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Title
File 1: Papers of Major Francis Edward De Groot regarding the opening of Sydney Harbour Bridge. Volume 2: Photographs and documents, 1932-1948
Creator
Francis Edward De Groot, 1888-1969
Call number
A 4946
Level of description
file
Date

1932-1948
Type of material
Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs
Reference code
433104
Issue Copy
Digitised
Physical Description
37 potographs - 24 x 30 cm. or smaller - silver gelatin photoprints, some cardboard mounted
0.01 metres of textual material - typescript, manuscript
Scope and Content
Photographs illustrating "De Groot incident":
1-2. De Groot cutting ribbon
3. Re-tying ribbon
4-9. Arrest of De Groot [incl. 3 dups]
10. Taken as Capt. de-Groot was dragged off his horse
11. Tying up the severed ribbon after Capt. de-Groot had been arrested
12. [Official] cutting the ribbon
13. After cutting of ribbon
14-15. De Groot mounted on Miss Reichard's horse
16-19. Miss Reichard's horse
20. Portrait of De Groot by Harold Cazneaux
22. Miss Reichard with her horse
23. Campbell and De Groot entering court
24. Plaque presented to De Groot
25. Officials at opening ceremony
26. Officials, crowd & military troops at opening ceremony
27. Aerial view of crowds walking across Sydney Harbour Bridge
28. Aerial view of crowds in Hyde Park, waiting to feed onto Bridge. City and Darling Harbour in background
29. Aerial view of Sydney Harbour Bridge, looking south to north
30. Procession of ships crossing under Sydney Harbour Bridge
31. Crowds walking across Sydney Harbour Bridge
32. View of Bridge taken from underneath, at harbour level
33. Ship passing under Sydney Harbour Bridge
34. Sydney Harbour and Bridge
35. Sydney Harbour Bridge by night
36. N.S.W. Lancers, escort at opening
37. View of Sydney Harbour Bridge

Manuscripts:
21. Letter from Harold Cazneaux to De Groot, undated
21b. Stamped, franked envelope addressed to De Groot in Cazneaux's hand, postmarked 15 April
38. The Opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge by Francis Edward De Groot [De Groot's account of the opening]
39. Letter from the ABC to De Groot, 11 Aug. 1948
40. Interview with Major De Groot [re Bridge opening]
40a. Envelope from ABC addressed to De Groot, postmarked 12 Aug '48
Copying Conditions
Copyright restrictions may apply: This collection has multiple rights owners. Unpublished material whose authors died more than 70 years ago is out of copyright. Duration of copyright differs for material that has been made public.
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Variant title

Spine title: De Groot papers vol. 2, opening of Sydney Harbour Bridge
General note

Microfilm copy available at CY 4541, frames 1-123
Signatures / Inscriptions

"F E De Groot" -- signed on reverse of most images
"Cazneaux" -- signed in pencil on mount (14, 15)
"To Capt. De Groot with compliments / H. Cazneaux" -- handwritten in pencil on reverse (10, 11)
"Cazneaux" -- signed in pencil on reverse (12, 25, 26, 33, 35)
"May Moore, Sydney" -- signed in pencil on mount (36)
"Milton Kent, airplane photo, Sydney" -- embossed at lower right (28, 30)
"Copyright photo by Sydney Morning Herald" -- stamped on reverse (23)
"Copyright aerial photo / Milton Kent / Sydney" -- stamped on reverse (28, 30)
Creator/Author/Artist
Cazneaux, Harold, 1878-1953
Kent, Milton
Name
De Groot, Francis Edward, 1888-1969
Place
Sydney Harbour Bridge (Sydney, N.S.W.)
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