Sydney, ca. 1885-1890 / photographed by Arthur K. Syer

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Sydney, ca. 1885-1890 / photographed by Arthur K. Syer

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Sydney, ca. 1885-1890 / photographed by Arthur K. Syer

About this item

Full title

Sydney, ca. 1885-1890 / photographed by Arthur K. Syer

Author / Creator

Syer, Arthur, d. 1935

Date

ca. 1885-1890

Call Numbers

PXA 394

Record Identifier

9gkdOOD9

Reference Code

442936

Formats

Pictures and Photographs

Physical Description

Contents

76 photographic prints - 10 x 15 cm. or smaller - albumen

Other Descriptions

Level of description

Fonds

Access and use

Copying Conditions

Out of copyright : Created before 1955

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

Physical Access Conditions

Access to this pictures collection via appointment only. Please submit your request through Ask a Librarian

Issue Copy

Digitised

More information

Scope and Contents

Contents

Street scenes in Sydney showing transport deliveries, barrow shopping, queues at Circular Quay, shipping, street cleaning, children playing, scenes at horse races and at a fair and farming scenes. The subjects indicate that they were probably taken with a hidden camera

Alternative Titles

Full title

Sydney, ca. 1885-1890 / photographed by Arthur K. Syer

Authors, Artists and Contributors

Author / Creator

Syer, Arthur, d. 1935

Notes

General note

Undated and untitled

Contents list held at ML Ref shelf and with originals

Copy prints available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room in the Self Indexing Files (refer to contents list for locations)

Digital order no:Album ID : 824197

Signature / Inscriptions

Photographer's name stamped on verso of some photos

Attributions / Conjectures

PXA 394/no. 46 identified as Circular Quay, from the saw-tooth roof of the woolstore behind the Paragon Hotel

PXA 394/no. 32 identified as outside Petty's Hotel, lokking towards Wynard Square

Reference:
Identified by beachcomberaustralia. http://www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryofnsw/...

Published information

Arthur Syer, brother of the artist Walter Syer, was a friend of cartoonist Phil May and supplied him with 'snapshot' photographs of ordinary people in daily attire. Phil May, renowned for the life-like quality of his illustrations, used the photographs to impart an authentic atmosphere to his cartoons. Syer's low angle photographs were taken surre...