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412347
  • Title
    10: Panorama of Katoomba from atop a pole, 1903 / by Melvin Vaniman
  • Call number
    DL Pg 30
  • Level of description
    item
  • Date

    [25 Nov 1903]
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    412347
  • Physical Description
    Photographs - 1 platinum photoprint - 39.3 x 118.6 cm.
  • General note

    Caption "A Different Perspective" exhibition - Vaniman's antics to take this photograph were described in the Blue Mountains Gazette 27 November 1903:
    A man at the top of an eighty foot pole in Katoomba Park attracted a deal of attention on Wednesday [as he] coolly handled a photographic camera with which he took several pictures.
    Recently restored, The Carrington Hotel continues to overlook the town and Jamison Valley.
    Digital order no:a113021
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  • Place
  • Exhibited in

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

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