Series 02: Port Jackson and Manly Steamship Company Limited pictorial material, chiefly 1930-1960 / various photographers

PXA 1307

series

chiefly 1930-1960

Graphic Materials, Textual Records, Photographs, Prints, Drawings, Clippings

845476

Approximately 170 photographic and photomechanical prints (3 boxes) - photographs and postcards
Textual records - notes, clippings

BOX 1

People and events
1. R.P. Eyre ?, ... , Howie ? and F.J. Doran ? on SS Narrabeen
2. [Queue]
3. [Counting money]
4. [Paying 6d at the turnstile]
5-6. [Passengers, ca. 1950]
7. Wally Dohrn, Ted Rowlings, Arthur Clarke in the wheelhouse / Consolidated Press
8. [Passengers on the wharf for] South Steyne, 1938/9
9. W.R. Love and J.W.L. Pye "Sardine jugglers", [Acquarium] / Leicagraph
10. Workshops, Kurraba Point
11-. [Models pose on lifeboat, 195-]
12-14. [Dancers pose on ferries], 1940 / Pix
15-16. South Steyne and West Head, Broken Bay, 195-
17. Commuters on their way to the office from South Steyne, Circular Quay, 1940 / Pix
18. [Mother and toddler at the turnstile, 193-]
19. [Passengers on deck and The Heads], 1940 / Pix
20. Disembarking South Steyne, 1940 / attributed to Dennis Rowe
21. [Indian passengers, 195-]
22. [Men commuters reading on the outside deck, 1940] / attributed to Dennis Rowe
23. Workshops, Kurraba Point
24. [Demonstrating lathe to visiting Asian delegation]
25. Captain Wally Dohrn and Keneally
26-27. Captain F. Tocchini and Asian delegation on board
28. Duke of Gloucester, Manly, 24 November 1934
29. Captain Wally Dohrn on the South Steyne
30. [Three proof sheets of crew and pasengers, identified on the reverse, accompanying notes with facts for a press article]
31. [Eight photographs (5 published) "Ferry makes ocean cruise", Australian women's weekly, December 2, 1953, p.18]
32-33. Archibald Howie, John H. Cross and W.L. Dendy, opening of the Manly Bathing Pavilion, 23 October 1933
34. Passenger on gangplank, Manly, 194-
35. [Woman leaping for the ferry caught by deckhand, 1940 / possibly Pix]

Manly and places
36-39. Great White Fleet postcards, 1908
40-41. Narrabeen postcards, ca. 1935
42. Anzac Memorial and Hyde Park [postcard], ca. 1935
43. SS Balgowlah and bus, Manly wharf, [postcard], ca. 1935
44. Barrenjoey Lighthouse, [postcard], ca. 1935
45. Manly, ideal in winter [postcard], after 1933
46. Anglican Cathedral, Newcastle [postcard] / E.A. Bradford
47. [Surfboat]
48. [Aerial of Manly]
49. [Harbour suburb]
50-51a. Eastern Beach, Geelong (Valentine series postcards, nos 1440, 1471, 2069)
52. [Aerial photographs]
53. Photograph of a poster advertising Manly steamers, tram and bus connections for visitors and tourists
54. [Manly Cove / H. King copy photograph]
55. Manly and Sydney Harbour from Kangaroo Hill / H. King photograph no. 1076
56. Manly and Sydney Heads from Dalley's [Castle] / H. King photograph no. 1079
57-59. Currawong
60-61. HMAS Hobart, Garden Island [from the ferry]
62. [Fort Denison from the ferry]
63. [Circular Quay - copy]
64. [Potts Point and Garden Island from the ferry]

BOX 2

Baths
65-74. Harbour beach [postcards] / photographer W.J. Ward
75. Manly wharf, Corso and baths
76. [Climbing frame] / Sydney Mail
77. Dressing pavilion and tea rooms / photographer Leon Cayley
78. Shark proof Harbour beach [and ferry Curl Curl]
79. [Pavilion, kiosk, first aid and park]
80-81. Manly surf beach / Sydney Mail
82. [Slippery dip] / Sydney Mail
83. [Balancing wheel] / Sydney Mail
84-89. [Baths, balancing wheels and ferry Dee Why]
90-91. [Spanish mission detail, Pavilion] / Art Photo Service, 175 Pitt Street, Sydney
92-94. [Diving]
95. [Pool]
96. [Balancing ladder and horse]
98-99. [Pavilion, boardwalk with diving board and steel beam for balancing wheel] / photographer Leon Cayley
100. [Balancing horse] / photographer W.J. Ward
101. [Pool] / photographer W.J. Ward
102. [Balancing wheel]
103-104. [Pontoons with balancing wheel, diving board and slippery dips]
105. [Pavilion]

Aquarium and rides
106-112. Billy Love transporting a shark into the aquarium / Leicagraph
113-115. [Flying gondola ride] / photographer W.J. Ward

BOX 3

Ferries and ships
116-122. R.P. Eyre (?) and the ferries Burra Bra and Bellubera, Kurraba Point works]
123. [Hydrofoil, Manila (postcard)]
124. Ferries : Brighton and Kuring-gai in drydock
125. Funnels, South Steyne
126. Fairlight, paddle steamer, voyage to Australia
127-133. Port Jackson & Manly Steamship Co. ferry postcards : North Head, Barragoola, Dee Why, South Steyne, Bellubera, Manly and Fairlight
134. Hydrofoil Sun Arrow [postcard]
135. Paddle steamer Royal Alfred, West Circular Quay, 1878 [copy] / NSW Govt. Printer
136. Paddle steamer Brighton founders
137. Ferry West Head
138. Bellubera of Burra Bra and the ferry Kookaburra
139. South Steyne in Cockatoo floating dock, 16 October 1957 / photographer John R. Dabinett
140. Drawing of hydrofoil Fairlight
141. W.L. Dendy yacht Hiawatha, championship winner, 18 February 1899
142. Yacht Independence, / photographer A.C. Green, 251 Nelson Place, Williamstown
143. Bellubera, 1935 / copy of painting by John Allcot
144-145. Ceiling shot and light in one of the steamers, n.d. / Hall & Co.
146-147. Dee Why, No. 3 Kurraba Point wharf, arrived 1928 / Hall & Co.

Operations and maintenance
148-153. [Re-fitting Bellubera with diesel engines and new bodywork, 1935]
154-155. Paddle steamer Brighton [in drydock after collision, 1900 (copy)]
156-158. [Re-fitting Bellubera with diesel engines and new bodywork, 1935]

Arranged by Cataloguer and Curator of Pictures on a preliminary accession order

Copyright restrictions may apply: Photographs in this collection created before 1955 are all out of copyright. Photographs created after 1955 are in copyright.
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Contents list from inscriptions on the images, which include identification, dating, creator's name/stamp, postcard inscriptions and publishers' marks, stamps and dates

Pix photographs signed in pencil on the reverse: photographer probably Dennis Rowe