• 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
  02: Panorama of Blue Mountains scenery at Leura, 1903 / by Melvin Vaniman
  03: Panorama of Circular Quay from a ship's mast, 1903 / by Melvin Vaniman
  04: Panorama of Darling Island and Harbour, looking towards the city, 1903 / by Melvin Vaniman
  05: Panorama of Fitzroy Vale Station near Rockhampton, 1904 / by Melvin Vaniman
  06: Panorama of Garden Island and Woolloomooloo Bay, 1904 / by Melvin Vaniman
  07: Panorama of Government Stud farm, Coolangatta Estate, Berry, 1904 / by Melvin Vaniman
  08: Panorama of Harvesting wheat on Brundah Station, Grenfell, 1903 / by Melvin Vaniman
  09: Panorama of Harvesting wheat, Narramine Station, Narromine, 1903 / by Melvin Vaniman
  10: Panorama of Katoomba from atop a pole, 1903 / by Melvin Vaniman
  11: Panorama of Manly Water Chute and Toboggan, 1903 / by Melvin Vaniman
  12: Panorama of Melbourne Cup, Flemington, 1903 / by Melvin Vaniman
  13: Panorama of Newcastle from the Dyke, 1904 / by Melvin Vaniman
  14: Panorama of Palace Gardens and Farm Cove, 1903 / by Melvin Vaniman
  15: Panorama of Stony Creek Falls, Queensland, 1903 / by Melvin Vaniman
  16: Panorama of Sydney from a balloon, 1904 /by Melvin Vaniman
  17: Panorama of Sydney from North Shore, 1903 / by Melvin Vaniman
  18: Panorama of Sydney Town Hall and Queen Victoria Building, 1904 / by Melvin Vaniman
  19: Panorama of Test Cricket at the Sydney Cricket Ground, 1903 / by Melvin Vaniman
  20: Panorama of the intersection of Collins and Queen Streets, Melbourne, 1903 / by Melvin Vaniman
  21: Panorama of Walsh Bay and Millers Point, 1904 / by Melvin Vaniman
  22: Sydney Cricket Ground football match, 1903 / photographed by Melvin Vaniman
  23: [Circular Quay, 1903] / by Melvin Vaniman
  24: Panorama of the Melbourne Cricket Ground, 1904 / photographed by Melvin Vaniman
  25: Panorama of Auckland, Feb. 9, 1903 / photographed by Melvin Vaniman
• System of arrangement
  Alphabetical by title
• 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)
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE1132494

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