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421556
  • Title
    Royal Australian Historical Society : stereographs of the Commonwealth and Peace Celebrations, 1901 and 1918, and the Visit of the Prince of Wales, 1920
  • Call number
    PXA 1600
  • Level of description
    series
  • Date

    1901, 1918-1920
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    421556
  • Physical Description
    32 stereographs (on mounts) - albumen - 10.2 x 17.8 cm
  • Scope and Content
    COMMONWEALTH CELEBRATIONS (Nos. 2-31)
    No.2 Citizen's Arch, Princes Bridge. The Entrance to the City of Melbourne.
    No.3 The Towers, Prince's Bridge, Melbourne from Flinders Street
    No.4 Prince's Bridge Tower at night, Melbourne
    No.5 The King's Arch, Swanston St., Melbourne
    No.6 The Procession in Swanston St, Melbourne
    No.7 The Exhibition Building at night, Melbourne
    No.9 Lord Hopetoun's Landing. Pipers of the Highland Light Infantry Passing the Queen's Statue, Sydney
    No.10 Lord Hopetoun's Landing. The Life Guards in Queen's Square, Sydney
    No.14 The Melbourne Arch & Town Hall, Park Street, Sydney
    No.15 The Canopy of Light, Pitt St., Sydney
    No.16 Sydney decorated. The Farmer's Arch, Bridge Street
    No.18 H.M.S. Ophir passing up Sydney Harbour from Darling Point
    No.20 H.M.S. Royal Arthur in the procession. Proceeding up Sydney Harbour
    No.21 The Landing Stage, Farm Cove, Sydney
    No.22 The Landing Pavilion in Farm Cove, Sydney
    No.23 The Procession in Queen's Square, Sydney
    No.24 The Lancers in Queen's Square, Sydney
    No.26 The Duke and Duchess passing Queen Victoria's Statue, Queen's Square, Sydney
    No.27 The procession in King St, Sydney, from Queen's Square
    No.29 Entrance to Court of the Empire from George Street, Sydney
    No.31 Arch of Greenery at entrance to Government House grounds from Macquarie Street, Sydney
    PEACE CELEBRATIONS (Nos. 32-34)
    No.32 The Saluting Base, Macquarie St. from the roof of the Public Library
    No.33 & No.34 The procession in Macquarie St. from the Public Library, Sydney
    VISIT OF PRINCE OF WALES (Nos. 35-42)
    No.35 H.M.S. Renown proceeding to Neutral Bay
    No.36 Sydney decorated. The Timber Merchants' Arch, College St.
    No.37 The B.M.A. Arch, College St.
    No.38 Sydney decorated. The General Post Office from Moore St.
    No.39 Sydney decorated. The Stock Exchange Arch, Pitt St.
    No.40 Sydney decorated. Shipping Companies Arch, Bridge St.
    No.41 Sydney decorated. Sydney Wool Broker's Arch, Bridge St.
    No.42 Sydney decorated. Arch of Greenery, entrance to Government House
  • System of arrangement
    By original series number
  • Copying Conditions
    Out of copyright: Created before 1955
    Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
  • General note

    Incomplete series

    Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.2140 as part of the eRecords Project 2012-13
  • Signatures / Inscriptions

    The photographs are titled and numbered. The majority are signed with the initials "E.B.D" whilst some have "H.J.T."
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