![Hobart Seen From The West]. Melvin Vaniman, Amer](/pictures/thumb/CL191-167.JPG?v=1513996423)
1904. Vintage platinum photograph, panorama, annotated and dated “registered 1904” and signed in negative lower left, 38.1 x 118.1cm. Repaired surface loss, missing portions, tears and scuffs to upper portion and edges, slight soiling. Laid down on acid-free backing. Image shows the city of Hobart and the harbour, taken from... More about Hobart Seen From The West
![Bennelong Point, Circular Quay And Dawes Point, Sydney]. Melvin Vaniman, American](/pictures/thumb/CL191-168.JPG?v=1513996423)
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 about Bennelong Point, Circular Quay And Dawes Point, Sydney
![Sydney Harbour]. Melvin Vaniman, American](/pictures/thumb/CL191-169.JPG?v=1513996423)
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 about Sydney Harbour
![Hobart From Salamanca Place, Tasmania]. Melvin Vaniman, American](/pictures/thumb/CL191-170.JPG?v=1513996423)
1904. Vintage platinum photograph, panorama, annotated and dated “registered 1904” and signed in negative lower right, 37.6 x 118.1cm. Repaired tears and missing portions to lower centre and edges, slight stains to upper portion. Laid down on acid-free backing. This image was taken from the mast of a ship berthed... More about Hobart From Salamanca Place, Tasmania
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: SMH, 19.3.1932. More about “Wallaroo” [Steam Ferry, Sydney Harbour
![The Basin, Bondi Coast [NSW]. Robert Vere Scott, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL194-96_1.jpg?v=1543548782)
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 about The Basin, Bondi Coast [NSW
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 about Canning Stock Route, WA
![Alfred Dampier’s Farewell [Lyceum Theatre]. Kerry, Co, active Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL187-72.JPG?v=1496122682)
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 about Alfred Dampier’s Farewell [Lyceum Theatre
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 about Melbourne
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 about The Stirling Water Tube Boiler Co. Camp At Ryde, NSW
c1908. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, postcard format, title, caption and photographer’s line in negative lower right, annotated in ink verso, 13.4 x 8.6cm. Slight scuffing, creases. Text reads “19. ‘A right to the body, & ready for shift.’ Kerry, Sydney.” Annotation reads “Mind you don’t get a punch in the..... More about Tommy Burns
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 about The Outgoing Gov. Gen. And The New One [Governors General Henry Stafford Northcote And William...
1908. Ten vintage silver gelatin photographs, postcard format, each captioned with studio line in negative lower portion, sizes range from 13.4 x 8.6cm to 14 x 8.9cm. Slight creases and scuffing overall. This group includes six postcards of Johnson, and four postcards of Burns, three by photographer Charles Kerry. On... More about Jack Johnson And Tommy Burns, World Heavyweight Boxing Championship
1908. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, panorama format, captioned with photographer and date in negative lower right, mounted with colour facsimile of admission ticket to the match, 37.1 x 94.4cm. Minor foxing overall. Original frame. Caption continues “14 rounds, won by Johnson on points. Stadium, Sydney, Dec. 26th, 1908. Purse £7,500... More about Burns V. Johnson Boxing Contest
1909. Printout paper photograph, “artistic photograph” blind stamped on backing, annotated and dated in ink with partially obscured postmark for “Hanoi” on backing verso, 9.8 x 13.5cm. Minor stains, scuffs and crazing, laid down on original backing. Annotation reads “Mrs. J. Couttie, Barkly St, Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia. 15.11.09. Photo..... More about Rickshaw Driver With Australian Woman Passenger, Hanoi
![Views Of The Illawarra, NSW]. Attrib. Algernon Edward Thornton Winn, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL187-91_1.JPG?v=1496126073)
1909. Three vintage silver gelatin photographs, postcard format, each titled in negative lower centre, all postmarked or dated “April 1909” in ink with inscriptions verso, 8.9 x 14cm (approx. each). Minor silvering or stains to images. Titles read (1) South Coast Rd towards Bulli Pass, Thirroul; (2) Towards Thirroul from... More about Views Of The Illawarra, NSW
c1909. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, postcard format, annotated in ink verso, 8.6 x 13.6cm. Minor surface loss, silvering to edges of image. An advertisement in The Wellington Times [NSW], 1909, states “A short time ago I [T.J. Arniel] started a business in Maughan Street for the purpose of giving the... More about T.J. Arniel, The Central Butcher [Wellington, NSW
![Queen Of The South’s Palace [Slab Hut], Goulburn and Royal Palace [Brick House], Goulburn](/pictures/thumb/CL191-28_1.JPG?v=1513996502)
c1890/1909. Pair of vintage silver gelatin photographs, postcard format, each titled with photographer’s name in negative lower left to right and inscribed in ink in various hands verso, 8.9 x 14cm (approx. each). Slight creases, minor stains. Photographers’ lines read “Mrs Caspers Photo” and “Rice Photo.” Inscriptions read: (1) “Mrs..... More about Queen Of The South’s Palace [Slab Hut], Goulburn and Royal Palace [Brick House], Goulburn
1910. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, captioned and dated “Jan. 1910” in ink with photographer’s blind stamp on backing below image, list of depicted dignitaries and officers in ink on original frame backing verso, 15.4 x 20.3cm. Slight foxing and silvering, minor chips to edges, laid down on original backing. Original..... More about Lord Kitchener In Adelaide Greeting The S. Australian Officers Who Went To S. Africa (Boer War
1910. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, postcard format, autographed “Best wishes, Harry Houdini” and dated “4/1/11 [April 1st]” in ink on right side of image, caption and erroneous date “March 15th” in negative lower right, 9.1 x 11.7cm. Trimmed edges, minor scuffing, paper remnants and old glue stains verso. Caption continues..... More about Houdini Piloting His Voisin Biplane [In Australia
c1910s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, panorama, titled with photographer’s line in negative lower left, 15.5 x 52.5cm. Slight silvering and stains to image centre. Original frame. View from the southern end of Coogee Beach, showing the aquarium, swimming baths [now the Coogee Pavilion] and the headland. More about Coogee Beach
1912. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, postcard format, text including date and caption in Swedish and English verso, 8.7 x 13.8cm. Shows gold medallists at the Stockholm Olympic Games, 1912: Cecil Healy, Malcolm Champion, Leslie Boardman, Harold Hardwick. More about Australian Swim Team, 800m Relay
1913. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, annotations in two different contemporary hands including photographers’ names and date in ink on backing verso, 20.5 x 15.5cm. Silvering, slight scuffs and minor surface loss to edges. Annotations read “Photo by May and Mina Moore. [Sitter] Edward Dyson, author of A Golden Shanty. Taken... More about Edward Dyson
1913. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, photographer’s line in label on backing below image, titled and dated “March 1913” in ink on backing verso, 13.9 x 20.3cm. Minor scuffs, laid down on original presentation backing. Label reads “Northam & C.M. Nixon, Freemantle [sic].” The third generation in a family of photographers..... More about Fremantle Interstate Shipping Co. Cricket Match
c1911-1913. Green-toned carbon print, titled and numbered “47” in ink in unknown hand on accompanying “Fine Art Society” exhibition label, 31.5 x 75.4cm. Cracks to image lower right, surface crazing, repaired portions, minor chips to edges, old mount burn. Label reads “This photograph is enlarged from a negative taken during..... More about Summer