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Art, Photography & General Memorabilia — Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.

Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:490
Sale Title:Art, Photography & General MemorabiliaLots with images:419
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:265
Date:3-Jun-2009
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Photographer unknown c1880 Melbourne - Government House from the botanical gardens Albumen paper photograph 20 x 15 cm
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C Rudd (late 19th century) Collins Street, Melbourne 1880 Albumen paper photograph 19.5 x 13 cm Signed & titled in negative
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Photographer unknown, Stirling Terrace WA, albumen paper photograph 17.5 x 12.5 cm
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Photographer unknown, c1870/80s Elizabeth Street looking south albumen paper photograph 18 x 12.5 cm
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J Degotardi (1823-1882) Parramatta River c1870s Albumen paper photograph glued to board (cdv) 9 x 5.5 cm Titled in pen & signed with stamp verso
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J Degotardi (1823-1882) 'Observatory' c1870s Albumen paper photograph glued to board (cdv) 9 x 5.5 cm Titled in pen & signed with stamp verso
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Kerry & Co., attrib. View from rose Bay Convent looking West up the harbour c1900/1920s two panel panorama, silver gelatin prints laid down on linen 35.6 x 125.8 cm Shows rose Bay, double Bay, Clark & shark Islands, Fort Denison and the North Shore
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Kerry & Co. Harbour from north Sydney (from Holtermann's Tower)/1920s two panel panorama, silver gelatin prints laid down on linen 37.5 x 114.5 cm titled, numbered '22' and signed 'Kerry Sydney' in the plate lower right Places are noted as follows, left to right: Darling harbour, goat Island, berry's Bay, long Nose point, Biloela, Parramatta river, Lane cover river, the panels of this panorama are unequal in size, the panorama was probably taken with the 40 cm Cirkut camera imported by Kerry c1908, 'The…
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Photographer unknown Panorama of Sydney Looking East from tower of General post office five panel panorama, albumen paper prints laid down on linen 33.1 x 130 cm titled in the centre panel from the left, the first landmark is the Lands Department, looking out over the harbour to Admiralty house, Kirribilli in the distance; in panel two Fort Denison and farm Cove can be seen, with garden Island beyond the Domain; and Sydney heads on the horizon; the third panel Pitt, Castlereagh, Elizabeth and Macquarie…
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C. Nettleton (1826-1902) Bourke Street, Melbourne, albumen paper photograph 9 x 6 cm, titled and stamped verso
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Photographer unknown Collins Street, Melbourne and other Melbourne Street scenes (4) albumen paper photographs each 9 x 7 cm, titled in pen, verso
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J W Lindt (1845-1926) (attrib) Fridays nook. Ferny creek c1890 albumen paper 20 x 15 cm titled in pen below image
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J W Forbes Junction of the Yarra and Watt Rivers near Healesville c1880 Views of Victoria (No.3) Albumen paper photograph 18.5 x 13 cm Titled below image, signed & titled verso
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N J Claire (1837-1918) Melbourne Botanical Gardens c1880 Views of Victoria (No.38) Albumen paper photograph 18.5 x 13 cm Titled below image, signed & titled verso)
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N J Claire (1837-1918) Scene near Dandenong mountains range Views of Victoria (No.28) Albumen paper photograph 18.5 x 13 cm Titled below image, signed & titled verso
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Frank Hurley, (1885-1962) an Australian rescuing a fallen comrade - Western front 1917 silver gelatin photograph 16 x 21 cm Typed text and Australian War Memorial stamp verso with ref No. E04599
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Frank Hurley (1885-1962) Fresh troops passing through the ruins of Ypres - Western front 1917 silver gelatin photograph 16 x 21 cm Typed text & Australian War Memorial stamp verso with ref No. E01124
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Frank Hurley (1885-1962) Australian troops resting near the famous moat and rampart - Western front 1917 Silver gelatin photograph 16 x 21 cm Typed text & Australian War Memorial stamp verso with ref no. E04607
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Frank Hurley (1885-1962) Battery of Five '18 Pounders' being prepared for battle, 1917 Toned silver gelatin photograph 24 x 36.9 cm Mounted Very rare exhibition size photo, reference no. E00697 Slight foxing verso
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Photographer unknown International News Reel Co. Herald Island Arctic c1914 Silver gelatin photograph 23.5 x 18.5 cm Titled and stamped in pencil verso
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Photographers unknown, Pacific Islanders, late 19th - early 20th century, silver gelatin photographs (6) mainly 6 x 10 cm or similar
