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
1909. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, panorama format, studio line and caption with date in negative lower left and centre, 133.1 x 24.4cm. Slight soiling, creases to corners, tear to right edge. Studio line reads “Exchange Studios. Reg. 49 Pitt St, Sydney.”. More
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
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, 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
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
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, 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
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
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
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. Three printout paper photographs, stereo card format, one captioned and dated in ink on backing below image, two with photographer’s stamp on backing verso, 7.8 x 15.7cm (approx. each). Slight stains, surface loss and scuffing to image, chips to edges. Stamp reads “Harry J.M. Thompson, ‘Kalimna’, Hawthorn, Vic.” The..... 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
c1914. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, 10.9 x 15.4cm. Minor foxing, soiling and chips to edges of image, laid down on original backing. It’s our flag poster appears in the background. Ref: SLNSW. Throughout WWI, in Australia, “an estimated 10,000 patriotic clubs, societies and sewing circles sprang up to knit socks..... 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
c1914. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled and priced by one of Cazneaux’s daughters in pencil verso, 21 x 19.5cm. Slight developing flaws to left edge of image. Framed. The price of $500, listed verso, originates from an exhibition held in 1984 at the Australian Centre for Photography in Paddington. Provenance..... 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
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c1914. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, captioned in negative lower left, signed “O.F. Plucke, Maryborough” in ink on backing below image, 10.8 x 15cm. Laid down on original backing. The Victorian Rangers in this image may be going off to WWI. The Victorian Rangers was a volunteer regiment that was first..... 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
1915. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled and dated “July 30th 1915” in ink on backing below image, 15.3 x 20.8cm. Silvering, soiling and scuffs, chips to edges, laid down on original backing. Shows a group of people in fancy dress on a float. Signs on banner and side of wagon..... More
c1915. Silver gelatin photograph, captioned and annotated in ink on image lower right and verso, 14.1 x 19.4cm. Slight tear to right edge of image, minor stains, scuffs and silvering to image, laid down on old backing. Annotations include “Born 2-10-1865, son of John Ross McLennan and Jessie (nee McIntyre)..... More
c1915. Silver gelatin photograph, titled in negative lower left, photographer’s blind stamp on image lower right, annotated in ink verso, 14.7 x 20.5cm. Creases and scuffs overall, slight tears and minor surface loss to edges of image. Stamp reads “Milton C. Kent [Aust., 1888-1965], 131 Cardigan Street, Stanmore, NSW.” Annotation..... More
![Item #CL169-101 Special School Of Instruction For Acting SSMs, [Staff Sergeant Majors] Sydney](/pictures/thumb/CL169-101.JPG?v=1492492604)
1915. Silver gelatin photograph, titled, annotated “Sydney” and dated “September 1915” in negative lower left to right, photographer’s line in letterpress, 15.1 x 20.3cm. Minor silvering, scuffs, slight stains and foxing, laid down on original backing. Photographer’s line reads “Cooper & Robbins, 111 Elizabeth St, Sydney.” The school’s mascot, possibly..... More
![Item #CL169-102 [Young Man With Indian Motorcycle And Sidecar]. Milton C. Kent, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL169-102.JPG?v=1492492604)
1915. Silver gelatin photograph, photographer’s blind stamp on image lower right, dated “13 March 1915” in pencil in an unknown hand verso, 14.6 x 20.6cm. Slight stains to centre of image, minor scuffs and crinkles overall. Stamp reads “Milton C. Kent, Haberfield, NSW.”. More
c1915. Silver gelatin photograph, postcard format, 13.7 x 8.7cm. Slight silvering and foxing, minor discolouration. Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku (1890-1968) was a Hawaiian-American competition swimmer credited with spreading the sport of surfing. Kahanamoku, a five-time Olympic medallist in swimming, was brought to Australia in 1915 to display his..... More