Photographs relating to the Bell family, including bullock and horse teams, the Denman butter factor...
Photographs relating to the Bell family, including bullock and horse teams, the Denman butter factory and polo players, and a panorama of the Golden Mile, Western Australia, ca. 1896-1930
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1896-1930
Call Numbers
PXD 1251/Boxes 1-2
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Reference Code
Formats
Pictures, Photographs and Prints
Physical Description
Contents
8 photographs - 26.7 x 31.7 cm, on mount 40.2 x 50.6 cm or smaller - albumen, gelatin silver
1 print - approx. 22.5 x 145 cm - panorama
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Photographs in this collection created before 1955 are all out of copyright
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
PXD 1251/Box 1
Bullock team with loaded wagon (Louis Spohr, Photographer, Muswellbrook)
Bullocks at 'Pickering', ca. 1896 (Chas Hedley, Photographer)
Horse teams carting away the wool clip, wool store and shearing shed, 'Norrindoo', Queensland.
Denman Butter Factory, ca. 1907 (J.A. Luscombe, Photographer) (Poor condition)
Alternative Titles
Full title
Photographs relating to the Bell family, including bullock and horse teams, the Denman butter factory and polo players, and a panorama of the Golden Mile, Western Australia, ca. 1896-1930
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Two other copies of the The Golden Mile panorama at: SPF/1904 and ML 1131
The panorama of the Golden Mile, Western Australia, remains rolled in box until required (PXD 1251/Box 2)
Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.5536 as part of the eRecords Project 2012-13
Date note
Beginning date range based on time photographic studio of Chas Hedley was operating.
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by the Bell family, of 'Pickering', Denman, NSW, Jan. 1969
Pic.Acc.5536
Administrative / Biographical history
Frederick Bell and his brother Henry Wyatt Bell inherited the 'Pickering' estate in Denman on the Upper Hunter, in 1883, from their father, Archibald Bell. Archibald had been given land by the Crown in recognition for discovering a route across the Blue Mountains. He acquired more land when exploring tributaries of the Hunter River and later purcha...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXD 1251/Boxes 1-2
Record Identifier
n88EQVRn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n88EQVRn
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Reference code
909362
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