A Farm Yard, Lake Goldsmith Near Beaufort, Victoria, Australia
c1900. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled in pencil verso, 9.2 x 14.4cm. Lake Goldsmith is north west of Ballarat in Victoria. More
c1900. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled in pencil verso, 9.2 x 14.4cm. Lake Goldsmith is north west of Ballarat in Victoria. More
c1900. Printout paper photograph, titled in pencil with faint partial photographer’s stamp verso, 8.5 x 15cm. Stamp reads “E.G. Rome, Photographic Artist…WA.” Cancelled portion of title reads “Near Darling Ranges.” Sign on corrugated iron building reads “Railway Bakery.”. More
c1900s. Vintage toned silver gelatin photograph, signed “copyright by W.E. Worden, S.F.” in ink on image lower right, 75.7 x 41cm. Repaired tears to edges and centre of image, pinholes, slight foxing. Laid down on acid-free backing. Willard Elmer Worden’s photography is represented in the de Young Museum, San Francisco..... More
c1900. Composite vintage silver gelatin photograph with four process-screen cut outs, caption and text attached on label below image, 18 x 12.6cm (photograph). Slight scuffing overall, laid down on original backing. As detailed on the label, the photograph shows portraits of the “late Sir Wm. a’Beckett, 1852-1857 [top left]; the..... More
c1900s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, eight-panel panorama, not joined, 10.2 x 15.4cm (approx. each). Slight silvering, stains, minor creases to edges. This panorama begins in Parramatta Park, at the curve of the Parramatta River. The view shows a truss bridge over the river, then sweeps up to George Street where..... More
c1900s. Printout paper photograph, cabinet card format, titled in ink on photograph lower centre and on backing below image, studio line on backing left of image, 8.7 x 13.2cm. Laid down on original presentation backing. Studio line reads “Jas, Howe & Co., Moonta [SA]. Copy.” Copper was discovered in Blinman..... More
c1900. Printout paper photograph, titled in pencil verso, 21.7 x 28.7cm. Crease with cracking, repaired tears and surface loss to left edge. The image appears to be posed, showing two Aboriginal families, and several dogs. Nine of the children are standing on the left, two women with one child are..... More
c1901. Two printout paper photographs, one image with photographer’s line in negative lower left, studio stamp on backing verso, 14.9 x 20.3cm (each). Slight foxing and stains, minor missing portions, laid down on original backing. Studio stamp reads “W. Roy Millar, Photographer. Bayley St, Coolgardie.” British-born William Roy Millar “is..... More
1901. Three albumen paper photographs, consisting of two- and five-panel panoramas, sizes range from 25.5 x 67cm to 29.7 x 127cm. Slight foxing and repaired minor missing portions. Linen-backed. The images depict: (1) [Centennial Park, Sydney, During the Celebration of Federation], two-panel panorama. Held in NLA; (2) [Awaiting of Lord..... More
1901. Albumen paper photograph, stereo card format, studio line and title in letterpress on backing below image and verso, 8.2 x 16cm. Slight silvering, laid down on original backing. Studio line includes “Underwood & Underwood, Publishers. New York, London, Toronto-Canada, Ottawa-Kansas. Works & Studios, Arlington NJ. Copyright 1901.” Held in..... More
1902. Platinum photograph, panorama, annotated “protected [copyright]”, dated “7.21.02” with photographer’s line in negative lower right, 38 x 116.3cm. Repaired tears and missing portions lower left and right. Laid down on acid-free paper. Photographer’s line reads “Melvin Vaniman, San Francisco.” Shows a view from Arthur’s Point. Melvin Vaniman (1866-1912) was..... More
1903. Vintage platinum photograph panorama, titled and dated “Sunday, Feb. 9, 1903” in negative lower centre, 37.5 x 106.5cm. Repaired tears and chips to image lower right and centre, upper and left edges. Laid down on acid-free backing. Vaniman was commissioned for the purpose of encouraging tourism by the Oceanic..... More
