Broadhurst collection of postcards of New South Wales scenes, ca. 1900-1927
Broadhurst collection of postcards of New South Wales scenes, ca. 1900-1927
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1900-1927
Call Numbers
PXA 635
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures, Photographs and Ephemera
Physical Description
Contents
1073 photographic prints (postcards) - 8.8 x 14 cm.-14 x 8.8 cm. - gelatin silver, some hand coloured
1 item of ephemera (pamphlet)
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
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Alternative Titles
Full title
Broadhurst collection of postcards of New South Wales scenes, ca. 1900-1927
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
M.A.B often appears on the front of Broadhurst postcards. The name M. Broadhurst also appears on the back of some postcards eg. PXA 635/179. The identity and significance of this anomaly is unknown.
Contextual Information
Source
Presented 1970
Pic.Acc.2048
Administrative / Biographical history
William Henry Broadhurst was born at Maitland on 13th August, 1855; he died aged 72 on 29 July 1927. He moved to Ashfield, Sydney, and began employment as a surveyor's assistant, working mainly on the south coast of NSW. He turned his interest in photography into a business, and from around 1900 began to publish postcards. Many of the photographs w...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 635
Record Identifier
nZNmr67n
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Other Identifiers
Reference code
71625
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