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Crossing Sweeper

from The National Archives UK

  • Picture Esk said:
    On the left there is a nIce example of an early hexagonal post box .
  • softlad - resting between engagements said:
    Greenwich, London - bit more info here.

Letter Carrier Collecting Mail

from Smithsonian Institution

  • 2 older comments, and then…
  • Mr.TinMD said:
    Great image, thanks for posting it.
  • twotwentysix said:
    And after a long day of carting mail, nothing beats a trip across the street for COCKTAILS.
  • on the other side of the camera said:
    twotwentysix, so observant! Good laugh! No wonder the postman is smiling and looking so jaunty! Grateful to Smithsonian for posting all these!
  • mlfeatherston said:
    Amazing image. I am very glad to see the Smithsonian doing what it should have done a long time ago: sharing public domain material.
  • ludwig urec said:
    i love this man...

Customs House, Sydney

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

  • 5 older comments, and then…
  • beachcomber australia said:
    [Thanks State Records NSW] Between 1887 (James Barnet rebuild) and 1896 (Walter Liberty Vernon additions), see www.sydneyarchitecture.com/ROC/QUA05.htm . See also comments here - and
  • pellethepoet said:
    Note the streets paved with woodblocks. And no trams tracks. Should help us narrow the date further.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Trams were 1899; woodblocking first done in 1887 at Circular Quay - (SMH 16/8/1887, para 8) - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/28350536 . So no closer, except the woodblocks do look shiny and new (they mistakenly used the wrong unseasoned wood and the blocks rotted - letter from John Young in SMH 3/7/1894 - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/13958155 ) And the 'ghosts' imply a long exposure and earlier photographic techniques. I reckon this is a record of the newly completed Customs House and newly woodblocked Circular Quay in 1887. Or not?
  • Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection said:
    beachcomber australia We can practically hear your brain ticking this one over! 1887-1896 is a great start and more than we had. AB
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Whirr - buzz - tick - tock - bleep . . . . ! The 1887 date on the building is easier to see on this Henry King photo or the persistent URL at full zoom - from.ph/31441