Stonnington City Council : photographs of street widening in Flinders Street, Oxford Street and William Street, Sydney, ca. 1890, ca. 1916

PXA 743

fonds

ca. 1890, ca. 1916

Graphic Materials, Photographs

148695

Photographs - 17 silver gelatin photoprints and 1 albumen photoprint

1. Anzac Parade looking towards Randwick - from Flinders St
2. Flinders St. looking towards Oxford St. Shows old footpath - to be removed - also where the residences were removed on left hand
3. Flinders St. The Tram Standards in the middle of street show the old line of kerb - portion of the church on left hand was cut off & rebuilt
4. Flinders St. from Oxford St side showing by the Tram Standards - the old line of kerb
5. Oxford St. Darlinghurst - figures in foreground indicate where the old line kerb came
6. Oxford St. showing the buildings put up by the City Council
7. Oxford St. showing the buildings
8. Oxford St.
9. Oxford St. from Hyde Park
10. Birds eye view from Country Press bdgs - looking up towards William St
11. Park St. showing the improvement - T & G Buildings show the old line
12. William St. from the Museum
12a. Foot of William St. - Building on right to come down - new line of footpath on right
13-14. William St. - looking towards city - show buildings to come down
15. Top of William St. - Darlinghurst - show old & new line of kerb
16. Top of William St - showing how close the tram line was to the kerb
17. Old Oxford St. before resumption ca. 1890 (albumen photoprint)

Some of the photographs were published in: The City of Prahran Annual Report, 1917/1918, in a report on the Second Town Planning Conference Brisbane, August 1918.

Captions on reverse of photographs in pencil