Ernest Walter Pratt negatives of Murwillumbah and the Solomon Islands, before 1904
Ernest Walter Pratt negatives of Murwillumbah and the Solomon Islands, before 1904
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
before 1904
Call Numbers
ON 306
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
57 negatives - 16.2 x 21.5 cm. - glass
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
MURWILLUMBAH REGION
1. Railway tunnel (negative in two pieces)
2-7. Sugar and timber mills, Murwillumbah Region
8-12. Harvest and transport of sugar, Murwillumbah Region
13-16. Unidentified dairy farms or towns, Murwillumbah Region
17. Men in main street of a town and Halliday building
18. Main street with McClean’s store, Aus...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Ernest Walter Pratt negatives of Murwillumbah and the Solomon Islands, before 1904
Variant title
Captioned by cataloguer -- few details were given with the negatives
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
Date note
Dated from Library correspondence file
Conservation note
3 negatives cracked
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Mr Alan Ernest Pratt, Sept 1973
Pic.Acc.2936
Administrative / Biographical history
Ernest Walter Pratt was born in Murwillumbah, 16 September 1873. He was a photographer in the 1890's. After obtaining a mariner's engineering certificate in 1900, he worked on boats trading in the islands until just after his marriage 25 October 1902, to Cecilia Harriet Weston. He became a plumber and lived in Annnandale. He died 23 July 1930.
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Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
ON 306
Record Identifier
94RxMBK1
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/94RxMBK1
Other Identifiers
Reference code
825584
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