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    Collection 02: Negatives, chiefly aerial views of Sydney, ca. 1930-1970 / photographed by Milton Kent.

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    ON 297

    Record identifier

    1JkmBbqY

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    Collection 02: Negatives, chiefly aerial views of Sydney, ca. 1930-1970 / photographed by Milton Kent.

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    Collection 02: Negatives, chiefly aerial views of Sydney, ca. 1930-1970 / photographed by Milton Kent.

    Full title

    Collection 02: Negatives, chiefly aerial views of Sydney, ca. 1930-1970 / photographed by Milton Kent.

    Date

    1911, ca. 1930-1970

    Call Numbers

    ON 297

    Record Identifier

    1JkmBbqY

    Formats

    Pictures and Photographs

    — Physical Description

    Contents

    Photographs - 17 silver gelatin photonegatives - 16.3 x 21.5 cm.

    Photographs - 12.4 x 65 cm. - 1 panorama :

    Photographs - 12 x 16.3 cm. : ; 12 x 16.3 cm. - 178 glass photonegatives

    — Other Descriptions

    Level of description

    Sub-fonds

    Access and use

    Copying Conditions

    Out of copyright : Applies to all photographs created before 1955.

    Copyright status : In copyright - Life of photographer plus 70 years. Applies to all photographs taken in 1955 or later

    Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales.

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    Subjects

    Subjects and topics

    Abbotsford (N.S.W.) Camperdown (N.S.W.) Central Coast (N.S.W.) Circular Quay (Sydney, N.S.W.) Cowan (N.S.W.) Darling Harbour (N.S.W.) Hargrave Park (N.S.W.) Hawker de Havilland (Milperra Road, Bankstown, N.S.W.) Hawkesbury River (N.S.W.) Hyde Park (Sydney, N.S.W.) Kingsford-Smith Airport (Sydney, N.S.W.) Manly Cove (N.S.W.) Murdoch's Ltd (Park & George Streets, Sydney, N.S.W.) Perdriau Rubber Co (Birkenhead Point, Sydney, N.S.W.) Pittwater (N.S.W.) Pyrmont (N.S.W.) Randwick Racecourse (N.S.W.) Roselands (N.S.W.) Rydalmere (N.S.W.) Sydney Harbour Bridge (Sydney, N.S.W.) Sydney Harbour (N.S.W.) Sydney Showground (N.S.W.) Sydney Stadium (Rushcutters Bay, N.S.W.) Town Hall Hotel (corner George & Park Streets, Sydney, N.S.W.) University of Sydney (N.S.W.) Walsh Bay (N.S.W.) White City (Rushcutters Bay, N.S.W.) interiors aerial photographs airports Austin (trucks) bridges building construction cities cranes (machines) De Havilland Vampire (aeroplanes) electric motors factories Ford (trucks) golf courses locomotives (NSW, class 38) racecourses shows & exhibitions steamships suburbs trucks universities jetties & wharves Sydney (N.S.W.)--Aerial photographs. Adult Females Adult Males children Australia. Royal Australian Air Force Australia. Royal Australian Navy Bennett & Wood Pty Ltd Clyde-Simplex (firm) Coronet Homes (firm) Manoora (ship) Manunda (ship) New South Wales Government Railways and Tramways Rudder's Ltd. Southern Sun (Avro aeroplane VH-UNA) Standard Telephones and Cables Pty. Ltd. Tex Morton's Rodeo

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    — SCOPE AND CONTENTS

    Contents

    Collection includes two photographs, 1911 / by Herbert Ponting

    GLASS PLATES
    1-2. Terra Nova, Antarctica, Jan 1911 / photographed by Herbert Ponting

    All photographs taken by Milton Kent
    3-32. Circular Quay and CBD, Sydney, 1930s, 1960s
    33-41. Sydney Harbour (incl. HMAS Australia or Canberra), 1930s
    42-43. Opening of the Anz...

    — ALTERNATIVE TITLES

    Full title

    Collection 02: Negatives, chiefly aerial views of Sydney, ca. 1930-1970 / photographed by Milton Kent.

    — AUTHORS, ARTISTS AND CONTRIBUTORS

    Author / Artists

    — NOTES

    General note

    According to the vendor, Milton Kent had dealings with Antarctic photographer Herbert Ponting before Ponting's death in 1935. This might explain the presence of two glass negatives of the Terra Nova in the Antarctic during Scott's last expedition of 1910-1912. Ponting's archive was purchased by the Scott Polar Institute for 533,000 pounds in 2004 -...

    — CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION

    Source

    Purchased from Ernest Dorn, April 2007

    Identifiers

    — PRIMARY IDENTIFIERS

    Call Numbers

    ON 297

    Record Identifier

    1JkmBbqY

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    Reference code

    457652

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