Photographs - Topographic

  • Photograph album documenting experiences at a hydroelectric plant on the Swat River in Malakand District, Northwest Frontier Province, India, 1937-38.

    # 46820

    BESLEY, Richard Bradfield (1912-1990)

    Photograph album documenting experiences at a hydroelectric plant on the Swat River in Malakand District, Northwest Frontier Province, India, 1937-38.

    Small oblong quarto album (200 x 270 mm), original brown cloth over boards with string ties, containing 116 b/w photographs in corner mounts, 113 being in 60 x 60 mm format, with 3 in larger 115 x 160 mm format; the majority are captioned in ink below the image; very good condition throughout. This album …

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  • View of Scott's Hotel, Collins Street West, Melbourne, c.1880.

    # 46586

    [Photographer unknown].

    View of Scott’s Hotel, Collins Street West, Melbourne, c.1880.

    Albumen print photograph, 155 x 205 mm, laid down recto of card mount (250 x 360 mm) removed from a nineteenth-century album, with a contemporary caption in ink below the image: ‘Melbourne. Scotts Hotel, Collins Street West’; no photographer’s imprint; a beautiful print with excellent tonal range, in fine condition; verso with a faded albumen …

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  • [FEDERATION] View of the French Arch, corner of Pitt and Bridge Streets, Sydney, 1901.

    # 46585

    [Photographer unknown].

    [FEDERATION] View of the French Arch, corner of Pitt and Bridge Streets, Sydney, 1901.

    Stereoscopic albumen print photograph, each image 82 x 77 mm, on maroon mount 86 x 175 mm; no photographer’s imprint (verso blank); the prints and the mont are in excellent condition. An anonymous stereoview which shows the French Arch at the intersection of Pitt and Bridge Streets, Sydney, during the Commonwealth celebrations in January 1901. …

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  • Group of five chromolithographic postcards with views of Hong Kong, early 1900s.

    # 46355

    M. STERNGERG & TURCO-EGYPTIAN TOBACCO STORE (publishers)

    Group of five chromolithographic postcards with views of Hong Kong, early 1900s.

    I. M. Sternberg, publisher. Hongkong Star Ferry Wharf. II. M. Sternberg, publisher. View of Peak Buildings and Roads, Hongkong. III. M. Sternberg, publisher. Queen’s Road Central and Chinese New Year Decorations, Hongkong. IV. Turco-Egyptian Tobacco Store, publisher. Hongkong. Resting Place of the highest spot of the Peak. V. Turco-Egyptian Tobacco Store, publisher. The Peak of …

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  • Scene on Middle Harbour, Sydney, 1858-59.

    # 46021

    HETZER, William, fl. 1850-67

    Scene on Middle Harbour, Sydney, 1858-59.

    Stereoscopic albumen print photograph, each individual image 76 x 71 mm (arch-top format), original plain white mount 84 x 172 mm, recto with an erroneous lithographically printed caption ‘Wooloomooloo [sic] Bay, Pott’s Point, Sydney’; verso blank; both albumen prints are in fine condition, although a little dark; the mount is very clean and stable. An insect-damaged …

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  • The Oriental Bank, corner of Queen Street and Flinders Lane, Melbourne, c.1864.

    # 46202

    MORRIS, Alfred

    The Oriental Bank, corner of Queen Street and Flinders Lane, Melbourne, c.1864.

    Stereoscopic albumen print photograph, each individual image 74 x 72 mm (arch-top format), on pale yellow board mount 82 x 171 mm; verso with printed label worded ‘A. Morris & Co.’s Stereoscopic Views of Victoria. Oriental Bank [in ms.] Melbourne’, and with the firm’s address ’56 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne’ at lower right; both prints are …

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  • View inside the trading post of Oloff & Co. at Lome, Togoland Protectorate, West Africa, c.1890.

    # 46443

    [Photographer unknown].

    View inside the trading post of Oloff & Co. at Lome, Togoland Protectorate, West Africa, c.1890.

    Albumen print photograph, 100 x 140 mm, on original card mount, 185 x 220 mm, fully contemporary inscription in ink below the image: ‘T. Oloff & Co. / Factorei / Lome’; a very strong print with excellent clarity, in good condition; the mount is clean and stable. The Togoland Protectorate (Schutzgebiet Togo) was administered by …

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  • Souvenir folding card ... Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, Seatte, Washington, June 1st to October 16th 1909.

    # 46463

    A.Y.P. EXPO. CO.

    Souvenir folding card … Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, Seatte, Washington, June 1st to October 16th 1909.

