customs

Here is the second Customs House extension (post 1896) c1900 from State Records NSW:

[http://www.flickr.com/photos/51979177@N02] Ha ha thanks! Yes, this photo shows the 1887 extension work to the Customs House (James Barnet, architect, modifying the original two-storey building by Mortimer Lewis). See - Andy Brill They extended again twelve or so years later!

The earlier two-storey Customs House - acms.sl.nsw.gov.au//item/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=220378

About the EMU (1865 - this ISN'T the 1841 ship) -

"The Manly paddler 'Brightside' (269 tons - 950 passengers) was built in Glasgow and exported to Brisbane to be reassembled for use on the Brisbane River and Moreton Bay as PS EMU. She was originally owned by the Queensland Steam Navigation Company. After another owner, she came to the Port Jackson Steam Boat Company in January 1877 and stayed with the various forms of the Manly ferry company until 1909. She was renamed BRIGHTSIDE in 1887 and sank in June 1897. She was converted into a cargo ferry in 1902 and worked the Manly run in that role until 1908. After being gutted by fire in 1908 the hull was converted to a lighter, but was broken up in 1909."

From "A Pictorial History of Ferries, Sydney and surrounding waterways" Graeme Andrews, Reed 1982

In 1887 the EMU also had a collision with the WARATAH which sank just to the left of this photo. Maybe just after this photo was taken?! - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/13627954

from the small view, this looked like it could have been Buzz LIghtyear

Try of a Translation: Tax Card Valid for sixty days during the stay inside the country (German Reich) during the time from June 28th 1918 to ?? 19?? Issued for ??? George Grantham Bain ??? New York assigned to the follwing described motorcar: (Type and operating mode of the vehicle): passenger car, gasoline (marked attributes: trademark, horse power, own weight) Mora+Co Newark 726/726, 25 hp, 1280 kilogram Please note: This tax card has to be carried with you wilst driving on public roads and places and has to be shown on demand to customs and tax officers, also to police officers. If you cross the border you must show this card to the custom office.

must be: "during the time from June 22nd to ?July? 21st"

I agree, "during the time from June 22nd 1918 to Juli 21st 1918" can't read the last part, but it's for 60 days and it starts Jund 22nd 1918 And the tag "Führerschein" is wrong, it's not a drivers license, it's a tax license

Translators and handwriting analysts, thank you. We can definitely add the information about this image showing a tax license the next time we update the record.