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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
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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
Date
1911, ca. 1930-1970
Call Numbers
ON 297
Record Identifier
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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— 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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— OTHER IDENTIFIERS
Reference code
457652