    [Seattle] : AYP Expo. Co., 1909. Colour-illustrated wallet, 105 x 155 mm, containing a concertina foldout with 24 postcard-size chromolithographed photographic images of buildings and First Nations groups from the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition held in 1909 in Seattle; the wallet has a few small marks, contents in fine condition.

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  • The Black Forest, Macedon Ranges, after bushfire. Central Victoria, circa 1862.

    # 46058

    JONES, John H. (1817?-1872)

    The Black Forest, Macedon Ranges, after bushfire. Central Victoria, circa 1862.

    Stereoscopic albumen print photograph, each individual image 74 x 73 mm (arched-top format), on original card mount 83 x 175 mm; recto of mount imprinted Jones’s photographs of Australian Sceneries and inscribed in ink: ‘[Vi]ew at Black Forest after Bush fire’; verso inscribed in ink ‘No. 105’; the left-hand print is somewhat faded, and the mount is rubbed …

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  • A Peep down the Melbourne Telescope.

    # 46130

    [Photographer unknown] A. PUMPHREY (publisher)

    A Peep down the Melbourne Telescope.

    [Title from printed caption in negative]. Circa 1870. Stereoscopic silver albumen print photographs, each individual image 68 x 72 mm, on yellow board mount 83 x 166 mm, with the publisher’s serial number and caption in the negative at far right edge ‘685. A Peep down the Melbourne Telescope’, along with the publisher’s imprint ‘A. Pumphrey, …

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  • [RIVERINA] Spreading grapes to dry, Mildura, Australia.

    # 46335

    PRESKO BINOCULAR COMPANY

    [RIVERINA] Spreading grapes to dry, Mildura, Australia.

    [Title from printed caption on mount]. Chicago, IL : Presko Binocular Company, [c.1910]. Stereoscopic silver gelatin print photograph, each individual image 76 x 78 mm, on grey board mount 86 x 177 mm, with the publisher’s caption and serial number ‘Spreading grapes to dry, Mildura, Australia. 6018’, along with the publisher’s imprint ‘Presko Binocular Company, …

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  • Hongkong. View of the Peak Hotel taken from the Peak.

    # 46357

    M. STERNGERG & TURCO-EGYPTIAN TOBACCO STORE (publishers)

    Hongkong. View of the Peak Hotel taken from the Peak.

    Hong Kong : Published by M. Sternberg, [c.1910]. Lithographic postcard, 91 x 135 mm; not mailed, in very fine condition.

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  • The mechanical eye in Australia: photography, 1841-1900.

    # 46296

    DAVIES, Alan; STANBURY, Peter

    The mechanical eye in Australia: photography, 1841-1900.

    Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1985. First printing. Quarto (290 x 220 mm), publisher’s black cloth in dust jacket (scattered foxing to inside of jacket); illustrated endpapers, 270 pp, profusely illustrated; contents clean throughout; a very good copy of the most useful reference work on Australian colonial photography yet published, now very scarce.

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  • Two stereoscopic views taken in Samoa, 1875.

    # 46142

    WALTER, Charles (Carl) (1831-1907) (attributed)

    Two stereoscopic views taken in Samoa, 1875.

    Two stereoscopic albumen print photographs, each image approximately 80 x 80 mm (square format), on original black card mounts, 85 x 176 mm, versos blank; the prints are a little pale, but are otherwise in good condition. This pair of Samoan stereoviews came as part of a small group of stereographic photographs by German-born Victorian …

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  • View of Franklin Street, Adelaide, circa 1864.

    # 45865

    GOODE, Bernard (1834-1897)

    View of Franklin Street, Adelaide, circa 1864.

    Stereoscopic albumen print photograph, each individual image 72 x 62 mm (octagonal format), original yellow card mount 85 x 173 mm, verso with small printed label ‘B. Goode, Photographer, 69, Rundle Street, Adelaide’, and a manuscript caption in ink ‘Franklin Street looking West’; both prints are a little faded; the mount is in good condition.

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  • View of King William Street, Adelaide, circa 1864.

    # 45864

    GOODE, Bernard (1834-1897)

    View of King William Street, Adelaide, circa 1864.

    Stereoscopic albumen print photograph, each individual image 72 x 62 mm (octagonal format), original yellow card mount 85 x 173 mm, verso with small printed label ‘B. Goode, Photographer, 69, Rundle Street, Adelaide’, and a manuscript caption in ink ‘King William Street’; both prints are in very good condition, as is the mount.

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