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Photographer unknown, young Pacific Islander child, albumen paper photograph, late 19th century.9.5 x 14 cm, title in pen verso Also, a Burmese (?) beauty; a Samoan girl (by Kerry) and a warrior with weapons, all matted and similar sizes. (4 items)
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Photographer unknown, three Hawaiian girls, circa 1880s albumen paper photograph 10 x 12.5 cm Also, three other similar photographs of Pacific Island beauties; all matted individually.(4 items)
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Photographer unknown Hawaiian girl c1880s Albumen paper photograph 14 x 10 cm
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Kerry & Co. (c1880s) New Guinean women carrying pots Albumen paper photograph glued to board 14.5 x 10 cm Titled & signed in negative
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Photographer unknown, head hunter with head (early 20th century), also another native in tribal dress, silver gelatin photographs (2) each 5.5 x 10 cm
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Photographer unknown Young Fijian girl (early 20th century) Silver gelatin photographs (2) each 9 x 10 cm
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Photgrapher unknown, Samoan elder and wife c1880s silver gelatin photograph 9 x 12 cm Also, three similar group photographs from the same occasion all matted individually and of similar size (4 items)
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Photographer unknown Andaman islanders (c1880) Albumen paper photograph 10 x 15 cm Titled in pencil verso
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Photographer unknown Senegalese woman (c1870s) albumen paper photograph glued to board (cdv) 5.5 x 9.0 cm Credit stamps to verso
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Photographer unknown Madras boatman in canoe (early 20th century) Silver gelatin photograph 9 x 14.5 cm
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John Paine (1833-1908) Sinking of the S.S.Austral c1881 Albumen paper photograph glued to board 19.5 x 14.5 cm Signed and titled in negative lower left On reverse: C Bayliss (1850-1897) Botany heads to Bear Island c1880 Albumen paper photograph glued to board
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Australian school c1880s Collins Street Melbourne looking west albumen paper photograph 18.5 x 12.0 cm titled in pen lower right below image
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W H Heath (mid c1870s) docks scene albumen paper photograph glued to board 16 x 12 cm on reverse: Melbourne scene albumen paper photograph glued to board 17.5 x 11.5 cm both with photographers stamp verso
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John Paine (1833-1908) Farmcove, Sydney, glued to board 19.5 x 14.5 cm Signed and titled in negative lower left
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Photographer unknown Wooloomooloo from the Domain circa 1880 Albumen paper photograph 20 x 14 cm titled in negative lower right Also, similar but untitled photograph, both individually matted. (2 items)
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Photographer unknown Flying boat c1928 Silver gelatin photograph 20 x 15 cm
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Allan Hughan Two women from Noumea c1870s Albumen paper photograph (cdv) 6 x 9.5 cm Stamped and titled verso
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Kerry & Co. (c1880s) Two women making pottery (Ng) Albumen paper photograph 14.5 x 10 cm Titled & signed in negative
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Photographer unknown New Guinean girl 1888 Albumen paper photograph glued to board 10 x 15 cm Titled and dated verso
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H King Neutral Bay Sydney c1880 Albumen paper photograph 15.8 x 20 cm Signed in negative lower left
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John Eaton (1881-1964) Gum trees c1930s Silver gelatin print 20 x 16 cm Signed in pencil in border
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Photographer unknown Macquarie Street, Sydney c1880 Albumen paper photograph 18.5 x 15 cm
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Steven Spurling (1876-1962) Camm River Tasmania c1920 Silver gelatin photograph 20 x 15 cm Titled in pencil verso, blindstamp at right
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Steven Spurling (1876-1962) lake Iilla cradle mountain, c1910 silver gelatin photograph 20 x 15 cm titled and signed in negative
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N.A.S.A. Apollo 11 Buzz Aldrin at leg of L.E.M. vintage C-type photograph 18 x 18 cm red N.A.S.A. Stamps in border
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N.A.S.A. Apollo 11, 1969 Apollo 11 Buzz Aldrin at base of lunar module Vintage C-type photograph 18 x 18 cm Red N.A.S.A. stamps in border, title & description verso .
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N.A.S.A. Apollo 15 1971 Astronaut James Irwin saluting fl ag Vintage C-type photograph 18 x 18 cm Red N.A.S.A. stamps in border
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N.A.S.A. Apollo 11, 1969 Saturn V rocket on launch pad Vintage C-type photograph 24 x 18 cm Red N.A.S.A. stamps in border, title & description verso .
