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Crowd of civilians at The Gap in Sydney possibly during US Navy fleet visit, 23 July 1925

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

  • beachcomber australia said:
    I think this image needs flipping ...
  • pellethepoet said:
    beachcomber australia Yes, indeed it does. Well spotted!
  • beachcomber australia said:
    See comments, links etc here (also needs flipping) -
  • Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia Thanks again beachcomber, we have updated our records. It's funny how the image completely changes when you reverse it!

The Gap, Sydney, 188- / photographer unknown

from State Library of New South Wales

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from State Library of New South Wales

  • beachcomber australia said:
    State Library of New South Wales Loving this complete series of Edwin Dalton photos. Going back to 1859 Sydney is like time travel. I see via Trove that there was a fire at his gallery/studio at 400 George Street, Sydney (near the King Street SE corner) in August 1862, and he was a witness at the inquest the following week - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/60480442 . Spooky to see his own description of the place.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    More about the fire and Dalton's ... ... Mr Dalton's photographic portrait establishment occupied the upper portion of the building; the apparatus and materials were very valuable, but Mr Dalton's chief loss consists in the destruction of several hundred negative plates, impressions from which he was constantly printing. In addition to a large collection of some of his best photographs and crayon portraits were a number of pictures that he much prized; amongst these were a series of etchings by her Majesty the Queen, who received lessons from Mr Dalton in that art, and whose autographed letter to him perished in the fire. Mr Dalton was insured in the Sydney Insurance Office for £1000, but his loss is considerably more than double that amount. ... From SMH 20/10/1862 p.7 - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/13234444
  • pellethepoet said:
    beachcomber australia William Bradley was the camera operator at Dalton's studio at the time of the fire [he testified after Dalton at the inquest]. He succeeded his step-father Oswald Allen, who had set up on his own. His mother Eliza, a talented artist and photographer in her own right, also worked for Dalton briefly as a colourist and miniature painter in 1863-64. In 1865, William and his mother joined his step-father, as "Bradley & Allen, Artist Photographers from Daltons". When in 1866 William left and set up on his own, his mother was finally given due recognition as an equal partner in the business name: "Mr and Mrs Oswald Allen, Artist Photographers, Crayon &​ Miniature Painters".