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Charles Edward Boyles 1888-1971, (photographer)
" Charles Boyles was born in 1888 in Merino, N.W. Victoria. He made it his business to be wherever sporting action was going on and as the VFL and Association had no permanent official photographer, became the "unofficial official" VFL photographer. As well as capturing every team and taking portraits and full length photos of the heroes of the day, he also photographed other sporting teams including soccer. Charles Boyles realised very early the appeal of a photograph to people having an outing, and set up a portable studio at St Kilda, with the help of his son he took portraits and printed them for 3d a photo. With the arrival of the American forces in World War II, Charles traveled far and wide photographing American servicemen anxious to have a photograph to send back home. One of his frequent visits was to Ballarat where the Marines were camped, photographing their impromptu baseball games. Charles Boyles died in 1971 "
In regards to the photo donated to the NLA by a family member
"Football players assembled for a team photo in front of a brick wall, full length, front row sitting on ground, middle row seated, back row standing. Players are wearing light coloured guernseys with horizontal stripes, with a man in the middle wearing a uniform "
Would be great to identify some of the players and the year of the photo as its undated , this piece of Club history could then be updated for the NLA archives
Charles Edward Boyles 1888-1971, (photographer)
" Charles Boyles was born in 1888 in Merino, N.W. Victoria. He made it his business to be wherever sporting action was going on and as the VFL and Association had no permanent official photographer, became the "unofficial official" VFL photographer. As well as capturing every team and taking portraits and full length photos of the heroes of the day, he also photographed other sporting teams including soccer. Charles Boyles realised very early the appeal of a photograph to people having an outing, and set up a portable studio at St Kilda, with the help of his son he took portraits and printed them for 3d a photo. With the arrival of the American forces in World War II, Charles traveled far and wide photographing American servicemen anxious to have a photograph to send back home. One of his frequent visits was to Ballarat where the Marines were camped, photographing their impromptu baseball games. Charles Boyles died in 1971 "
In regards to the photo donated to the NLA by a family member
"Football players assembled for a team photo in front of a brick wall, full length, front row sitting on ground, middle row seated, back row standing. Players are wearing light coloured guernseys with horizontal stripes, with a man in the middle wearing a uniform "
Would be great to identify some of the players and the year of the photo as its undated , this piece of Club history could then be updated for the NLA archives
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