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44 photos and 3 illustrations tagged poles, from 14 members of Flickr Commons.

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• road
• statelibraryofqueensland
• men
• street
• libraryofcongress
• telegraph
• trees
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• slq
• house
• vintage
• buildings
• telephone
• people
• rope
• tents
• 1910s
• fence
• power
• tent
• camping
• children

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• State Library of Queensland 13 photos & illustrations
• The Library of Congress 7 photos & illustrations
• National Library of Ireland on The Commons 4 photos & illustrations
• North East Museums 4 photos & illustrations
• Powerhouse Museum 4 photos & illustrations
• Musée McCord Stewart Museum 3 photos & illustrations
• British Library 3 photos & illustrations
• Smithsonian Institution 2 photos & illustrations
• Community Archives of Belleville & Hastings County 2 photos & illustrations
• National Museum of Denmark 1 photo / illustration
• SMU Libraries Digital Collections 1 photo / illustration
• The National Archives UK 1 photo / illustration

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Playfair Stairs, The Rocks

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

• 1 older comment, and then…
• beachcomber australia said:

  See original - www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/2632248823/

• beachcomber australia said:

  I am not sure there was ever a "Playfair Place", and wonder if "Playfair Stairs" is a better title?

• Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection said:

  Thanks beachcomeraustralia, we have amended the caption

• beachcomber australia said:

  The glass negative is in the Tyrrell Collection. and it is one of a pair with this photo in State Records NSW - investigator.records.nsw.gov.au/asp/photosearch/photo.asp... . Or

• Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection said:

  This photo was recently determined to be part of the Rocks Resumption photographic survey, the title and date of the image has been changed accordingly Here is a map of the Rocks Resumption area (last one in the sequence)

Photography School

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

• 34 older comments, and then…
• Rory Sherlock said:

  The striped poles are beacons - navigation aids for boats. maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,443338,565955,12,9

• CASSIDY PHOTOGRAPHY said:

  As the setting is on the shoreline, I would guess they are a Nautical Marker, in lieu of a Light House. Could even be some form of Nautical signal station/beacon. As there are two, maybe align them, as the ship's/boat's pilot/Captain nears the shoreline guides the vessel safely in. Guessing only.

• Wendy: said:

  Like the tennis players!

• Irish Lad said:

  I wouldn't mind that camera. Wonder where it is today.

• Owen J Fitzpatrick said:

  Wonderful Flickr post and photo. I'd also love to know the make of that camera on the tripod in the field. Who's the photographer and what's the photoshoot all about? Great Flickr work as always by National Library of Ireland on The Commons.

Barrack Street, Sydney

from Powerhouse Museum

• uminarampart said:

  that photo is approx 1888. the clock faces where added in 1891.

• dunedoo said:

  Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Sydney's older buildings and structures. , and we'd love to have this added to the group!

• pellethepoet said:

  Earlier view:

• beachcomber australia said:

  Later view (c.1897) -