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I think this pic might have been taken from the Canada Building (Canada Cycle & Motor Co), at the SW cnr George/Little Regent Sts...the first one was built in ca. 1910...it was 7 storeys high...it burned down in December 1913...and was replaced by the second Canada Building in ca. 1914-15...which is still standing as of 2026. I can't think of any other candidates...up six storeys or so and looking straight up the George St tram tracks...

So my hunch is the pic might have been taken from the first Canada Building, before the construction of the Parcels Office...

trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/234761852 - the earlier Canada Building

trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/238959536 - after the December 1913 fire

This [1927] view from the Central Station clock tower shows the 'new' Canada Building (with the Resch's sign...in the Tooth's Brewery heartland!!!)...but it gives you an idea of the location, etc

Of course the date marker here is Orchard's Chambers, at the NE cnr George/Quay Sts...it was built in ca. 1910-11...in this pic it looks to be nearing completion, but the ornamental parapet and tower with a cupola on top haven't been built yet...

So all up I think the date might be ca. 1910-11

Orchard's Chambers...still there as of 2026...but without the cupola...

Cross of Clogher - Irish - The Metropolitan Museum of Art share.google/Nc9BBF3a1c7AbqWDI

Safe in the County Museum Monaghan ?

From "Irishmusic1981" on Instagram ...
"Cross of Clogher (12th- 14th centuries)
The Cross was uncovered in a thatched roof of a church at Slavin, County Fermanagh. It was later donated to Saint Macartan's Seminary, Monaghan.
The Cross of Clogher is one of the most famous pieces of Medieval Irish Art.
The oak cross is fully encased in bronze. Each bronze
panel is riveted on the wood and richly decorated with
Christian iconography. The topmost panel depicts a
crucifixion scene in high relief with angels on either side.
The reverse is decorated in a repeated geometric design.
Video taken by me at the County Museum in Monaghan."
www.instagram.com/reel/DMSJfu-M3wD/

Wondering if this is the church where the cross was found in the thatch?
Via Monkiiiey Henry Clark

Account of the discovery in the Frontier Sentinel - Saturday 22 May 1943:

The Clogher Cross was found by the late Rev. E. J. Quigley, P.P., Newbliss, in 1898, when he was a curate in Devenish, Garrison. A dying man named Campbell handed him the cross. which had hung for 50 years or more in the old thatched chapel at Slavin on the lough side. It is a medieval treasure and is now in the Museum attached to the Seminary in Monaghan. It might be called the Devenish Cross.

On the occasion of a shrine being provided for the cross, the Frontier Sentinel of Saturday 1 January 1949 gave Fr. Quigley's account of comforting the dying man Campbell and how he got hold of the cross:

" I called back a few times and comforted him (Mr. Campbell). He got somewhat better . , and was grateful. ' They tell me,' he said, ' you are interested in old noggins, horn spoons and pewter plates. I have none of these things, but step up on that chair, and in the bed tester (a canopy) over the bed you'll find a weighty cross.'

"I did as he told and, covered with dust and grime. there was the now famous Cross. 'Tie it on your bciycle and bring It home with you.'

"'This old Cross,' he said, 'was hanging long ago in the old thatched roof Church at Slavin, on the shores of Lough Erne. It is very old, and the people loved it. Some way or other it got into our family to keep it safe. It is here for fifty years. There it is, take it. I know you will look after it.'

"I took it, cleaned it as best I could . . . "

John Spooner You beat me too it. My duplicate post will be removed.

beachcomber australia This looks like the graveyard of Slavin Anglian Parish Church, so doesn’t gel with Fr. Quigley being a Catholic

www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Fermanagh/Edern...

Slavin Church (CoI) is in the adjacent Carrigolagh townland and has its own graveyard. In the townland of Slavin (Slawin) there is a separate "Burial site" which may have been associated with a R.C. Chapel.

Once Ivy-clad structure seems to be in CoI environs at Carrigolagh -

Squirrel balls?

trove.nla.gov.au/work/188067323 - similar NLA Fairfax pic...

