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Set Name : Single Player Photos
- Set : H9
- Year : 1935-63
- Brand name : Boyles Chas Photography
- Size (mm) : 90 x 130
- Rarity : 7
- Number of Items : Unknown
- Comment : Charles Boyles primarily took photos of Australian Rules Football teams and players. He appears to have started this football work in the late twenties. He continued through the 1930's, the years of the Second World War, and then right up to his final photos in the early sixties. Unlike most commercial photographers, Charles Boyles did not wait for customers to come to him. Boyles set up his camera on training nights, and on game days took posed team photos after the players had run onto the ground. These were sold directly to the clubs, players and general public. On Saturdays, at the games, the photographer's son Harley Boyles (and others) would take a satchel of mixed photos and sell them throughout the game. Unlike newspaper photos, therefore, a Boyles photo was something you could own, take home, and treasure.
Information sourced from Mike Riley and Ken Mansell at http://boylesfootballphotos.net.au.
