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85/1284-2417 Glass negative, half plate, 'The Bandstand, Ashfield', Kerry and Co, Sydney, Australia, c. 1884-1917. Click to enlarge.

Glass plate negative of bandstand in Ashfield Sydney

This photographic negative was published by the Sydney firm Charles Kerry & Co. and is part of the Powerhouse Museum's Tyrrell collection which contains over 2,900 glass plate negatives by Kerry & Co. Although a few appear to be from the 1880s most were produced between 1892 and 1917. Over this period, and well into the early 1900s, prints from these negatives appeared in many Australian publications and albums of views. In 1903 the company began producing postcards from these negatives, …

Summary

Object No.

85/1284-2417

Object Statement

Glass negative, half plate, 'The Bandstand, Ashfield', Kerry and Co, Sydney, Australia, c. 1884-1917

Physical Description

Glass negative, half plate, 'The Bandstand, Ashfield', Kerry and Co, Sydney, Australia, c. 1884-1917.

Silver gelatin dry plate glass negative in landscape format. The caption, studio number and studio mark are inscribed on the reverse of the negative.

The negative is not fully catalogued.

61/153 Tyrrell Inventory Number, 3044 Kerry Studio Number

Marks

This negative is not fully catalogued.

Dimensions

Width

165 mm

Cite this Object

Harvard

Glass plate negative of bandstand in Ashfield Sydney 2022, Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, accessed 31 March 2023, <https://ma.as/29109>

Wikipedia

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