During his 1929-30 England Australia flight, Chichester arrived at Darwin on 25th January, 1930...he then flew south and landed in Sydney on 30th January, 1930...

trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16621143 - SMH, 27th January, 1930...'Mr Chichester ; Arrival at Darwin'

trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16622272 - SMH, 31st January, 1930...'Long Flight Ends ; Mr Chichester ; Lands at Mascot'

One interesting and probably long-forgotten piece of trivia re Chichester's 1929-30 England-Australia flight is that at the time he was often regarded as a New Zealander…during the 1920s, Chichester had lived in New Zealand for the best part of a decade, and on his arrival in Sydney he was greeted by a sizable contingent of the Sydney New Zealand Association, who’d adopted him as one of their own…

trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/90104968 - the Adelaide Chronicle, 6th February, 1930...some background on Chichester's arrival in Sydney...per this item, members of the Sydney New Zealand Association carried Chichester in triumphal fashion to the NSW Aero Club clubhouse...

trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/160633355 - the Sydney Mail, 5th February, 1930...here even the Sydney Mail refers to Chichester as 'the New Zealand airman'...

trove.nla.gov.au/work/188067345 - NLA Fairfax pic of Chichester at Mascot...here he's chatting with NSW Attorney-General Frank Boyce, who represented the State Government at the official welcome...

trove.nla.gov.au/work/188067346 - I suspect these chaps might be members of the Sydney New Zealand Association, who were at Mascot to welcome Chichester...

trove.nla.gov.au/work/188532887 - ditto...the Maori chap we see here in the middle might be Bill Rangi (Wiremu Haeata Rangi), a New Zealand WW1 veteran who lived in Sydney after WW1...but I haven't yet managed to find a pic of Rangi which might confirm this...

Following his 1929-30 flight from England to Australia, Chichester shipped his aircraft to New Zealand...where it was fitted with floats and converted to a seaplane...and re-registered as ZK-AKK. The following year Chichester then made the first solo trans-Tasman flight from west-east...albeit via Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island. He left Auckland on 28th March, 1931...and landed at Cascade Bay, Norfolk Island that same day...he flew to Lord Howe Island on 1st April. Unfortunately, at Lord Howe his aircraft was damaged when it capsized during a squall…following repairs, which took some 9 weeks, he flew to Australia on 6th June, intending to make for Port Macquarie…however, he encountered bad weather and ended up off course, at Jervis Bay, South of Sydney…at Jervis Bay his aircraft was then lifted aboard HMAS Albatross and later transported to Sydney....he arrived in Sydney on 12th June on HMS Albatross...and departed Sydney 3rd July on a proposed world tour...as things transpired Chichester's world tour flight ended in disaster when he reached Japan...on 14th August his aircraft crashed after hitting overhead wires... Chichester was quite badly injured and the aircraft was written off...

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Such humanity in that photograph. Wonderful image.

that’s one way to get a head!

This guy!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Kellar

Sophie, Mangelo, Alice, Unknown, Eliza. Based on named portraits in this album.

Google Lens found a copy of the dolmen photo on Facebook, which says,
"AUGHNACLIFFE DOLMEN OLD PHOTO
Following our recent article on the Dolmen Portal/Tomb at Aughnacliffe (see 13th September) a reader has sent us in this photo.
It was taken at the site around 1910 and includes both locals and visitors appreciating the history of what they are standing beside."
See - www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3014354222139798&id=1...

Amazed that it is still standing. I wouldn't spend too much time underneath!
In 2017 via Hugh Rooney 34, who says,
"... The Village of Aughnacliffe in County Longford is home to the Aughnacliffe Dolmen. The dolmen gives the townland its name “The Field of the Stones”. These tombs are thought to be places used for burial, ritual and religious activities. Dating from 3800BC this is quite possibly the most unusual looking dolmen in Ireland. On your approach to the dolmen it looks as though someone has been balancing huge stones one on top of the other. As you go around the portal tomb the form and shape appears completely different from each side. This monument is also unusual in that it has two capstones or roofstones, as similar portal tombs and dolmens typically have only one."

The Aughnacliffe Post Office and Mr K. Mulligan's premises (right hand photo) seems to have been rebuilt - maps.app.goo.gl/BCW6wrqi9rAnPkPA7

[Aside] Pssst! Do you want to know how the dolmen looked on Tuesday 4 July 1786 ?
catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000740203
The NLI is always amazing ...

There appears to be an animal (donkey) on the cricket field, on the right-hand picture, partially obscured by the non-striking batsman.

