Journeys in time: 'A Brief Encounter'

Author, Kev Franzi, as an aspiring young photograher tells of a brief encounter with Dr. Julian Smith, a leading portrait photographer as well as an eminent surgeon. Kev Franzi lived at 166 Wellington Parade, and Julian Smith lived at 36 Powlett Street. Includes some examples of Dr. Smith's work, among them a portrait of Oscar Hammerstein II who, when on theatrical tours in the 1920s, used to stay in a cottage behind 99 Hotham Street. He married the daughter of its owner. In Photographic Trader, Number 113.