1908. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled and dated “Sydney, Sept. 1908” in ink on backing below image, annotated “Sydney” with photographer’s name “C. McDowell” and dated “8/9/08” in ink on backing verso, 11.5 x 9.4cm. Minor foxing, discolouration and scuffs, laid down on original backing. Depicts the third and fourth..... More
c1870s. Albumen paper photograph, carte-de-visite format, 5.7 x 9cm. Slight foxing, laid down on old backing. This photograph, taken on the corner of Sloane and Bradley Streets, Goulburn, shows the business of “Owen Furner produce dealer of cereals, hay, corn, bran, oats, barley and flour.” Next door, there are three..... More
c1890s. Albumen paper photograph, 10.2 x 15.5cm. Repaired tear to lower edge, minor foxing, slight fading to edges. Image includes the Royal Surrey Hotel at 195 Oxford Street, which was the future site for the Eastern Suburbs Leagues Club from 1961 to 1968, before moving to its present location in..... More
1913. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, text including caption and “G.A. Solomons” photographer’s line on backing below image and verso, 9.1 x 5cm. Missing lower left corner, slight foxing to photograph and backing. Text reads “My photograph. Photo by ‘Sol.’ [George Albert Solomons (1891-1939)] The famous photographer. Studio and framing works..... More
c1888. Six-panel albumen paper photograph panorama, 21.8 x 151.2cm. Slight discolouration and tear to left portion, slight foxing and stains to right portion, minor silvering and crinkles overall. Taken from “Clifton” House, Kirribilli Point. Shows views of Miller’s Point, The Rocks, Circular Quay, Bennelong Point, Botanic Gardens, Mrs Macquarie’s Chair..... More
c1990s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, autographed in ink on image lower centre, 20.5 x 15.5cm. Slight creases, indentations. More
c1919. Eight vintage silver gelatin photographs, each 11.6 x 15.2cm (approx. each). Slight silvering, creases and scuffing overall. Images show Macquarie Street and Queen’s Square in Sydney, heavily decorated, as well as the “Avenue of Allies” triumphal arch on the corner of Bridge and Macquarie Streets. The arch was surmounted..... More
1899. Three printing-out paper photographs, one image annotated “wreck of lugger at Cape Melville” in pencil verso, 10.7 x 15cm (approx. each). Minor developing flaws and chips to edges. Two images show men packing pearl shells on the schooner Olive. The other image shows the wreck of the Zanoni schooner..... More
c1953. Three items consisting of a vintage silver gelatin photograph with “Sydney Morning Herald” copyright stamp verso, a colour process lithograph pamphlet with price list, and a roneoed typed letter with Penfolds letterhead, 25.3 x 20.6cm (photograph). Minor creases, scuffing and tears to photograph, slight foxing to pamphlet. The pamphlet..... More
c1860. Albumen paper photograph, and hand-written poem, inscribed “for my ever dearest friend Annie Bisdee Thorne” from “E.H. Dumaresq, Tivoli, Rose Bay, Australia”, 18.2 x 13.2cm (photograph). Added pencil to image, old paper remnants surrounding image, obscuring caption in pencil, laid down on original backing; poem with creases and tears..... More
c1870s. Albumen paper photograph, titled in pencil on backing below image, 20.4 x 27.1cm. Tears and missing portions to edges, minor foxing to upper portion, laid down on original album page. More
1959. Two vintage silver gelatin photographs, one with “UPI” press stamp and label verso, the other captioned in negative above image, 14 x 19.4cm; 17.1 x 21.7cm. Minor crinkles, scuffs, cracking, creases to edges. Mounted together. Text reads: (1) [PMs Robert Menzies and Michel Debre] . Paris, France: Australian Prime..... More
1944. Silver gelatin photograph, four-panel panorama, text with date and caption in ink on backing above and below image, 18.4 x 101.6cm (overall). Laid down on original backing. Framed. Text includes “The Maritime Services Board of NSW, August ‘44.”. More
c1910s-1940s. Group of four vintage silver gelatin photographs, most inscribed and signed by Cazneaux in pencil or ink verso, some dated and one signed by Cazneaux’s wife Winnie in pencil or ink verso, sizes from 10.3 x 7cm to 13.4 x 10.1cm. Some with slight surface loss and tears to..... More
c1860s-1870s. Group of four albumen paper photographs, carte-de-visite format, all captioned with sitters’ names in pencil below image on original mount, three dated with sitters’ names in ink and all with studio stamps on backing verso, 7.9 x 5.2cm (approx. each). Each laid down on original backing and set into..... More
c1890s. Albumen paper photograph, and vintage silver gelatin photograph, one with printed photographer’s line below image and titled in ink on backing verso, the other titled “Side View, Bungendore Post Office” in ink on backing below image, 10.5 x 14.4cm, 7.4 x 10cm. Slight foxing, soiling, scuffs, laid down on..... More
c1960s. (1) [Ben Chifley in London]. Silver gelatin photograph, c1946/later printing, 24 x 17.7cm. Ref: National Archives of Australia; (2) Ben Chifley, PM of Australia, 1945-1949, c1960s. Process screen pamphlet, 21.8 x 14.7cm (folded). The pamphlet provides information covering the life of Bathurst-born Joseph Benedict Chifley (1885-1951) who was Prime..... More
1945. Pair of vintage silver gelatin photographs, each with “Royal Australian Air Force” copyright stamp with captions and date in ink verso, 15 x 20cm (approx. each). Creases, scuffing, one with cracking to upper left corner. Stamp and captions include “Crown copyright reserved. Unit: SOP. Date: 16.8.45. Subject: VE/VP Day..... More
1919. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, annotated and dated “by [sculptor] Professor Derwent Wood, R.A., London, 1919” in an unknown hand in ink on backing below image, framing annotation in pencil verso, 27.6 x 22.5cm. Developing flaws, retouching, laid down on original backing. Annotation includes “Dame [Mary] Hughes. Black oak swing..... More
1967. Collection of 40 silver gelatin photographs attributed to Gervaise Purcell (Aust., 1919-1999) and one C-type photograph, all in spiral bound album, 30.1 x 25.1cm (paper size). Water damage including surface loss, stains and buckling to edges of most images, slight creases, tears or paper remnants to some images. Prime..... More
c1968. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, Gorton’s signature in ink on slip attached verso, with inscription in ink on accompanying card, 14.8 x 20.6cm. Slight cracking, stains to upper right corner. Inscription reads “To Denis Bradley, from Jack Gorton.” On 10 January 1968, John Gorton became the 19th Prime Minister of..... More
c1995/later printing. C-type photograph, autographed in ink on image, 17.7 x 12.6cm. Minor soiling upper right, crease to centre of image. More
1884. Composite albumen paper photograph of 29 military Personages, inscribed and dated in ink on backing below image, 37.5 x 29.1cm. Slight foxing overall, minor silvering to image lower right, laid down on original backing. Inscription reads “Presented to Surgeon Beaney with kind regards, Caleb Anderson. Major Com’dg Reg’t P...... More
c1883. Albumen paper photograph, titled in pencil on backing below image, 24.4 x 29.7cm. Slight stains to edges, laid down on original backing. The school opened in March 1883 and within a month the enrolment had grown from 66 pupils to 89. Ref: Bondi Public School, NSW. More
1872. Albumen paper photograph, captioned in ink on accompanying slip, 27.5 x 21.5cm. Slight foxing and stains to upper portion. Framed. Caption continues “Now occupied by Proud’s Jewellers’ Shop. 1872. Presented by E. Butcher, Esq.”. More