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Names
Queensland Social History Photograph Collection
IDs
QM00012
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Descriptions
A collection of some 5000 photographic images relating to Queensland's social history. These include photographs, slides, negatives and examples of early photographic processes such as ambrotypes and daguerreotypes. The subject matter ranges from personal family photographs to commercially produced educational slide sets.
A collection of some 5000 photographic images relating to Queensland's social history. These include photographs, slides, negatives and examples of early photographic processes such as ambrotypes and daguerreotypes. The subject matter ranges from personal family photographs to commercially produced educational slide sets. Significant subsets include: - a series of 1300 glass plate negatives taken by Bert Roberts, an early member of the Ipswich Photographic Society, whose images document Ipswich life from around 1890 to 1915, A series of 240 images taken by pioneering Australian geologist and photographer Richard Daintree. - Images associated with early Brisbane freelance news reporter F Port. - Images of prominent Queensland figures, such as Charles Kingsford Smith and Andrew Petrie. - Image collections by well-known photographers, such as the Haigs of Warwick
Subjects
19th Century; 20th century; Ferrotypes; Holograms; Photography; Slides; Stereoscopes
AE (Bert) Roberts; F Port; Ispwich Photographic Society; Richard Daintree
Ambrotypes; Daguerreotypes; Photographs
Coverage Spatial
Queensland, Australia
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Dates
2012-05-30 23:40