POWERHOUSE COLLECTION

Photographic album of outdoor views owned by Emily C Marsh

Object No. 2013/23/12

This album with its mainly 'tourist' photographs of Sydney and New South Wales, provides an interesting insight into the types of images collected in the 1890s and early 1900s. At the time increased leisure and improved transport combined to bring holidays within the reach of most working people. Photographic studios such as that of Charles Kerry in Sydney built up profitable businesses commissioning and selling views of interesting and significant tourist destinations. In her album Emily Marsh has put together a significant collection of these commercial images alongside what appear to be amateur works. This object is also part of the Royal Australian Historical Society (RAHS) collection which was donated to the Powerhouse Museum in 1981. The Society was formed in 1901 and is the oldest historical society in Australia. As a result many of the objects it collected are of great significance to Australia and to New South Wales. Some are associated with people and families like the Marsdens, Henry Parkes, Mawson, and John Verge. Others, like the convict handcuffs, and the Ben Hall Wanted Poster, are significant relics from Australia's past. The importance of the entire collection and the way in which it was acquired adds to the significance of this object. Kimberley Weber, Curatorial, 2005 & Geoff Barker Curatorial 2012 References Alan Davies,An eye for photography: the camera in Australia, 2004

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Summary

Object Statement

Photographic album, prints of outdoor views, owned by Emily C Marsh, silver / gelatin / paper / dyes, various photographers, New South Wales, Australia, 1890-1920

Physical Description

Photographic album with cloth binding. The front cover is stamped with the inscription 'Views' with an arrangement of daffodils and other flowers. On the inside front cover written in ink is the inscription 'Emily C. Marsh from her loving father 1893'. Pasted into the album are ninety nine photographic prints including scenes of Burwood, the Blue Mountains, Kogarah, 'On the barque "Sarah" ', Pyrmont, North Shore Suspension Bridge, Sydney Harbour, Mosman, Stanwell Park, Melbourne, Armidale, Sydney Observatory, and the Meat Works at Alligator Creek Townsville.

DIMENSIONS

Height

305 mm

Width

250 mm

Depth

25 mm

HISTORY

Notes

This object is part of the Royal Australian Historical Society (RAHS) collection which was donated to the Powerhouse Museum in 1981.

SOURCE

Credit Line

Gift of the Royal Australian Historical Society, 1981

Acquisition Date

25 February 2013

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