c1879. Three albumen paper photographs, one with “J. Paine” studio stamp and “J.R. Clarke” publisher’s stamp verso, another is attributed to Charles Bayliss, 9.1 x 12.6cm to 24.1 x 28.7cm. Foxing, minor crinkles and tears to edges. The Garden Palace is shown from three vantage points: the front entrance with..... More about Garden Palace Exhibition Building [Sydney
![On The Nepean [NSW]. Charles Bayliss, Australian](/pictures/thumb/CL185-11.JPG?v=1486013023)
c1880s. Albumen paper photograph, titled in pencil verso, 22 x 27.8cm. Slight discolouration, tears and creases to upper and lower edges, minor silvering. Period frame. More about On The Nepean [NSW
c1880s. Albumen paper photograph, stereo card format, letterpress including title on backing and verso, 4.2 x 7.8cm. Slight foxing, laid down on original backing. Text includes “The ‘Best’ Series. Birds & Animals. Australian Emeu [sic]. Boston Store. W. Collie, dealer in foreign and domestic dry goods, silks, shawls, dress goods…Gloversville..... More about Australian Emu
c1880. Albumen paper photograph, titled with photographer’s line in centre of image, each vignette captioned with sitter’s name, 26.4 x 20.4cm. Minor foxing. Framed. Photographer’s line reads “By W’m Sargent, photo artist, 338 George St, Sydney.” Portraits include the Medical Association’s first President and Vice President, A. Renwick and A...... More about New South Wales Branch Of The British Medical Association, (First Series
c1880. Albumen paper photograph, titled in ink on backing below image, 15.5 x 20.2cm. Minor surface scuffs, slight stains and discolouration to upper edge, laid down on original backing. The National Library of Australia holds a postcard of this image, hand-coloured prior to reproduction. Lake Tyers Mission, also known as... More about Native Cottages, Lake Tyers [Victoria
![Mountain Ash [Marysville, Victoria]. Attrib. Nicholas Caire, Australian](/pictures/thumb/CL191-20.JPG?v=1513996497)
c1880. Albumen paper photograph, captioned in pencil verso, 19.4 x 15cm. Minor crinkles overall, small chips and repaired tears to edges of image. Caption continues “(Euc. amygdalina) at alt. 2430’, Div. Range. Height 300’, girth at 2’ up 64’.”. More about Mountain Ash [Marysville, Victoria
![Big Ben, The Largest Tree [Victoria]. Attrib. Nicholas Caire, Australian](/pictures/thumb/CL191-21.JPG?v=1513996497)
c1880. Albumen paper photograph, captioned in ink on accompanying slip from original album, 15.5 x 20.8cm. Discolouration to edges of image, laid down on original backing. Caption continues “Victr [Victoria]. 56 feet girth, 450 [feet] high, 1200 years old.” Held in National Museum of Australia, with the comment “‘Big Ben’..... More about Big Ben, The Largest Tree [Victoria
c1880s. Group of four albumen paper photographs, each annotated in pencil verso, 5.8 x 9.5cm to 10.9 x 16.1cm. All with minor crinkles, silvering, discolouration or stains, two with missing portions or repaired tears. Annotations include “N. Police boat, Herbert River”, “Planter’s residence, Herbert River” and “[?] Creek, Kennedy District.”..... More about Native Police Troopers, Herbert River, Queensland
c1880s. Two printing-out paper photographs, cabinet card format, studio line on backing left or right, 9.5 x 14.4cm (approx. each). Scuffing, indentations, laid down on original backing. Studio line reads “Stevens & Co., Wilcannia and Silverton.” One image depicts a camel team in front of “Frew, Wright & Co. Wine..... More about Afghan Camel Teams, Wilcannia, NSW
c1881. Albumen paper photograph, captioned in ink on backing above and below image, 14.9 x 20.7cm. Minor foxing and retouching to centre of image, laid down on original backing. Caption reads “Taken at the Governor Sir Arthur Kennedy’s House, Brisbane, Queensland. Peter G. Grant, John Robinson, M. Inst. C.E., J...... More about Queensland Trans-Continental Railway Expedition Members
![Torrens River, Adelaide, South Australia]. Captain Sweet, British/Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL187-52.JPG?v=1496122614)
c1881. Albumen paper photograph, title transferred from original backing by restorer in pencil verso, 16.2 x 21.2cm. Minor missing portion to lower edge. Laid down on acid-free backing. Erroneously titled “Torrens Lake.” Similar image held in State Library of SA with text “…The buildings visible in the background are possibly..... More about Torrens River, Adelaide, South Australia
![“Ivanhoe” In Dry Dock, Melbourne]. Charles Nettleton, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL191-24.JPG?v=1513996499)
c1881. Albumen paper photograph with pencil detailing, text including photographer’s line in letterpress on backing below image, 21.5 x 27.4cm. Foxing, laid down on original backing. Photographer’s line reads “C. Nettleton, Photo., Melbourne.” Illustrated in Calado, Ingenuity: Photography and Engineering 1846-2006, plate 184. There is an entry in the Melbourne..... More about “Ivanhoe” In Dry Dock, Melbourne