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N.A.S.A. Apollo 11 Buzz Aldrin descending to the moon, vintage C-type photograph 18 x 18 cm, red N.A.S.A. Stamps in border
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N.A.S.A. Apollo x I 1969 Buzz Aldrin on the moon Vintage C-type photograph 18 x 18 cm Red N.A.S.A. stamps in border
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Captain S Sweet (1825-1886) aboriginals outside their tents, albumen paper photograph glued to board 14.5 x 11 cm
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Photographer unknown Aboriginal elder (early 20th century) Silver gelatin photograph 12 x 17 cm
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Australian school (early 20th century) Photographer unknown Aboriginal group with spears Albumen paper photograph glued to board 14.5 x 20 cm
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Photographer unknown (early 20th century) Aboriginal mother and child Albumen paper photograph glued to board 14.5 x 20 cm
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Photographer unknown (early 20th century) Aboriginal woman Albumen paper photograph glued to board 14.5 x 20 cm
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Kerry & Co. (c1880s) Two Aboriginal warriors Albumen paper photograph 16.5 x 12.5 cm Signed with blind stamp lower left
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H. King & Co.(late 19th century) Aboriginal with boomerang albumen paper photograph 15 x 20.5 cm signed and titled in negative lower left
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Photographer unknown, (late 19th-20th century) photograph album comprising of 27 early scenes of Melbourne silver gelatin photographs, each 8.5 x 10 cm
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Australian school Newcastle street scene c1880 Albumen paper photograph 20.5 x 13.5 cm
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J W Lindt Dry dock Melbourne Albumen paper photograph 20.5 x 15.5 cm
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Photographer unknown Solomon warrior c1880 Albumen paper photograph 19.5 x 14 cm
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Photographer unknown, Sydney Harbour bridge, Joining of the arches 1930 silver gelatin photograph 40 x 50 cm
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H King Solomon islander c1880 Albumen paper photograph 19.5 x 14.5 cm
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Photographer unknown The Willie Mae c1940 Silver gelatin photograph 20.5 x 14.5 cm
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Arnoux Jeune Abyssine (African girl 1880) Albumen paper photograph 21.5 x 27.5 cm
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Photographer unknown North Queensland Aboriginal c1880s Albumen paper photograph 15 x 11 cm
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Frederick Kruger (1831-1888) Aboriginal men with weapons, Geelong, albumen paper photograph 20 x 13 cm
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Photographer unknown Aboriginal women Silver gelatin photograph 14 x 9 cm
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Spencer (attrib) Aboriginal women Albumen paper photograph glued to board 10 x 15 cm
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Photographer unknown Aboriginal family Albumen paper photograph 15.5 x 11 cm
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John Paine Aboriginal warriors Albumen paper photograph 14 x 20 cm
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John Paine Aboriginal warriors Albumen paper photograph 13.5 x 20 cm
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Manning & Knight Carte de Visite, Aboriginal mother and child, albumen paper photograph 9.5 x 6 cm
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Charles Bayliss (1859-1897) (Attrib.) Aboriginal group with weapons in front of fi re, Geelong c1880's Albumen paper photograph 19.5 x 14 cm
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Frank Hurley (1885-1962) Aerial view, Jerusalem, 1940-46 Silver gelatin photograph 28.4 x 37.2 cm Mounted, titled and captioned 'The building with big dome near bottom centre is Church of Holy Sepulchre' in pencil verso
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Frank Hurley (1885-1962) temple carved in one piece from the solid mountain, Petra, silver gelatin photograph 27.1 x 18.7 cm mounted, titled and captioned 'Note size of figure in doorway. Petra was a thriving mountain stronghold and distributing centre. Situated to the S.E. (Southern end) of the Dead sea. Practically impossible to reach today' in ink verso
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Frank Hurley (1885-1962) Faluccas on the Nile at Cairo, 1940-46 silver gelatin photograph 28.3 x 37.2 cm mounted, titled in pencil verso
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Frank Hurley (1885-1962) Wreckage at Westhoek Ridge near Zonnebeke in Ypres - Western front 1917 silver gelatin photograph 19.5 x 15 cm Typed text and Australian War Memorial stamp verso with ref No. E01265B
