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1000828
  • Title
    File 01: Glass plate negatives of Luna Park, including rides and amusements, 1937-1938, 1956 / by E. A. Hopkins
  • Creator
  • Call number
    ON 601
  • Level of description
    file
  • Date

    1937-1938
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    1000828
  • Physical Description
    141 negatives (3 boxes) - glass plate, black and white - 3 x 4 in., 7.5 x 5.0 cm
  • Scope and Content
    CONTENTS:

    Box 1:

    Item 1: Luna Park from Harbour Bridge, 1937 / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 2: Luna Park from Harbour Bridge, 1937 / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 3: Harbour Bridge / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 4: Luna Park from Harbour Bridge, 1937 or 1938 / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 5: Luna Park from Harbour Bridge, 1937 or 1938 / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 6: Luna Park from Harbour Bridge, 1937 or 1938 / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 7: Merry Go Round, 1937 or 1938 / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 8: Merry Go Round, 1937 or 1938 / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 9: Merry Go Round, 1 May 1937 / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 10/011: The Whip, bird / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 12: The Whip, 1937 or 1938 / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 13: The Whip, 15 August 1937 / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 14/015: The Whip, 23 August 1937 / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 16: The Dodgem Building / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 17: The Dodgem Building, view from towers / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 18: The Dodgem Building, dodgem car, underneath / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 19: The Dodgem Building, cars / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 20: The Dodgem Building, car, Hopkins? / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 21: The Dodgem Building, cars / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 22: The Dodgem Building, car gear / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 23: The Dodgem Building, car gear / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 24: The Hey Dey / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 25: The Hey Dey, drive / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 26: The Hey Dey, tension wheel / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 27: The Hey Dey, plate and track / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 28: The Hey Dey, track / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 29: The Hey Dey, wheels / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 30: The Hey Dey, car / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 30A: The Hey Dey, progress / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 30B: The Hey Dey, construction, 15 August 1937 / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 30C: The Hey Dey, construction, 8 August 1937 / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 31: The Whirler, The Hey Dey, Coney Island / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 32: The Whirler, face / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 33: Coney Island, Barrels of Fun, 25 February 1937 / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 34: Coney Island, Barrels of Fun, 1937 or 1938 / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 35: Coney Island, Barrels, 8 August 1937 / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 36: Coney Island, Barrels, 8 August 1937 / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 37: Coney Island, Barrels of Fun, 8 August 1937 / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 38: Coney Island, Fun Land front / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 39: Coney Island, Funny Land / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 40: Coney Island, slides, 26 February 1937 / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 41: Coney Island, slides, 3 March 1937 / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 42: Coney Island, slides, 3 March 1937 / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 43: Coney Island, slides, 3 March 1937 / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 44: The Big Dipper, cars, 1938 / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 45: The Big Dipper, cars, 1937 or 1938 / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 46: The Big Dipper, cars at platform / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 47: The Big Dipper, car, 1937 or 1938 / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 48: The Big Dipper, car on track / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 49: The Big Dipper, top of, looking east / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 50: The Big Dipper, West King Post / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 51: The Big Dipper, car going up / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 52: The Big Dipper, track, 1937 or 1938 / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 53: The Big Dipper, track, 20 February 1937 / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 54: The Big Dipper, brake and collar / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 55: The Big Dipper, brake and collar / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 56: The Big Dipper, brake / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 57: The Big Dipper, from dodgem / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 58: The Big Dipper, track at bottom / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 59: The Big Dipper, track from dodgems / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 60: The Big Dipper, track from dodgems / photograph by Edward Hopkins


    Box 2:

