pavillion

Why re-post photos ? flic.kr/p/amtWo2

Car models suggest date around 1928-30

article on the process of photochrom: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photochrom "A litho stone is coated with a thin layer of purified bitumen dissolved in benzene. A reversed half-tone negative is then pressed against this light-sensitive coating and an exposure in daylight made (taking from 10–30 minutes in summer, to several hours in winter). The bitumen hardens and becomes resistant to normal solvents in proportion to the light. The coating is then washed in turpentine solutions, removing the unhardened bitumen. It is then retouched in the tonal scale of the chosen color to strengthen or soften the tones as required. Each tint needs a separate stone bearing the appropriate retouched image, and prints are usually produced by at least six, and more commonly from 10 to 15 tint stones.[4]"

This bandstand was first used as the pavillion to welcome the first Governor General of Australia, Lord Hopetoun, to Sydney when he landed at Farm Cove on 15 December 1901, as part of the Federation celebrations. See photograph at the National Library of Australia here: nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an24551979 It was recycled to be opened as a bandstand in Ashfield Park in 1903, and demolished due to decay in the 1940s (ref. www.ashfield.nsw.gov.au/pdf_files/ashfield_park.pdf)

BobMeade The NLA have the year wrong; it was December 1900, just before Federation - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/14353984 . Earlier photo at Farm Cove -

Right you are beachcomberaustralia. If you send NLA a note to correct it via their online form they will eventually fix the record.

BobMeade Submitted !