Arthur Ernest Foster glass negatives, chiefly Sydney, ca. 1916-1947

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Arthur Ernest Foster glass negatives, chiefly Sydney, ca. 1916-1947

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Arthur Ernest Foster glass negatives, chiefly Sydney, ca. 1916-1947

About this item

Full title

Arthur Ernest Foster glass negatives, chiefly Sydney, ca. 1916-1947

Author / Creator

Foster, A. E. (Arthur Ernest), 1879?-1958

Date

ca. 1916-1947

Call Numbers

ON 30 , GN 11

Record Identifier

1wN2aPjn

Reference Code

825807

Formats

Pictures and Photographs

Physical Description

Contents

1300 negatives

Other Descriptions

Level of description

Fonds

Arrangement

The box numbering order does not necessarily reflect the series order, the negatives are housed according to size.

Access and use

Copying Conditions

Out of copyright : Created before 1955

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

Finding aids

There is a copy of the contents list on the reference shelves, Special Collections, Mitchell Library. Call number for the guide: PXA 4063

Subjects

Subjects and topics

More information

Scope and Contents

Contents

SERIES 01
Portraits, ca. 1916-1947 / photographed by Arthur Ernest Foster

SERIES 02
AWA (Amalgamated Wireless Australasia Ltd) showing tower being built, Wynyard Square, Sydney, 1938 / photographed by Arthur Ernest Foster

SERIES 03
Sydney shops, offices and stores etc. (comprising 5 sub-series arranged alphabetically by compa...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Arthur Ernest Foster glass negatives, chiefly Sydney, ca. 1916-1947

Authors, Artists and Contributors

Author / Creator

Foster, A. E. (Arthur Ernest), 1879?-1958

Notes

Object History

“The collection when it came consisted of 3 ½ tons weight of negatives. Remainder of Water Board photos were transferred to the Water Board. The remainder of railway photos to the N.S.W. Railway Institute. Of the rest, good negatives or similar views to those kept by Mitchell Library, were handed over to the Commonwealth National Library. The remai...

Contextual Information

Source

Presented by Ampol Petroleum Ltd., Feb. 1957

Administrative / Biographical history

Arthur Ernest Foster was a commercial photographer at 289 Victoria Road, Gladesville between 1916 and 1947. He married Eileen Emily Hosie (d. 4 October 1977) in 1936. Arthur Foster died, aged 79, in 1958.

Reference:
N.S.W. Register of Births, Deaths and Marriages Online
http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/...