Photographs of Sydney Harbour, including construction of the Spit Bridge

PXA 7717
SLIDES 403

fonds

between 1925 and 1958

Graphic Materials, Photographs

9676416

21 photographic prints - 9 x 14 cm and smaller
26 slides - 500 x 500 mm - colour

Donor inherited collection from her mother in 2022.

21 black and white photographic prints and 26 Kodachrome colour slides depicting various locations around Sydney. Three blank sheets of monogrammed notepaper, two from the Hydro Majestic Hotel in Medlow Bath, Blue Mountains, and one from Parliament New South Wales.

PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS - PXA 7717
7 photographs relating to Middle Harbour, Sydney, and the construction of the second incarnation of the Spit Bridge between Mosman and Seaforth from 1952, including signage for the Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Co. Ltd.
5 photographs of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and its construction.
3 photographs of the Greengate Hotel in Killara prior to its 1943 rebuild.
3 photographs of Sydney Centennial Park, Narrabeen Lakes and the HMS Aquitania, the latter inscribed "taking Australian troops to the Middle East during WW2 leaving Sydney Harbour".
3 photographs of flooding at Bombala, New South Wales, taken 22 June 1952. 1 photograph shows the recreation grounds and tennis clubhouse, and 2 photographs show the Olympia Theatre.

SLIDES - SLIDES 403
7 slides of the SS Arcadia passenger ship in Sydney Harbour, captioned "Sydney Queen's first visit".
13 slides of locations around Sydney including the Opera House, Circular Quay, Woolloomooloo and Darling Harbour 1950, the Spit Bridge 1950 and North Sydney.
5 slides of aircraft at Sydney Kingsford-Smith Airport, Mascot, from Trans-Australian Airlines and Australian National Airways.
1 slide of "road to Sydney from Blue Mountains", the Great Western Highway.

This material is held in cold storage and requires 3 working days notice to retrieve. Please submit your request through Ask a Librarian - Applies to: SLIDES 403

Copyright restrictions may apply:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder

Most of the photographic prints are annotated with the location, and those captioned "Middle Harbour" bear the name of the photographer, Jeffrey Lister. Most of the slides are captioned and two are dated.

Date range based on the periods of construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the second Spit Bridge shown in the photographic prints, and the periods of operation for the two airline companies shown in slides.