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Sydney: c1862-70s carte de visit photograph album with brass clasp, two to the page, with 79 early Cartes-de-Visite, mostly Sydney Studio shots including Hetzer, Boake, Bradley & Allen, Grenfeld, Dalton, Pickering, Oswald Allen & Newman; including Hetzer's & Bradley's portraits of singer Grace Egerton (as Mrs G.case she performed on the Victorian goldfi elds 1864-68) ; two showing boys in military uniform with rifl es; and c30 family-related UK CDVs
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Tasmanian Aboriginal Carte de Visits 'The Last Tasmanians' four photographs comprising, Truganinni (2), William Lanney or 'King Billy', Truganinni King Billy and other female. Three by photographer Charles Wolley, Hobart Town, other by H.H.Baily, Hobart Town. The portrait of Truganinni States on reverse 'Lallah Rookh (Truganinni) Was the Only Aboriginal Native of Tasmania Living in April 1869'
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Cobb & Co./Horses: Cdv photograph of James Freeman, American co-owner of Cobb & Co. wearing his preferred long woollen duster, by Leale of Ararat c1874; 1880 Cdv photograph of horse 'Aurora Floyd' & owner, by G.Bridle of Melbourne; Cdv photograph of a man mounted on his horse c1878; cabinet card photograph of a lady riding sidesaddle, by Great Northern Photo Company. (4 items)
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Early Photographs: Cdv photograph of a man wearing standard Greta gear of the late 1870s, with patterned shirt, neckchief & sash belt; also, 5 other CDVs including a rare outdoor shot of workers in front of 'J.Moore, Blacksmith & Wheelwright' by Stevenson & McNicoll of Melbourne; plus cabinet card of man on horseback by T.Sladdin. (7 items)
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Richard Hart (older brother of Steve Hart, a member of the Kelly Gang killed at the siege of Glenrowan): carte de visit photograph of Richard Hart & John Hart, by Stevenson & McNicoll of Melbourne, c1880. Richard Hart appears to have a revolver in his pocket. (John Hart was not related, but had earlier links with the Kellys & Quinns and was arrested as a sympathiser in January 1879, and held until April). Together with Richard Hart's Miner's right, dated Bendigo 1893. (2 items)
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Henry King, Sydney c1885 'Australian Aborigines N.S.W. ' 21 x 15 cm
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Kerry photo, Sydney c1885 'Native climbing with vine. 540' 16 x 22 cm
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Henry King, Sydney c1885 'Australian Aborigine N.S.W' 16 x 21 cm
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Henry King c1885 Aboriginal woman N.S.W. 20 x 15 cm
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Henry King c1885 Aboriginal woman N.S.W. 20 x 15 cm
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Henry King c1885 Aboriginal woman N.S.W 20 x 16 cm
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Charles Kerry c1885 Aboriginal camp Norman River (Qld) 16 x 11 cm
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Charles Kerry c1885 Clarence River Warrior 21 x 16 cm
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Henry King c1885 Native of Shoal Haven District, Nsw 20 x 25 cm
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Tonga: c1888 photographs (2), one showing the Free Church of Tonga at Nukualofa, other showing baskets of food prior to a feast, each 20 x 15 cm, on mounts 35 x 29 cm, captions on reverse in German
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Samoa: c1889 photographs (2), one showing a European man directing Samoan lads in work spreading stones (24 x 19 cm) other showing a waterfall (13 x 20 cm), with captions on reverse in German
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Norfolk Island c1889 Farmer with horse & cart, 20 x 13 cm on thick paper mount (24 x 21 cm) Caption on reverse in German
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Norfolk Island c1889 Whaling on the beach 20 x 13 cm on thick paper mount (24 x 21 cm) Caption on reverse in German
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Norfolk Island c1889 Kingston Jetty 20 x 13 cm on thick paper mount (24 x 21 cm)
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Norfolk Island c1889 Road fl anked by Norfolk Island pines 20 x 13 cm on thick paper mount (24 x 21 cm) Caption on reverse in German
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Sydney Album 'Views of Sydney' c1890 37 albumen paper prints each approx. 21 x 15 cm Views of Bondi, Coogee, Manly, Circular Quay, Late Garden Palace (Exhibition Building burned down in 1882), Botanic Gardens, Katoomba Falls, Wentworth Falls, Blue Mountains Bound in half red morocco, with gilt title 'Views of Sydney' & 'Mr & Mrs King from J.Macpherson'
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