Series 01: Glass negatives of Sydney, N.S.W., Victoria, the Quick family, and other places and people, ca. 1900-1930

ON 408

series

ca. 1900-1930

Graphic Materials, Photographs

930814

132 negatives - glass - 12.7 x 10.1 cm and 10.1 x 12.7 cm (5 x 4 inches)
70 negatives - glass - 8.1 x 10.7 cm (quarter plate)
30 negatives - glass - 12.0 x 16.3 cm or 16.3. x 12.0 cm (half plate)

BOX 1
SYDNEY AND NEW SOUTH WALES
1. Manly – Surf – [view of Manly Beach lined with deckchairs. ‘Manly Chair Co.’ inscribed on the back of some chairs]
2. [Manly Beach with St. Patrick’s College seminary in the background]
3. On Bondi Beach
4. Breakers at Bondi
5. La Perouse
6. [Tram to Elizabeth St. and Circular Quay]
7. Grose Valley near E. Lookout
8-10. [Visit to Sydney of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, 1920?]
11-12. [Macquarie Street decorated during the visit to Sydney of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, 1920]
13. ['The Shipping Companies welcome the Prince' inscribed across decorated arch in Bridge Street during the visit to Sydney of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, 1920]
14. ['Sydney Wool Brokers, welcome H.R.H. Prince of Wales' inscribed across decorated arch in Bridge Street during the visit to Sydney of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, 1920]
15. [Visit to Sydney of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, College Street, with Australian Picture Palace in the background, 1920]
16. [Barrenjoey Lighthouse?]
17. [View of Bradley's Head showing Mile Post and ship in background]
18. The Promenade along Farm Cove
19. [Sydney Harbour] from Quay to Heads
20. From the Gap at Leura

BOX 2
MELBOURNE AND VICTORIA
21. Queenscliff Upper Light [i.e. Lighthouse]
22. View from Church Tower, [probably Queenscliff]
23. [View from Church Tower, probably Queenscliff]
24. Pt. Lonsdale Beach, Vic.?
25. Point Lonsdale Lighthouse
26. [Horse-drawn covered cart with advertising for Joe Wyatt, 191 Graham Street, Port Melbourne]
27. [Wedding party, Albion Street, East Brunswick, Melbourne]
28. [Hot sea baths, probably Port Phillip Bay]
29-34. [View of waterfront, probably Port Phillip Bay]
35. [View of double-decker bus travelling along waterfront, probably Port Phillip Bay]
36. View towards Port Melb. [i.e. Melbourne] from house, 12/11/08
37. [View of sea baths from house, probably Port Phillip Bay]
38. The “Bremen” alongside at Port Melb. [i.e. Melbourne]

BOX 3
GRAVES, HOUSES, AND CHURCHES
39-40. [Grave and gravestone of Henry Quick and other family members]
41. [House in Armstrong Street, probably Middle Park in Victoria]
42-47. [Unidentified houses and views from houses, possibly in Melbourne, Vic., and Manly and the North Shore, Sydney]
48-49. The Pulpit decorations, 12/11/08, [probably Port Melbourne] – [wedding decorations in church]
50. The interior, Graham St, 1908, [probably Port Melbourne]
51. The interior, Graham St, [12?]/11/08, [probably Port Melbourne]
52. Group of decorators, 12 Nov. 08, [probably Port Melbourne]
53-54. [Church decorations for harvest festival?]

BOX 4
PORTRAITS
21 unidentified individual and group portraits - including a group portrait at the beach; bicycle riders; and shipboard portraits (see also shipboard portraits in Box 7).

BOX 5
PORTRAITS
26 unidentified individual and group portraits – including portraits of a young boy wearing an Australian navy hat waving flags; a portrait of a young boy in military uniform; and portraits of children riding in "The Hallsmobile" pedal car.

BOX 6
PORTRAITS
18 unidentified individual and group portraits – including a portrait of a woman with a man in masonic dress, and portraits of a bride.

BOX 7
SHIPS, SHIPBOARD LIFE, AND CARS
27 glass negatives including portraits on board the ships Otranto and Scharnhorst. See also shipboard portraits in Box 4).

BOX 8
ENGLAND
26 glass negatives of Exeter and Devon, including town views, the shop of H. Quick & Co. Wholesale Leather Merchants, and Double Locks Hotel; Blackpool; south-west England; trains and railways including the Great Western Railway and London South Western Railway; and London.

BOX 9
SCOTLAND, EUROPE, THE MIDDLE EAST, AND ASIA
28 glass negatives including Scotland and Edinburgh - Holyrood Palace, Stirling, and Loch Katrine; holidays in Europe (possibly Italy); the Middle East (possibly Port Said, Egypt); and probably Asia. Also, unidentified cities and towns possibly in England or Scotland.

BOX 10
MISCELLANEOUS
32 glass negatives of unidentified houses and buildings, towns, landscapes, churches, and beaches.

Glass negatives in boxes 1 to 3 are individually numbered and listed. Boxes 4 to 10 are arranged by subject and are not individually numbered

Out of copyright: Created before 1955

Some negatives titled and dated

Dated by Curator of Photographs, Mitchell Library, 2010