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9630951
  • Title
    File 5: Aerial photographs of Fanning Island Cable Station, 1926
  • Call number
    PXE 1747/Box 1/Items 1-5
  • Level of description
    file
  • Date

    1926
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    9630951
  • Physical Description
    5 photographs (1 folder) - 20 x 35 cm. - gelatin silver
  • Scope and Content
    The Pacific Cable Board was responsible for laying the underwater cable across the Pacific Ocean. Elizabeth's father, Robert Cotter, worked as a morse telegraphist.

    The images are numbered 1-4 with 5 being a copy of no. 4. It is possible to line the images together for a complete landscape view of the station. Inscribed on image is "C.R.D. 1926".
  • Copying Conditions
    Out of copyright: Created before 1955
    Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
  • General note

    A folder of 5 loose photographs stored together with album in box.
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