1903. Albumen paper photograph, stereo card format, title, date and studio line on backing around image, 8.1 x 15.6cm. Laid down on original backing. Studio line and text includes “Underwood & Underwood Publishers. New York, London, Toronto – Canada, Ottawa – Kansas. Works and Studios, Arlington, NJ; Littleton, NH; Washington, DC..... More
1904. Pair of vintage silver gelatin photographs, 21 x 15.2cm, 20.1 x 14.4cm. Slight stains, foxing, discolouration and scuffs overall, each laid down on original backing. Text on depicted floats includes “Golden Square. Bendigo Easter Fair 1904.” Gold was discovered in Bendigo in the spring of 1851, about 200 metres..... More
1904. Vintage platinum photograph, panorama, annotated and dated “registered 1904” and signed in negative lower left, 38.1 x 118.1cm. Repaired missing portions and tears to edges, minor scuffs and slight soiling to upper portion. Laid down on acid-free backing. Image taken from the mast of a ship on Sydney Harbour..... More
c1904. Vintage platinum photograph, panorama, annotated “registered” and signed in negative lower right, 37.6 x 117.8cm. Stains, soiling and minor surface loss to upper portion, repaired tears and missing portions to edges. Laid down on acid-free backing. This is believed to be the first aerial photograph taken in Australia. It..... More
1904. Watercolour with gouache, signed “L.J. Kennedy” and dated in ink on image lower right, 45.3 x 65.1cm. Old mount burn, minor scuffing to edges. Built in 1897, the Wallaroo was part of the ferry fleet of the North Shore Steam Ferry Company (renamed Sydney Ferries, Ltd in 1899). Ref..... More
c1890s-1905. Albumen paper photograph, cabinet card format, with hand-coloured process screen postcard, annotations in ink and letterpress in lower margin and verso of postcard, with postage stamp and postmark, 13.8 x 20.5cm, 9.1 x 13.8cm. Photograph with slight foxing overall, laid down on original backing; postcard with slight wear and..... More
1904-1905. Twenty-three (23) printout paper photographs, three captioned in negative lower left, 13 annotated in Japanese or English in various hands in pencil, ink or crayon verso, 9.3 x 13.3cm to 9.9 x 14.3cm. One image with old glue remnants, minor chips and curl to edges. Captions in English include..... More
c1905. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, panorama, titled with photographer’s line in negative lower left, 23.1 x 56.9cm. Silvering, laid down on original backing. Framed. Image shows the northern headland of Bondi Beach. Similar image held in NGA. More
1905. Silver gelatin photograph, letterpress text on backing above and below image, 19 x 13.2cm. Repaired tears and missing portions, crinkles, laid down on original backing. Provenance: Fred Lane estate. Text includes “H.W. [sic] Baker, F.C.V. Lane (Capt.), C. Healy, A. Wickham, R. Baker. World’s record time: 5 min. 17..... More
1906. Pair of printout paper photographs, captioned and dated in a contemporary hand in pencil verso, 13.5 x 18.5cm, 14.2 x 20.6cm. Crinkles to edges. Captions read “A.W. Canning and party at Wiluna, en route for Kimberley, 1906 (Trotman, 2nd in command);” and “A.W. Canning’s camel team leaving Wiluna for..... More
1897/1906. Vintage silver gelatin photograph with letterpress, studio blind stamp on original backing below image, date “24 September 1897” transferred in pencil to new backing verso, 41.2 x 53.7cm. Repaired tears and missing portions, slight discolouration to image centre and left. Laid down on acid-free tissue. An advertisement in the..... More
1905/1906. Photogravure, panorama, caption and text “Printed in Vienna” above and below image, 27.4 x 90.2cm. Framed. This photogravure is after a 1905 oil painting by Laurence William Wilson held in the State Library of Victoria. The view is from an elevated site in the Queen Victoria Gardens. It shows..... More
c1906. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, postcard format, caption in image, 8.7 x 13.8cm. Silvering. Stirling Water Tube Boilers were first introduced at Ryde Water Pumping Station in 1906. Built in 1891, the pumping station had significant “impact on Sydney life...[During] the early 1900s, Sydney was not only in continual drought..... More