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Title
Hotel Sydney, ca. 1950-1955 / photographer unknown
Call number
PXE 1612
Level of description
fonds
Date

ca. 1950-1955
Type of material
Graphic Materials, Photographs
Reference code
1069318
Physical Description
1 album (10 photographic prints) - gelatin silver, captions in red Moroccan album with gilt cover title, in red presentation slipcase - album 31.5 x 45.8 cm
Collection history
Percy Hunter (Chairman of Directors) and Kenneth Hunter (Director) of Southgate Hotels, owner of Hotel Sydney from 1952-1955, are donors' grandfather and father respectively. Reference: Library correspondence file
Scope and Content
1. Hotel Sydney, [Hay Street façade]
2. Booking Office [front desk] and travel bureau
3. Entrance to main lounge
4. Main lounge
5. Coffee lounge
6. Special luncheon room
7. Main dining room
8. Elizabethan Room
9. Phillip Room
10. Typical bedroom
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright: Created before 1955
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of new South Wales
Signatures / Inscriptions

Titled below the photographs
Date note

Dated from Holden 48/215 (FX model), women's dress and the Skyliner advertisement in the travel bureau
Subject
Hotels--New South Wales--Sydney.
Topic
interiors
hotels & taverns
facades (places)
hotel foyers
reception desks
travel agents
dining rooms
bedrooms
Place
Hotel Sydney (Sydney, N.S.W.)
Hay Street (Sydney, N.S.W.)

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