![Item #CL195-50 [Steam Rising, Sydney Harbour]. Harold Cazneaux, 1878–1953 Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL195-50.jpg?v=1557900147)
[Steam Rising, Sydney Harbour]
c1920s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed in pencil on backing below image, 21.3 x 19cm. Surface loss, chips and soiling to image, laid down on original backing. More
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Silver And Gray
c1920s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled and signed in pencil in lower margin, annotations including “f11” verso, 22.5 x 29.6cm. Slight foxing and silvering. More
The Cabbage Patch
c1920s. Vintage bromoil, titled and signed in pencil on backing below image, 22.4 x 23.7cm. Slight foxing, tipped to original backing. British-born Arthur Smith was a member of the Photographic Society of NSW and a regular writer for the Australasian Photo-Review. In the early 1930s, he wrote a series of..... More
Braidwood, NSW
c1920s. Two vintage silver gelatin photographs, postcard format, each captioned and signed or initialled in negative lower centre and right, both with photographer’s stamps verso, 8.7 x 14cm (approx. each). Slight stains overall, one with minor creases and missing portion to upper right corner of image. Captions and details read..... More
Australian Mobile Dentist’s Van
c1920s. Album containing eight vintage silver gelatin photographs, 9 x 11.9cm (approx. each image) and 15.3 x 21.3 x 1cm (album). Slight foxing to album and some images, a few with silvering, one image loose and creased, others laid down on album pages. The mobile dental surgery was operated by..... More
Sunny Day, Rainy Day [Manly, NSW]
c1920s. Pair of vintage silver gelatin photographs, panorama format, each with studio wet or blind stamp on original backing below image, 11.4 x 49.7cm, 11.4 x 50.3cm. Foxing, silvering, minor surface loss and chips to edges. One stamp reads “R.P. Moore, 379 Kent St, Sydney”; the other stamp includes the same details..... More
Woollahra House [Sydney, NSW]
c1920s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, studio line in ink lower right, annotated in faded ink on label and “Longworth” in white chalk to old backing on frame, 38.1 x 87.8cm. Silvering and minor surface loss to left portion, foxing to image. Original frame with fragile paper backing. Studio line reads “Hall..... More
H. Rousel, Signwriter Company Portrait
1921. Silver gelatin photograph, signed “Vera White” in pencil on backing below image, stamp with date “June 1921” and annotation in ink on backing verso, 14 x 19.1cm. Slight paper loss to margins, laid down on original backing. Framed. Stamp reads “H. Rousel, Signwriter, Sydney.” Annotations include “July 1922, 8..... More
![Item #CL169-114 Adelaide Show [Co-operative Insurance Co.]. K H. Wollaston, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL169-114.JPG?v=1492492926)
Adelaide Show [Co-operative Insurance Co.]
1921. Silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated and annotated in various hands in white ink with photographer’s line in letterpress on backing below image, 15.3 x 20.9cm. Slight scuffs and soiling overall, minor missing portions to edges of image, laid down on original backing. Photographer’s line reads “K.H. Wollaston, 1 Currie..... More
![Item #CL169-115 Fort Street [Boys’ High School, Petersham]. R P. Moore, Aust./NZ](/pictures/thumb/CL169-115.JPG?v=1492492926)
Fort Street [Boys’ High School, Petersham]
1921. Silver gelatin photograph, photographer’s blind stamp on backing below image, titled and dated in an unknown hand in ink on backing verso, 12.4 x 50.7cm. Slight soiling, foxing and scuffs overall. Blind stamp reads “R.P. Moore, Lyons Rd, Five Dock, Sydney.” Fort Street alumni are traditionally called “Fortians”. Prominent..... More
Byron Bay And The SS “Wollongbar”
1921. Ten vintage silver gelatin photographs, postcard format, five annotated “SS Wollongbar” in gouache on image lower left or right, 8 x 13.1cm. Silvering, minor creases. Three photographs in this group form a panorama of the town of Tweed Heads, NSW. On 14 May 1921, the SS Wollongbar ran aground..... More
ALP Rally Procession [Botany, NSW]
1922. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated “May 24” and signed illegibly in coloured pencil verso, 16.5 x 21.5cm. Pinholes, creases to right portion, slight silvering overall. Banner in image reads “Botany [NSW], Vote the Labor 5. Read the Labor Daily. [Frank] Burke, MLA; Long; [William] McKell MLA; [Thomas] Mutch..... More
