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"Model Ships 23/6/34" reversed in bottom RH corner. [I wrote to flickr help re the note not working]

beachcomber australia Thanks for pointing that out beachcomber, such a precise detail is rarely come by. Still not allowing you to tag? Hopefully that will be rectified!

Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons Whoopee - flickr fixed it ! But only on this photo ... Probably because it was invited (by me) to the "We are all in the gutter ..." group. Evidently that overrides other settings.

Looking again at this photo - it is wonderful - reminds me of old Dutch Masters paintings in its composition (strong light source on the left), particularly Vermeer's 'The Astronomist' - de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Astronom

And thanks to "search Google for this image", this person finds the photo inspirational - www.laphamsquarterly.org/essays/open-waters.php?page=all

Manly Beach on 24th May 1906 www.manly.nsw.gov.au/IgnitionSuite/uploads/docs/Vincennes fact-sheet.pdf has details.

At high res, you can see the black spot just to the right of the ship is someone sliding down a rope to the sand. You can just make out the line of the rope.

'Star Photo Co.' was a little to the left -

28th May 1906