• Title
  Series 150: Australia's overseas air services and Qantas
• Call number
  PXE 731/1087-1127
  
• Level of description
  series
• Date
  
  between 1935 and 1969
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Photographs
• Reference code
  412209
• Physical Description
  41 photographic prints - silver gelatin - 21 x 26 cm or smaller
  
• Scope and Content
  Qantas staff, passengers, aircraft and operations.
  
  1087. W. Hudson Fysh D.F.C. (Distinguished Flying Cross), approximately 1935
  1088. BCPA (British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines) staff at inaugural service: A.W. Coles, Chairman of Directors, Captain H.A. Barlow, Manager and Captain J.W. Bennet, Chief Pilot, 25 April 1948
  1089. Executives at the last General Meeting of Qantas at Brisbane, Thursday 2 October 1947, at which it was decided to place company in liquidation
  1090. Qantas House, Sydney, opened officially on 28 October 1957
  1091. Delivery flight of Qantas' first Boeing 707 from the United States, June 1959. The aircraft at Honolulu
  1092. Qantas' first Boeing 707 at Sydney Airport at completion of delivery flight from the United States, June 1959
  1093. Departure from Sydney of Qantas first L-1049 cargo service by Kangaroo Route, 3 November 1959
  1094. Racehorses, including 'Up and coming', leave for the USA by Qantas cargo, 1959
  1095. Qantas Super Constellation maintenance, Hangar 96
  1096. Power assisted loading, used extensively by Qantas to pack freight into the holds of its Lockheed Electra fleet
  1097. Qantas Lockheed Electra aircraft loading cargo at Sydney Airport
  1098. Qantas Lockheed Electra aircraft loading cargo at Sydney Airport
  1099. Engine overhaul. Leading hand Bill Hodge working on L-1049 at Mascot, April 1955
  1100. Jet engine test cell. Installation of the Pratt and Whitney Turbofan engine in the Jet Engine Test Cell
  1101. A digital counter being checked for accuracy at Qantas maintenance base
  1102. Qantas Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation with wing-tip fuel tanks
  1103. The Avro 691 Lancastrian
  1104. The Avro 691 Lancastrian
  1105. The Avro 691 Lancastrian
  1106. Avro 691 Lancastrian with the inaugural flight of the Australia-Japan air service, 16-18 December 1947
  1107. The Short S.23 C class flying boat 'Cooee'
  1108. Qantas DC-4 Skymaster, 1949
  1109. Qantas Lockheed Electra
  1110. Qantas Super Constellation
  1111. Qantas Super Constellation
  1112. Qantas Super Constellation
  1113. A Qantas Boeing 707 jet airliner
  1114. Various Qantas aircraft
  1115. A Qantas Boeing 707 jet airliner
  1116. Qantas Super Constellation taking off
  1117. Kingsford Smith Airport, aerial view
  1118. Passengers checking in at the Qantas counter, Sydney Airport
  1119. Passengers checking in at the Qantas counter
  1120. Interior of Qantas Empire Flying Boat
  1121. Club lounge, redesigned interior of Qantas Super Constellation
  1122. Foods and wines served aboard Qantas Super Constellation
  1123. Interior of Qantas Super Constellation
  1124. Forward cabin of the Qantas Electra 'International'
  1125. Cabin walls and floor of Qantas Electra 'International'
  1126. Cabin walls and floor of Qantas Electra 'International'
  1127. Crew checking the screen of the weather-mapping radar equipment on the flight deck in a Qantas Super Constellation
• Copying Conditions
  Copyright restrictions may apply:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder
• Description source
  
  Titled from accompanying envelope.
• General note
  
  Some images have printed cardboard captions affixed.
  Digital order no: a1181001
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  'Qantas photograph' stamped on reverse of most images. 'Commonwealth Bank of Australia' stamped on reverse at PXE 731/1101. 'Richard McKinney, 38A Pitt Street, Sydney' stamped on reverse at PXE 731/1105. 'A Jo Fallon photograph' stamped on reverse at PXE 731/1103. Most images numbered on reverse.
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Fallon, Jo
  McKinney, Richard
  
• Name
  Fysh, Hudson, Sir, 1895-1974
  Qantas Airways
  Qantas Empire Airways
  
• Subject
  Adult Females
  Adult Males
  children
  
• Topic
  interiors
  aerial views
  aircraft
  airports
  Avro Lancastrian (aeroplanes)
  Boeing 707 (jet aeroplanes)
  buildings, structures & establishments
  chief executive officers
  cockpits
  Douglas Dakota (aeroplanes)
  flight attendants
  food
  ground personnel
  hangars
  horses
  Lockheed Super Constellation (aeroplanes)
  luggage
  maintenance activities
  maintenance workers
  meetings
  passenger terminals
  passengers
  pilots
  runways
  Short Empire Flying Boat (seaplanes)
  uniforms
  
• Place
  Kingsford-Smith Airport (Sydney, N.S.W.)
  Qantas House (Chifley Square, Sydney, N.S.W.)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE1661167

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