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Title
Ernest G. Best photographs and postcards of views of ships, c. 1900-1970
Creator
Ernest William George Best
Call number
PXA 199
Level of description
fonds
Date

1900-1970
Type of material
Graphic Materials, Photographs
Reference code
825520
Physical Description
7 scrapbooks in 1 portfolio - 344 silver gelatin photographic prints, black & white, 1 handcoloured - various sizes: range from 4.5 x 7 cm – 8.4 x 13.5 cm. in portfolio 35 x 27 cm.
Copying Conditions
Copyright status:: This collection has multiple rights owners
Copyright restrictions may apply: Photographs in this collection created before 1955 are all out of copyright. Photographs created after 1955 are in copyright for the life of creator plus 70 years.
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
General note

One hundred and twenty are titled on verso; sixteen are dated. Some are stamped with photographer’s name: four with “Ernest G. Best Paddington NSW”, and two with “Photo by L.C.L. Newcomb”.
Signatures / Inscriptions

Titles, place names and other information on some prints.
Topic
ships
ferries
ocean liners
sailing ships
shipwrecks
steamships
warships
Place
Sydney Harbour (N.S.W.)
Sydney Harbour Bridge (Sydney, N.S.W.)

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