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This is a very interesting photograph. How did the youth get to his position without getting his clothes unduly wet? What is he doing there in a suit, collar, necktie and bowler hat? His suit jacket is too large for him, he is holding it closed with overlapping front to disguise this fact. So, it was probably not his. The branch below his feet was probably the route he used to climb into position without crossing the surrounding streams. The branch has also probably been sawn the tree just above his head and the stump of same diameter is above and to the left of his head. The photographer and subject have put a good deal of work into creating this photograph. See discussion about the location of this photograph in the Tyrell Today group here: www.flickr.com/groups/684897@N24/discuss/72157605325032056/ See a present day comparison photograph of this location in the Tyrell Today group here: www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum_photography/26152...

Oh, and I just noticed that Henry King gives it a title, "MOSSMANS BAY FALLS" which matches the idiosyncratic spelling which Charles Bayliss used here: nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3297333 as opposed to the "Mosman" Bay Falls of the caption here on Flickr.

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ADDED: I've just discovered by clicking through to your collection database via the persistent URL that in this isolated case the original spelling has not been retained there. "85/1285-3 Glass negative, full plate, 'Mosmans Bay Falls', Henry King, Sydney, Australia, c. 1880-1900" Nowhere currently in the rest of the online record text is the original spelling "Mossmans bay" retained. The reason I returned here to make another comment was to make a case for both spellings accompanying the image. The reason is it makes for deeper and more worthwhile results when searching Picture Australia for comparison and contemporary images. The result with "mossmans bay" is this: www.pictureaustralia.org/apps/pictureaustralia?term1=moss... (for a total 13 images) and the result with "mosman bay" is this: www.pictureaustralia.org/apps/pictureaustralia?term1=mosm... (for a total 155 images) Both very worthwhile, but very different results. The former helps me to find comparison images quickly. The latter, while encompassing the few images comparison images in which I'm interested, also inculdes more than 140 in which I am not. Apart from that indexing matter, historically it's Interesting to note that "Mossman's Bay" was obviously a commonly used term of the 1800's which is now not used. It also made its' way onto maps: nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm1278

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Postal Inspection Service viewing ports are marked in the photo. In those days, post offices included specifications for hidden back hallways with rubber padding on the floor. There was usually an exterior door. Inspectors would enter through the hidden door and surveil postal employees when needed or desired. The padding made it impossible to hear the inspectors walking around.

I Know EVERYTHING about this Photograph. I know the loction, I know what day (and the time of Day) it was taken on. I Know the names of all the people. I even Know the Dogs name...... But I am not telling yet. YOU ALL have some time defore I disclose all.

In 1901 the then Lord Mayor of Cork, Edward Fitzgerald, proposed that Cork should stage an international industrial exhibition in 1902. The proposal was enthusiastically received by all sections of Cork society and planning for the exhibition soon began. The site chosen was an area of parkland between the Cork County Cricket Grounds and Wellington Bridge, now renamed Thomas Davis Bridge. The plans for the exhibition were extraordinarily imaginative and ambitious. It promised to be by far the most spectacular exhibition ever hosted in Cork

It opened on 1 May 1902 amid scenes of celebration and enthusiasm. Its success surpassed all expectations, attracting visitors from all over Ireland, Europe and beyond. After it officially closed on 1 November 1902, it was decided to stage a similar exhibition in 1903. The 1903 exhibition repeated the success of its predecessor and was graced by a visit from Edward VII and Queen Alexandra.

The Cork International Exhibition of 1902 – 1903 finally closed on 31 October 1903

Exhibitions included a Canadian pavilion, art gallery, machinery hall and industrial hall. Entertainments included a water chute, a skating rink, switchback railway, temperance resaturant , a creamery, shooting gallery and an aquarium.