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Demolition Books - Glass Negatives

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Developing Sydney: Capturing change 1900-1920

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Demolition Books (Glass Negatives) - CSA069344

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Liverpool Street Sydney, 1918

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Unique IDA-01000447SeriesDemolition Books - Glass NegativesDateBetween 1st January 1918 and 31st December 1918Date qualifierexactFormatPhotograph - Glass NegativeDescriptionThis photograph was taken on 16 October 1918 by Milton Kent, just before demolition. The two-storey building in the centre was occupied by sign writers Althouse & Geiger. In 1914 they were advertising as ‘sign writers, banner painters, glass embossers, silverers, gilders, grainers, marblers, paperhangers, house painters and decorators’. Replacement buildings were in turn demolished in 1926 for the new underground city railway.LanguageNo linguistic content - Not applicable (zxx)Special citationThis photograph was taken on 16 October 1918, just prior to demolition. The two-storey building in the centre was occupied by sign writers Althouse & Geiger. In 1914 they were advertising as ‘sign writers, banner painters, glass embossers, silverers, gilders, grainers, marblers, paperhangers, house painters and decorators’. Replacement buildings were in turn demolished in 1926 for the new underground city railway. Author/creatorCity of SydneyPublisherCity of Sydney

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Colour depthGreyscaleDimensions 16.51 x 21.59 cm (6.5 x 8.5 in)Image aspectLandscape

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Street number109 - 115Street nameLiverpoolStreet typeStreetSuburbSurry HillsPostcode2000StateNSWCountryAustralia

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Source system ID094/094293Alternative IDNSCA CRS 51/730

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CollectionDeveloping Sydney: Capturing change 1900-1920BoxDemolition Books (Glass Negatives) - CSA069344Related Items000\000954