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Title
Item 01: Royal Australian Historical Society : Sydney photographs, ca. 1879-1956
Call number
PXE 1281
Level of description
item
Date

ca. 1879-1956
Type of material
Graphic Materials, Textual Records, Photographs
Reference code
1012345
Issue Copy
Digitised
Physical Description
80 photographs - 25 x 29 cm or smaller - chiefly albumen or gelatin silver
2 textual records - 27 x 21 cm or smaller <br> - handwritten/typescript information sheets accompanying particular photos
Scope and Content
1. Construction of North Shore sewer, visit 25th November, 1925 [typescript specifications of the work by amateur photographer John Powell]
2-7. Construction of the North Shore sewer, 27-28 Nov. 1925 [various views]
8. Brasch's Corner, 7 Aug. 1925
9. Auburn Road
10. [Road widening in Macquarie Street with Stables in background]
11. Bay Road, Milson's Point. April 1st, 1925
12-13. New Town Station, to be demolished for widening of the railway tunnel. 29 Sep. 1925
14-17. Extension to Martin Place, 8 Jan. 1926 [various views]
18. Martin Place looking east, 1923
19. [Demolition work in George Street. In background] Nicholson's Pianos and Music
20. York Street, Wynyard Square. 6/11/25
21. Wynyard Square from Margaret St. 6/11/25
22. Temporary station, Milson's Point. 20 Mar. 1925
23. Two old houses, 158/160 Prince [sic.] St. 1 Sep. 1925
24. Wynyard Square taken from Wynyard Street - construction of city railway. 6/11/25
25. 39 Princes Street - the original home of Naval House. 1 Dec. 1926
26. 102 Philip [sic.] St. 4 Jan. 1926
27. 115 Princes Street in which Parson Reid, father of Sir George Reid resided. 1 Dec. 1926
28. St Pauls Church, Redfern. 9/11/25
29. Wesleyan Church, Prince [sic.] St. build on the site of the first one. 4 Jan. 1926
30. Ormond House, Oxford St.
31. Ormond House, Begg St.
32. Old buildings, Rocks area
33. Old mill, Goulburn St. West. 1924
34. Park Street: between George St. & Pitt St. - taken from Pitt Street. 27 Nov. 1925
35. Park Street: taken from Elizabeth St. 27 Nov. 1925
36. Old house being demolished. Corner Hunter & Philip [sic.] Street. 16/10/24
37. Market Street: taken from Hyde Park, Queens Square corner. 27 Mar. 1925
38. 43 Bent St., 1922
39. Hyde Park, 12 Oct. 1923
40. George Street, Sydney, 1907
41. Hales Ltd./Ruby Anne
42. Circular Quay, Sydney
43. Prince [sic.] St. Sydney, 1925
44-45. Tug taking passengers who usually travelled by ferry - ferry strike, 1910 [handwritten note and photoprint]
46. Burwood Railway Station in olden times
47. Departure of RMS Victoria, P&O, 1900
48-49. Prince [sic.] Street, Sydney, 1927
50-53. [Unidentified city streets and buildings]
54. Fort St.
55. Longueville Chambers
56. Dud shell carried by [?] Squad
57. Dud shell in Woollahra
58-59. House hit, Bellevue Hill
60. Arrival of Ross Smith at Mascot
61. Carthona, Darling Point
62. Circular Quay, 1884
63. The Hume-Barbour Debating Trophy for Boys' High Schools competition
64. [Aerial view of Sydney]
65. Circular Quay, Sydney
66. Waterview Bay, Balmain, 1879
68. [Unidentified image of man and 2 dogs outside a house. On reverse is] May 1891 Industrial Exhibition, Croydon certificate of merit
69. Lower Pitt St. Sydney
70-72. St Luke's Church, Liverpool [various views]
73. [Aerial view of Sydney Hospital]
74-5. The Royal Hotel, Windsor, taken prior to re-modelling, 1956
76. Auburn Engineering Works [incl. handwritten information sheet]
77. Ritchie Bros. Works [incl. handwritten information sheet]
78. Sydney Meat Preserving Works, Auburn [incl. handwritten information sheets]
79-80. 2 photographs of "Elizabeth Farm" taken by Mr Gadsby of the Department of Information and presented by that department, 25th July, 1946
Copying Conditions
Copyright status:: Photographs in this collection created before 1955 are all out of copyright. Photographs created after 1955 are in copyright.
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
General note

Digital order no:Album ID : 861874
Signatures / Inscriptions

Handwritten inscriptions on reverse identify and date most images
Conservation note

Some photographs are mounted on cardboard. Many mounts are brittle and dirty.
Creator/Author/Artist
Powell, John
Name
British Medical Association
Ritchie Brothers (Firm)
Sydney Meat Preserving Company
Subject
Adult Females
Adult Males
children
Topic
interiors
buildings, structures & establishments
churches
hospitals
hotels & taverns
houses
parks
processions
railway stations
roads & streets
sewerage pipes
shells (weapons)
ships
city & town views
tugboats
streetscapes
hostels
drinking fountains
trophies
construction sites
Place
North Sydney (N.S.W.)
Sydney (N.S.W.)
Hunter Street (Sydney, N.S.W.)
Pitt Street (Sydney, N.S.W.)
Hyde Park (Sydney, N.S.W.)
Hyde Park Barracks (Sydney, N.S.W.)
Princes Street (Sydney, N.S.W.)
Sydney Harbour (N.S.W.)
Burwood Railway Station (N.S.W.)
Martin Place (Sydney, N.S.W.)
Carthona (Darling Point, N.S.W.)
Balmain (N.S.W.)
Royal Hotel (Windsor, N.S.W.)
Auburn (N.S.W.)
Elizabeth Farm (House : Parramatta, N.S.W.)
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