• Title
  John Mildred Creed - pictorial material, [ca. 1886-1896]
• Call number
  PXA 1049
  
• Level of description
  series
• Date
  
  [ca. 1886-1896]
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Photographs, Prints
• Reference code
  442634
• Physical Description
  Photographs - 2 albumen photoprints - 1 illustration, mounted on 2 bound cards - folded to 20.5 x 13.3 cm.
  Photographs - 15 albumen photoprints - approx. 15.4 x 20.2 cm.
  Prints - 3 photomechanical prints, hand col. - on cards 17.7 x 26 cm.
  Photographs - 1 cabinet card - 16.5 x 10.6 cm.
  Photographs - 2 albumen photographs mounted on card - 23.4 x 17.5 cm.
  
• Scope and Content
  1888; "With Greetings and Good Wishes for the Year, 1888" a folded card with two photographs showing the Queen's Statue (Victoria 1887), Main entrance, General Post Office, Sydney, New South Wales and Circular Quay (Sydney Cove), 1887. Also includes an illustration of Sydney Cove, 1803. On the reverse, printed details of postal revenue and letters posted etc. in 1886, from the Postmaster-General, The Hon. Charles J. Roberts. (Call No.: PXA 1049/1)
  [ca. 1890]; Series of 15 albumen photographs showing the Costa Rica Packet whaling ship and the activities on board including flensing and boiling down at the try-works. (Call No.: PXA 1049/2-16)
  [ca. 1890]; 3 hand col. prints of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney showing a view of the Palm House ; and view of a statue with the Museum and Lecture Hall (L) and Cunningham Building (Director's residence) (R) in the background. (Call No.: PXA 1049/17-19)
  [ca. 1890]; Fay Watson, granddaughter of Count Huon [portrait of little girl] / Oakly, Albury and Wangaratta [cabinet card photograph] (Call No.: PXA 1049/20)
  [ca. 1896- ]; Two photographs of Aboriginal artefacts / photographed by J.W. Beattie, Hobart, photographer to the Government of Tasmania (Call No.: PXA 1049/21-22)
• General note
  
  John Mildred Creed was chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee enquiring into the Costa Rica Packet case. There are papers relating to the case in MLMSS 296 and also in John Mildred Creed - papers, 1882-1911 located at: A 680 - A 696, Vol. A 685. The National Library of Australia also hold photographs of the Costa Rica Packet whaling ship in the Carpenter collection, 1853-1890s.
  Digital order no:Album ID : 823408
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Fay Watson / Child born at Woollahra / weighing only 1 1/4 lb. / when born. Dr J.M. Creed / attended the accouchment & / saved the child. An induced / premature birth - about 1887 - / granddaughter of / Count Huon -- in pencil on reverse of cabinet photograph
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Beattie, J. W. (John Watt), 1859-1930
  Oakley
  
• Name
  Costa Rica Packet (Ship)
  Watson, Fay
  
• Topic
  Aboriginal artefacts
  greetings cards
  whalers (ships)
  whaling
  
• Place
  Circular Quay (Sydney, N.S.W.)
  General Post Office (Sydney, N.S.W.)
  Royal Botanic Gardens (Sydney, N.S.W.)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE991971

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