Kate Mulligan, sub post mistress, presumably showing some of her extensive family posing outside

www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Longford/Sonnag...

beachcomber australia Yes, long gone

This is actually on the corner of Brunswick and Ann streets, Fortitude Valley.

I believe the man on the right is standing next to a hand operated air pump drive wheel used to provide rudimentary ventilation to the shaft. Firedamp would not be a problem but CO₂ buildup would be.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_mine_ventilation#
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firedamp

The rope and canvas bucket next to the man holding the windlass handle would be for raising the rock, earth (mullock) and hopefully rich wash dirt when they hit bottom and locate the gutter. There is a similar bucket in the foreground next to the air pump, behind the split timbers used for shoring the shaft and drive below. However there does not appear to be a flag flying as required by law for a gold strike.
collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/digital/8OJWMabzQL0JJ
GULGONG AND HOME RULE. (1873, August 16). The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), p. 215. Retrieved January 22, 2026, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162655932

The other three men standing up by the windlass wear close fitting miner's caps for working underground. Their three broad-brimmed hats and jackets hang by the side of the mine head.
The manager in shined shoes with collar and tie stands at left, he is the only one in the group who moved during the exposure but not as much as the blurry figure behind him. The overseer stands next to him.
Their shoes/boots appear to be a mix of lace-up and elastic-side.

The Gulgong area became a rush in April 1870, when Tom Saunders found 400 gms of gold at Red Hill, in the heart of the present town. Further major finds were made at nearby Canadian Lead in August 1871 and at Home Rule, 11 km south-east of Gulgong, in May 1872. By 1874, around 8,500 kg gold had been extracted from the Gulgong field.

Charles Bayliss, as operator for the American and Australasian Photographic Company, photographed Home Rule on 15 July 1872, when its population was around 3000. Fortunately, the Gulgong Guardian 13 July 1872 described Home Rule that very week and it’s interesting to compare Bayliss’s images with the reporter’s narrative.
www.sl.nsw.gov.au/blogs/home-rule-not-call-arms#:~:text=T....

There is another photo of the same miners and their mine head with a short handle pick lying on the ground and an eighth man, taken from a different direction showing surrounding buildings with a distant roof under construction here - collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/digital/NRWNop6yJljab

Nelson Photo Supplies is still in business with the same phone number. Today, digital aprons are not needed.

I'd expect archived film to be handled with lint-free, Nylon gloves. This keeps the film clean of finger oils and contaminants. Note the stamped metal Rohr property tag with ID K-32141. Something wrong? Your corrections are welcomed and make this a more useful image.

I don't know how to tell if this is 8mm or Super 8mm. If you can tell, please add one of those to the tags. The editor being used is a Zeiss Ikon:

Behind the phone is what looks like an intercom system. Voycall and NuTone made similar systems during this era. This would allow you to hands-free talk with somebody in the darkroom without interrupting their process. In newer phone systems, all of this was integrated into a phone.

If possible, this should be rotated 90 degrees clockwise.

A Wikipedia article includes four photos of rail cars being prepped for paint at this facility. One is a former Great Northern Railroad car acquired by Amtrak. The dates are slightly different than other sources. Your comments are helpful.

According to one source, Rail Systems Incorporated was hatched by Rohr in 1973 after winning a contract to refurbish 300 Amtrak rail cars. This was apparently taken around the time the contract was awarded. The company was sold in 1977. It's located on Etiwanda in Mira Loma.

Amongst other things, this pic gives a good view of the site of
Anthony Hordern & Sons' Haymarket Palace Emporium, which fronted George/Barlow/Parker Sts. By the time this pic was taken, Horderns had long since moved to their massive New Palace Emporium, which occupied the block bound by George/Pitt/Liverpool/Goulburn Sts...it was built in 1904-05. But many of the Haymarket Palace Emporium buildings remained standing for years afterwards...albeit with additions, etc...

The Haymarket Palace Emporium buildings seen here were built/rebuilt following the catastrophic July 1901 fire, which damaged and destroyed most of the original Emporium buildings...some were rebuilt in the later half of 1901...the others appear to have been built/rebuilt in the following year or so...

search.records.nsw.gov.au/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid... - link to the pic at NSW State Archives, where you can zoom in on the detail...when you get there, wait a few moments for the image to load...

City of Sydney Archives pic of Hordern's original Haymarket Palace Emorium, as it appeared in 1889