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Title
Melvin Vaniman collection of photographic panoramas, 1903-1904
Creator
Melvin Vaniman, 1866-1912
Level of description
fonds
Date

1903-1904
Type of material
Graphic Materials, Photographs
Reference code
413018
Issue Copy
Digitised
Physical Description
25 photographic prints - platinum
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

Melvin Vaniman (1866-1912), an American adventurer, singer, aeronaut and photographer, had a passion for taking photographs from unusual vantage points such as ship's masts and balloons.
Vaniman arrived in Sydney in February 1903 and left Australia in August 1904. During that time he travelled extensively throughout the country.
References:
A different perspective : Vaniman, the acrobatic photographer / State Library of New South Wales, Sydney : State Library of New South Wales, [2001]. [exhibition catalogue]
Melvin Vaniman (1866-1912) : a biographical note / Alan Tierney. Goulburn, N.S.W.: A. Tierney, 2000.
Scope and Content
01: Panorama of Bennelong Point, Circular Quay and Dawes Point, 1904 / by Melvin Vaniman (Call No. DL Pg 23)
02: Panorama of Blue Mountains scenery at Leura, 1903 / by Melvin Vaniman (Call No. DL Pg 27)
03: Panorama of Circular Quay from a ship's mast, 1903 / by Melvin Vaniman (Call No. DL Pg 22)
04: Panorama of Darling Island and Harbour, looking towards the city, 1903 / by Melvin Vaniman (Call No. DL Pg 26)
05: Panorama of Fitzroy Vale Station near Rockhampton, 1904 / by Melvin Vaniman (Call No. DL Pg 28)
06: Panorama of Garden Island and Woolloomooloo Bay, 1904 / by Melvin Vaniman (Call No. DL Pg 37)
07: Panorama of Government Stud farm, Coolangatta Estate, Berry, 1904 / by Melvin Vaniman (Call No. DL Pg 29)
08: Panorama of Harvesting wheat on Brundah Station, Grenfell, 1903 / by Melvin Vaniman (Call No. DL Pg 21)
09: Panorama of Harvesting wheat, Narramine Station, Narromine, 1903 / by Melvin Vaniman (Call No. DL Pg 34)
10: Panorama of Katoomba from atop a pole, 1903 / by Melvin Vaniman (Call No. DL Pg 30)
11: Panorama of Manly Water Chute and Toboggan, 1903 / by Melvin Vaniman (Call No. DL Pg 31)
12: Panorama of Melbourne Cup, Flemington, 1903 / by Melvin Vaniman (Call No. DL Pg 33)
13: Panorama of Newcastle from the Dyke, 1904 / by Melvin Vaniman ((Call No. DL Pg 36)
14: Panorama of Palace Gardens and Farm Cove, 1903 / by Melvin Vaniman (Call No. DL Pg 40)
15: Panorama of Stony Creek Falls, Queensland, 1903 / by Melvin Vaniman (Call No. DL Pg 39)
16: Panorama of Sydney from a balloon, 1904 /by Melvin Vaniman (Call No. DL Pg 43)
17: Panorama of Sydney from North Shore, 1903 / by Melvin Vaniman (Call No. DL Pg 42)
18: Panorama of Sydney Town Hall and Queen Victoria Building, 1904 / by Melvin Vaniman (Call No. DL Pg 44)
19: Panorama of Test Cricket at the Sydney Cricket Ground, 1903 / by Melvin Vaniman (Call No. DL Pg 35)
20: Panorama of the intersection of Collins and Queen Streets, Melbourne, 1903 / by Melvin Vaniman (Call No. DL Pg 25)
21: Panorama of Walsh Bay and Millers Point, 1904 / by Melvin Vaniman (Call No. DL Pg 45)
22: Sydney Cricket Ground football match, 1903 / photographed by Melvin Vaniman (Call No. DL Pg 41)
23: [Circular Quay, 1903] / by Melvin Vaniman (Call No. DL Pg 56)
24: Panorama of the Melbourne Cricket Ground, 1904 / photographed by Melvin Vaniman (Call No. DL Pg 32)
25: Panorama of Auckland, Feb. 9, 1903 / photographed by Melvin Vaniman (Call No. DL Pg 20)
System of arrangement
Alphabetical by title. Please navigate to item level records for further information
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright: Created before 1955
Please acknowledge:: Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales
General note

Digital order no:Album ID : 823425
Topic
aerial views
panoramic views
Exhibited in

A different perspective: Vaniman, the acrobatic photographer - State Library of New South Wales (9 July - 14 October, 2001)
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