General Electric Company of Australia and Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Australia photographs, ca....
General Electric Company of Australia and Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Australia photographs, ca. 1920-1955
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1920-1955
Call Numbers
PXE 1115/Boxes 1-3 , PXB 573/Boxes 1-2 , PXA 1444
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Physical Description
Contents
430 photographic prints - 25 x 20 cm. or smaller
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Created before 1955 (Photograph)
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Majority of photographs have captions and dates written on back. Some photographs have photographer's catalogue numbers in bottom left corner.
PXE 1115
PXE 1115/Box 1/Folder 1
14 portraits including, Melbourne office staff of 1922; factory workers from Young, ca. 1905; Mr. F.B. Clapp; Arthur Winslow Jones; Mr. T.D. Wright; "25 Yea...
Alternative Titles
Full title
General Electric Company of Australia and Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Australia photographs, ca. 1920-1955
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Most photographs have a letter written on back. It is probable that 'A' is for Adelaide; 'B' Brisbane; 'C' Canberra; 'N' Newcastle; 'T' Townsville'; 'S' Sydney.
Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.2002 as part of the eRecords Project 2011-2012
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by The General Electric Company of Australia, July, 1970
Pic.Acc.2002
Administrative / Biographical history
In 1924 the NSW state government awarded Associated General Electric Industries (AGE) with the contract to supply equipment for the electrification of Sydney suburban railways. The company established its factory at Lidcombe/Auburn and in 1930 merged with Metropolitan Vickers Australia, (M.V.A.). The velodrome at Wyatt Park was beside the AGE facto...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXE 1115/Boxes 1-3 , PXB 573/Boxes 1-2 , PXA 1444
Record Identifier
YzOgGmD9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YzOgGmD9
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Reference code
913371
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