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A Grand Tour, Circa 1927 Four Art Deco style photo albums,…
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Melbourne
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24-Nov-2019
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A Grand Tour, Circa 1927 Four Art Deco style photo albums, original brown cloth boards with decorative device and 'Photographs' in gilt; each volume with contemporary manuscript paper title to spine: Vol.1 'New Zealand / S.S. Taiping / Canberra': containing 97 window-mounted sepia carbon print photographs including views of Canberra (10), New Zealand (61), Thursday Island and North Queensland (13), Manila (6), etc. Vol.2 'Australia': containing 97 window-mounted sepia carbon print photographs including Melbourne & Ballarat Botanical Gardens, Howard Hitchcock's home in Geelong, Sebastapol Diggings, Mount Buffalo area, Sydney Harbour views including the Harbour Bridge at a very early stage of construction, Jenolan Caves, etc. Vol.3 'New Zealand': containing 96 window-mounted sepia carbon print photographs including Castor Bay, Rotorua, Mt. Tarawera, Whakarewarewa, Wairakei, Dunedin, Lyttleton, New Plymouth, Christchurch, etc. Vol.4 'Aorangi / Kashgar' (ships): containing 48 window-mounted sepia carbon print photographs including Capilano Canyon, Vancouver; Stanley Park; Fraser River Canyon; Honolulu; Suva; Suez Canal; Penang; and some scenes on board ship. Although taken by an unknown photographer, the images are of a uniformly high standard, displaying technical skill and a strong artistic sense.
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Recreations & Pursuits: Photography - Albums