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

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

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

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

c1910s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, postcard format with “Austral Kodak” branding, annotated in pencil verso, 8.7 x 13.8cm. Minor chips to edges. Annotation reads “1000th of a second.” This photograph is one of the earlier examples taken with a shutter speed of 1/1000 of a second. Shutter speeds like this became..... More

c1910/1912. Composite vintage silver gelatin photograph, text with two dates and typed label in image from lower left to right, 14.6 x 20.2cm. Laid down on original backing. Text includes “Left [Union Jack] at the Pole” and “Dec. 1910.” Label reads “Captain Scott’s Message. These rough notes and our dead..... More

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

1913. Pair of vintage silver gelatin photographs, 11.4 x 16cm (each). Slight silvering, each laid down on original backing. Images show the laying of Canberra’s foundation stones for what was to be the “Commencement Column” on Capital Hill, on 12 March 1913. Present at the ceremony are the Governor-General Lord..... 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

1913. Vintage silver gelatin photographs, two-panel panorama, photographer initials “H&S” [Howard & Shearsby], numbered “154” and “155” and captioned in negative lower left, 8.8 x 13.8cm (approx. each). Minor discolouration, laid down on original backing. Original frame. Caption continues “Site of Commencement Column.” “The site for Canberra had been chosen in..... More

c1914. Pair of vintage silver gelatin photographs, one in postcard format, each annotated in pencil verso, 8 x 12.8cm, 14.1 x 20.2cm. One with creases, cracking, indentations, minor silvering, laid down on original backing. Annotations include “Shop and Alma, 222 High St, Northcote” and “Built 1914, lived there 12 years.”..... More

c1890s/1914. Consisting of 60 vintage silver gelatin photographs in a leather-bound album with gilt text and marbled endpapers, annotated in two hands and dated in ink on second page, each photograph captioned in negative or in letterpress label on image lower left, 23.8 x 28.9cm to 27.5 x 35.1cm. Minor..... More

c1915. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, annotated in ink on image lower centre and verso, 20.6 x 15.1cm. Slight stains, scuffs. Annotations include “George McLennan, Sydney Police Force, died 1932. Father of Jessie, Ross and Heather.” George McLennan (1865-1932) resigned from the police force in 1925. More