![Item #CL187-119 [The Brisbane Hotel, Launceston]. Stephen Spurling, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL187-119.JPG?v=1496127464)
[The Brisbane Hotel, Launceston]
c1922. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, annotated “Spurlings” in pencil on original mount below image, 51.5 x 40cm. Retouched scratches to image lower left, stains to upper portion and image centre, slight silvering. Framed. Possibly taken on the occasion of the visit of the Australian Prime Minister Billy Hughes attending a...... More
Burdekin House, Sydney
1923. Etching, initialled and dated in plate lower right, signed, dated, titled and editioned 2/50 in pencil in lower margin, 15 x 19.8cm. Lightly inked impression, slight foxing overall. Held in SLNSW. Burdekin House in Macquarie Street, Sydney, was built in 1841 for merchant Thomas Burdekin (c1799–1844). “It was owned..... More
Fire Brigade In Front of Kings Cross Fire Station, Sydney
1925. Silver gelatin photograph, autographed and dated by a Leonard Pearson, one of the sitters, as marked with an “arrow” in ink on image lower left, 14.7 x 19.5cm. Slight stains and scuffs overall. More
Moving Picture Wagon
c1925. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, 7.2 x 9.6cm. Slight foxing and minor crinkles overall. Sign on horse-drawn wagon reads “Moving Pictures.” From the 1920s, motion pictures were made accessible to country towns in Australia via travelling picture showmen who worked a circuit. They found venues in the towns, such as..... More
Avon Dam [NSW]
1925. Vintage silver gelatin photograph in two panels, titled, dated “2/8/25” and monogrammed in negative lower left, 25.3 x 61.8cm. Slight silvering to edges, laid down on original backing. Framed. More
Composer Percy Grainger Autograph
1925. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed and dated by photographer “F. E. Morse”, and inscribed, signed and dated by Grainger in ink on image lower left, 33 x 26.1cm. Framed. Inscription reads “To that inspiring conductor and fellow musician Bernard Heinze, in memory of our joyous concert of Oct. 26..... More
Salvation Army Party. Boy Farmers For Australia. TSS “Vedic” [UK]
1925. Silver gelatin photograph, caption in image, typed caption label and “Sport & General” press stamp verso, 14.3 x 19.2cm. Minor handling creases and buckling to edges. Caption in image continues “31 October 1925.” Label includes “HRH Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll visits Regent Hall, Oxford Street, and makes a...... More
“Bishopscourt Estate” Randwick [NSW]
1925. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, studio line in ink on image lower right, captioned in ink on original backing above and below image, 24.6 x 54.4cm. Slight foxing, laid down on original backing. Framed. Caption continues “A record attendance at First Sale, 21st Nov. 1925.” Studio line reads “Hall & Co..... More
Principal Dancer, Pavlova’s Company
1926. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed, annotated “Melbourne” and dated in negative lower right, 18.4 x 11.6cm. Minor retouching to lower portion of image, laid down on original backing. More
[Terrace And Cottage, Double Bay, NSW]
c1926. Two vintage silver gelatin photographs, annotated in ink and pencil with photographer’s stamp verso, 14.2 x 19.7cm to 16 x 20.7cm. Minor creases, scuffing, tears and ink stains, one with minor missing portion lower left. Annotations include “61 & 63 Bay St, Double Bay.” Photographer’s stamp includes “O. Godfrey..... More
City Railway, Sydney. Proposed Circular Quay Station
c1927. Hand-coloured silver gelatin photograph, titled in image upper centre, and in ink on mount below image, 28 x 55.4cm. Stains, foxing and slight silvering overall, laid down on original backing. Framed. Title reads “Sydney and Suburban Electric Railways, Circular Quay Station.” The photograph is of a hand-painted rendition of..... More
“Sackville Reach”, Hawkesbury River, NSW
1927. Silver gelatin photograph, panorama, title, date and photographer’s line in negative lower left to right, 20.4 x 94.2cm. Slight foxing overall, minor soiling to upper portion. Framed. Photographer’s line includes “P. Moore, 10 Honnere St, Wellington [NZ].”. More
The Laughing Man By Henry King
c1890s-1927. Group of five portraits, four inspired by Henry King’s iconic photograph:. (1) Henry King (Aust., 1855-1923). Australian Aborigine, c1890s. Albumen paper photograph, cabinet card format, titled (faint) in negative lower left, photographer’s blind stamp on image lower right, caption in letterpress on backing below image, 14.7 x 9.9cm. Slight..... More