METHOD IN THE MADHOUSE

The engineer E.A. Hopkins was closely connected with the Sydney fun fair, Luna Park, during his whole working life. He kept a meticulous photographic record of the developments and changes at the Park, and these photographs were of pivotal importance for Dr. Holleley's researches for a doctoral thesis on Luna Park. In this article lie examines the methodological and theoretical implications of the use of photographs as archival material.—Eds.