    Item 61: The Big Dipper, track, 20 February 1937 / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 62: The Big Dipper, side view / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 63: The Ghost Train, above flats, top of Dipper from dodgem / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 64: The Ghost Train, underneath car / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 65: The Ghost Train, side / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 66: The Ghost Train / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 67: The Ghost Train, car / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 68: The Ghost Train, gear assembly / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 69: The Ghost Train, engine / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 70: The River Caves, 'Old Mill' / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 71: The River Caves, front / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 72: The River Caves, front / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 73: The River Caves, platform from Ghost Train / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 74: The River Caves, Arctic scene, Old Mill / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 75: The River Caves, Arctic sence, Shackleton's wreck / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 76: The River Caves, King Neptune / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 77: The River Caves, Toyland / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 78: The River Caves, Toyland / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 79: The River Caves, Africa / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 80: The River Caves, Africa, birds / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 81: The River Caves, Africa, tigers and elephants / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 82: The River Caves, exterior / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 83: The River Caves, boats, 17 February 1937 / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 84: The River Caves, boats, 17 February 1937 / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 85: The River Caves, boats, 17 February 1937 / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 86: The River Caves, boat, February 1937 / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 87: The River Caves, mountain under construction / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 88: The River Caves, mountain progress / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 89: The River Caves, mountain progress / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 90: The River Caves, mountain progress / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 91: The River Caves, mountain construction / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 92: The River Caves, mountains / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 93: The River Caves, progress / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 94: The River Caves / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 95: Let’s Duk Sweetie / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 96: Let’s Duk Sweetie, tail / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 97: Let’s Duk Sweetie, head / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 98: The Goofy House, Ark, 18 February 1937 / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 99: The Goofy House, 25 February 1937 / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 100: The Goofy House, 26 February 1937 / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 101: Noah’s Ark / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 102: The Tumble Bug, 1937 or 1938 / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 103: The Tumble Bug, 1938 / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 104: The Tumble Bug, Noah's Ark, Goofy House / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 105: Bandstand / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 106: Bandstand, coronation display / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 107: Various Games Concessions, Ska Roll, 2 March 1938 / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 108: Various Games Concessions, Ska Roll, 2 March 1938 / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 109: Various Games Concessions, Peg La / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 110: Various Games Concessions, Peg La and wishing well bubbles / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 111: Various Games Concessions, Ska Roll, 3 March 1938 / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 112: Various Games Concessions, Roll Em Up / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 113: Various Games Concessions, darts / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 114: Various Games Concessions, Roll Em Down / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 115: Various Games Concessions, display / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 116: Various Games Concessions, display / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 117: Various Games Concessions, Cheap Jack / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 118: Various Games Concessions, Hoop La / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 119: Various Games Concessions, Spirette / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 120: Various Games Concessions, Spirette / photograph by Edward Hopkins

    Box 3:

    Item 121: Various Games Concessions, Knock Me Down / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 122: Various Games Concessions, Prison Game, Knock Em Down painted by Art Barton / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 123: Various Games Concessions / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 124: Slot Machine, Kick Ball / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 125: Slot Machine, interior / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 126: Slot Machine, exterior / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 127: Slot Machine, Shooting the Rapids / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 128: Slot Machines / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 129: Slot Machine, Pin Ball, interior / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 130: Day Staff portrait, with Hopkins / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 131: Day Staff portrait / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 132: Mardi Gras Floats, Australia's 150th Anniversary / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 133: Mardi Gras Floats / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 134: Mardi Gras Floats, clown procession / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 135: Plans and Maps, Coney Island slides / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 136: Plans and Maps, fishing spots / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 137: Plans and Maps, fishing spots / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 138: Plans and Maps, Fun Science Hall / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 139: Plans and Maps, Fun Science Hall / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 140: Hey Dey / photograph by Edward Hopkins
    Item 141: Pyrotechnical Display
  • Access Conditions

    Access via appointment
  • Copying Conditions
    Copyright restrictions may apply: Photographs before 1955 are out of copyright, photographs on or after 1 January 1955 are in copyright.
    Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder.
  • Signatures / Inscriptions

    Glass plate negatives have been kept in their original envelope due to transcription notes. Most envelopes have a photographic copyprint of the negative pasted on the front.
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