Historical information

Possibly part of a series of photographs taken at the Geoffrey Kaye Museum when it was located at the University of Melbourne in the late 1940s, photographer unknown. The photograph was reproduced in the book One Grand Chain : The History of Anaesthesia in Australia 1846 - 1962 : Volume 2 1934 - 1962, Gwen Wilson, edited by Jeanette Thirlwell Jones, on page 459.

Physical description

Black and white photography depicting a group of six male students rehearsing with anaesthetic apparatus. Five of the students are standing and one student on the left of the photograph is sitting and holding an inhaler to his face. There are two apparatus displayed.

Inscriptions & markings

•Handwritten in grey pencil on reverse: Frame 17
•Handwritten in blue ink on reverse: sample.
•Handwritten in grey pencil on reverse: 2 [in a circle]
•Handwritten in grey pencil on reverse: 15 [in a circle, with the 5 crossed out]
•Label which was originally glued to bottom on photograph which has since detached, written in all capitals with white ink on black paper: Students rehearsing with current apparatus, displayed in functional order and in section