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954531
  • Title
    Panoramas of Sydney, ca. 1920 / photographed by Alan Row ; and, Glass negatives of Sydney, 1928-1932 / photographed by Hall & Co
  • Call number
    ON 446
    a5508 Online
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    ca. 1920, 1928-1932
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    954531
  • Issue Copy
    Digitised : a5508 Online
  • Physical Description
    6 negatives - glass, full plate, gelatin silver - 16.4 x 21.5 cm
    3 negatives - panorama, nitrate - approximately 24.5 x 115 cm
  • Collection history
    Michael Floyd Rentsch worked for Goodman Brothers, a Sydney photographic company. When the firm closed, Mr Goodman invited the staff to take what they wanted as the negatives and prints were to be disposed of. The building was demolished the following year. Reference: Library correspondence file
  • Scope and Content
    ON 446 (GLASS NEGATIVES)
    1. [Circular Quay from Sydney Harbour Bridge] / Hall (12)
    2. [Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1930]
    3. Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1 January 31 / Hall & Co.
    4. [Ferry wharves Circular Quay] (1567)
    5. [Ferry Barrenjoey and Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1929]
    6. [Sydney Harbour Bridge from North Sydney, ca. 1932]

    a5508 Online (PANORAMAS)
    1. Circular Quay from George Street / Alan Row & Co., 47 Argyle St., Sydney (19)
    2. Looking West from Macquarie St / Alan Row & Co., 47 Argyle St., Sydney (5)
    3. Manly / Alan Row & Co., 47 Argyle St., Sydney (70)
  • Appraisal Note
    Nitrate negatives discarded November 2012
  • Access Conditions

    Access via appointment - Applies to ON 446
  • Copying Conditions
    Out of copyright: Created before 1955
    Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
  • General note

    Digital order no:Album ID : 997256
  • Alphanumeric designations

    Photographer's number in parentheses in five of the titles
  • Signatures / Inscriptions

    Numbers 3, 7-9 titled on the negative by the photographer
  • Conservation note

    Panoramic nitrate negatives to be digitised
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