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Title
Series 02 Part 03: Sydney Public Library : album of photographs documenting the new Public Library of New South Wales building, opened 22nd June, 1942 / Government Printer
Call number
PXA 377
Level of description
series
Date

1942
Type of material
Graphic Materials
Reference code
1014781
Issue Copy
Digitised
Physical Description
1 album (22 photographic prints) - 21.1 x 27.1 cm
Scope and Content
Cover title: Sydney Public Library
[i]. Typescript list of contents
1. Entrance portico
2. Portico – main entrance doors
3. Northern facade
4. Sand blasted decoration – internal main entrance doors
5. Sand blasted – library seal
6. Part of basement book stacks
7. Shakespeare Library – entrance doors
8. Chaucer group – eastern wall main reading room
9. Bass relief panels – southern façade – eastern side of entrance
10. Bass relief panels – southern façade – western side of entrance
11. Main vestibule showing entrance to main reading room
12. Entrance vestibule
13. Southern entrance bronze doors
14. Main entrance central bronze doors
15. Main entrance western bronze doors
16. Main entrance eastern bronze doors
17. Vestibule floor showing Tasman map
18. Vestibule floor showing Tasman map
19. Part of main reading room showing catalogue cabinets
20. Southern entrance showing Caxton memorial window
21. Main reading room looking north
22. Main reading room looking south
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright: Created before 1955
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Description source

Titled on front cover `Sydney Public Library'
Typescript contents list pasted inside album cover
Titles below photograph
General note

Digital order no:Album ID : 1014812
Signatures / Inscriptions

`Govt. Print' / `Series Nos. 25423-25453' -- contents list
Creator/Author/Artist
New South Wales. Government Printing Office
Subject
Public Library of New South Wales--Photographs.
Public libraries--New South Wales--Sydney.
Public buildings--New South Wales--Sydney.
Topic
architectural photography
architectural features
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