c1878-1882. Sheet music in letterpress with albumen paper photograph laid down on cover, signed by a “Jane W., Smith” and photographer’s line “Foster & Martin” in ink upper right and on photograph lower right, 7.5 x 6.3cm (photograph), 36.6 x 27.1cm (paper). Slight foxing and soiling, minor tears to edges..... More about “The West Bourke Plate Galop” [Sir William John Clarke
c1879-1882. Group of seven albumen paper photographs, some captioned in negative, some annotated in pencil verso or on old backing, three with photographer’s stamp verso, sizes from 10.2 x 18.6cm to 26.3 x 35.4cm. Slight stains, creases, repaired tears to some images. Photographer’s stamp reads “J. Paine Photo, Sydney [Aust...... More about Garden Palace, Sydney, Before And After Its Destruction By Fire
c1882. Pair of albumen paper photographs, photographer’s line on backing below image, 43.3 x 25.9cm (approx. each). Slight foxing and discolouration, minor missing portions to edges, laid down on original presentation backing. Text reads “Boyd. 250 & 252 George St [Sydney]. Miss Annis Montague as Mignon. Mr Chas. Turner as... More about Montague-Turner Opera Company
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 about Public School, Bondi [Wellington Street
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 about Prince Of Wales Victorian Volunteer Light Horse Regiment
![Masonic Gathering Outside Oxford Hotel, King St, Sydney]. William Henry Schroeder, c. Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL187-55.JPG?v=1496122616)
c1884. Print-out paper photograph, captioned in pencil in unknown hand with photographer’s line on backing below image, 26.1 x 21.4cm. Repaired tear to image lower right, laid down on original backing. Captions reads “Nicholas Weekes, Robert Patterson Negus.” Photographer’s line reads “W.H. Schröder & Co., Photographers, 671 George Street, Sydney.”..... More about Masonic Gathering Outside Oxford Hotel, King St, Sydney
![Red Bluff From Stony [Sic] Creek [Cairns, QLD](/pictures/thumb/CL187-48.JPG?v=1496121242)
c1885. Albumen paper photograph, titled in negative lower left, 18.5 x 24.3cm. Minor foxing to upper edge. An artist at his easel appears in the foreground. Stoney Creek is located in the Barron Gorge National Park, Cairns, Queensland. The Kuranda Scenic Railway, built from 1886, runs through the national park... More about Red Bluff From Stony [Sic] Creek [Cairns, QLD
![On Culpaulin Station, Darling River [NSW]. Charles Bayliss, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL185-14.JPG?v=1486013047)
1886. Albumen paper photograph, captioned “Plains between Wilcannia and Menindie [sic]” in pencil verso, photographer’s blind stamp on image lower left, 18.6 x 29.4cm. Slight creases and minor foxing to upper portion of image. Framed. From an album entitled, Views of scenery on the Darling and Lower Murray during the..... More about On Culpaulin Station, Darling River [NSW
c1886. Albumen paper photograph, five-panel panorama, captioned in negative lower centre, 31.8 x 126.2cm. Slight foxing and stains to upper portion, crazing, minor cracking, silvering and repaired missing portions. Linen-backed. The view commences from the left showing Darling Harbour and Pyrmont Bridge, Pyrmont Bay and East Balmain, ending with Wynyard... More about Panorama Of Sydney Looking West From Tower Of General Post Office
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 about Panorama Of Port Jackson, Sydney, NSW
1888. Albumen paper photograph, titled in ink on backing below image, 20.6 x 13.8cm. Slight foxing and discolouration, laid down on original backing. Held in Northern Territory Library collection, listed as “The Jetty from Stokes Hill, Port Darwin, NT, September, 1888.”. More about Jetty, Port Darwin, Northern Territory, South Australia
c1890s. Printout paper photograph, partially obscured title in pencil with two “Exclusive News Agency” stamps verso, 26 x 21.5cm. Minor tears, creases and silvering to edges of image, laid down on original backing. Title includes “On the picturesque [?].” Stamps read “Copyright ENA. When used please return photo at once..... More about Queensland. No. 1 Tunnel [Dularcha Railway Tunnel
c1890s. Printout paper photograph, 10.6 x 15cm. Scuffs and slight soiling, surface loss to edges, laid down on original backing. An advertisement for Oscar Wehrstedt, “Draper, Murray St, Gawler” appeared in the newspaper Bunyip, Gawler, SA on 29 January 1875. At the time the store was located opposite the Bunyip... More about Beauchamp & Wehrstedt, Drapers, Tailors And General Outfitters, Gawler, South Australia