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Mort family - Photographs of Sydney & N. S. Wales [ca. 1879-1889]

Mort family - Photographs of Sydney & N. S. Wales [ca. 1879-1889]

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Mort family - Photographs of Sydney & N. S. Wales [ca. 1879-1889]

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Full title

Mort family - Photographs of Sydney & N. S. Wales [ca. 1879-1889]

Date

[ca. 1879-1889]

Call Numbers

PXD 956

Record Identifier

9yMdWzp9

Reference Code

151927
Physical Description

Contents

150 photographic prints (on 25 leaves) - images 8.5 x 14 cm. and 13.2 x 9.5 cm., in album 31 x 53 cm. - albumen

1 photograph

Other Descriptions

Level of description

Series

Access and use

Copying Conditions

Out of copyright : Created before 1955

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

Issue Copy

Digitised

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Scope and Contents

Contents

ALBUM (25 pages)
Photographs of Sydney & N. S. Wales -- front cover
1. Greenoakes ; Double Bay ; St. Mark's ; Mort's Wool Warehouse ; Government House ; Sydney Observatory
2. Mrs Macquarie's Chair ; Lavender Bay ; Woolloomooloo Bay ; North Shore Ferry ; Potts Point ; Circular Quay
3. Ferryboat "Wallaby" ; Circular Quay ; Mil...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Mort family - Photographs of Sydney & N. S. Wales [ca. 1879-1889]

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

General note

Photographers include Bayliss and Kerry & Jones
All the photographs in this album were originally 1/2 plate size (12 x 16.5 cm.)
Dated ca. 1879 from the photograph (p.11) of the Garden Palace (built 1879 and destroyed by fire 22 September 1882)

Digital order no:Album ID : 1014747

Signature / Inscriptions

Mort / This should at some stage be returned to Australia. / Photos taken about the late 80's - could even be earlier -- inscribed in later hand (in biro) on front end board.

Description source

Titled in ink below images

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

PXD 956

Record Identifier

9yMdWzp9

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9yMdWzp9

Other Identifiers

Reference code

151927

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