John Frith c.1929
Photographer unknown
Reproduced courtesy of Jeffrey Frith
Before arriving in Australia in 1929, John Frith worked for Sale and Company, first in England and then in Japan. This photograph was taken shortly after he landed in Sydney and secured his first cartooning job with The Bulletin.
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