Vincent Kelly and the people of Bendigo at State Library Victoria

Vincent Kelly and the people of Bendigo video https://youtu.be/nHxsxU8Kc2M

In 2016 the State Library Victoria received a large donation of glass plate negatives from the studio of Bendigo commercial photographer Vincent Kelly. This collection of photographs dates from the first half of the 20th century and is an important and fascinating record of Bendigo’s social history. Librarians have been working to try and identify the subjects. In this video they share what they have discovered and several of their favourite images. Drawing on this extraordinary archive of Vincent Kelly’s photographs, librarians show some of the tips and tricks they used in tracing the subjects.

For more information:

Piecing together the lives of soldiers https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/piecing-together-the-lives-of-soldiers/

Vincent Kelly photographic studio, Bendigo: a collection of early 20th-century photographs https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/6%20State%20Library%20Victoria%20staff%20-%20Vincent%20Kelly%20photographic%20studio%2C%20Bendigo.pdf