Photographs - 1 carbon print - 87 x 64 cm.
  • General note

    Jacob 'Yarka' Lewis was an Australian champion trick roller-skater. In 1912, he was awarded a gold medal for jumping over a sequence of 14 chairs and three hurdles 3'9'' high (1.14 metres) placed along the line. As he cleared the last hurdle, he rotated his body to land on the backward roll. Buchner's enlargement was probably used in the foyer of the Royal Roller Rink at Moore Park, where Lewis was assistant manager. Source: ML Curator of Photographs, 2004
    Digital order no:a128959
  • Signatures / Inscriptions

    Rudolph Buchner / Photo / 1912 -- at lower right
  • Subject
  • Topic
  • Exhibited in

    Eye 4 photography - State Library of New South Wales (8 January - 29 May, 2005)
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