Hall & Co. photographs including Sydney Harbour Bridge and city surrounds

fonds

probably 1872 to 1952

Graphic Materials, Photographs

9669361

350 negatives - glass - 25 x 20 cm and smaller
299 negatives - nitrate - 21 x 16 cm and smaller
16 photographic prints - 21 x 16 cm and smaller

Hall and Company was a photography studio based in Sydney between the late 1800s and the 1950s. William Frederick Hall established a studio in Phillip Street, Sydney, in 1890 and his son, William James Hall took over the business from 1902. The company was known for its photographing of agricultural shows and livestock, as well as sailing and watercraft. William Frederick Hall died on 28 August 1943 in Chatswood and William James Hall died on 26 August 1951 in Darlinghurst.

Source:
Australian Dictionary of Biography. "William James Hall". Accessed 23/01/2024. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hall-william-james-10396

Purchased inadvertently by client as part of a business archive.

350 glass plate negatives, 299 nitrate negatives and 16 photographic prints of the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge; various streets, buildings, banks and churches around Sydney city and suburbs; naval ships and pleasure yachts on Sydney Harbour; bush scenes in the Blue Mountains; farming and agriculture in New South Wales; men, women and children of the Pacific Islands including the Solomon Islands.

Out of copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Information provided in donor contents list, item labels and cataloguer research.

Date range based on one plate annotated 1872 and negatives annotated "Delegates Coop News" dated 26 June 1952.