Australian Publicity Council collection of photographs of New South Wales, ca.1952-196-?
Australian Publicity Council collection of photographs of New South Wales, ca.1952-196-?
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
ca.1952-196-?
Call Numbers
PXA 1702
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
5 ephemera items (postcards)
623 photographs - 30.5 x 24.5 cm. or smaller - silver gelatin
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Arrangement
The photographs were unsorted when received. In cataloguing they have been categorised broadly into industrial and engineering related subjects and other subjects in the Sydney region, Snowy Mountains region and other New South Wales regions; forestry; a small group of non-NSW photographs; and a group of postcards and a snapshot received from the State Library of Victoria in an earlier consignment.
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Applies to photographs created before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
622 b&w photoprints by Australian Publicity Council, Victorian Division, and other photographers and government agencies.
Photographers include Max Dupain, Douglass Baglin, W. Pedersen for Australian News and Information Bureau, A. & H. Gibbs, Wolfgang Sievers for Conzinc Riotinto of Australia Ltd, J. Fitzpatrick, Sutcliffe Pty. Ltd., F. C....
Alternative Titles
Full title
Australian Publicity Council collection of photographs of New South Wales, ca.1952-196-?
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
Object History
The photographs were originally owned by the now defunct Australian Publicity Council, and "were rescued when the Council's office was being cleared". They were given to the State Library of Victoria in 1985, who sent photographs of non-Victorian subjects to other states, the New South Wales photographs being offered to the Mitchell Library in Apr...
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by the State Library of Victoria, February and April 1988
Pic.Acc.6506
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 1702
Record Identifier
9O4ood5n
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9O4ood5n
Other Identifiers
Reference code
901905
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