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Crown Studios fire 1, Market and George streets Sydney, 1918

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Unique IDA-01000461SeriesDemolition Books - Glass NegativesDateBetween 1st January 1918 and 31st December 1918Date qualifierexactFormatPhotograph - Glass NegativeDescriptionThis photograph is from a series of seven glass plate negatives taken by Milton Kent on 23 December 1918, showing the aftermath of a massive fire that engulfed Crown Studios and surrounding buildings, including the five-storey Roberts Hotel on the corner of Market and George streets and Farmer's department store. Mark Blow’s Crown Studios was the largest photographic company in Sydney in the 1890s, employing 82 operators, assistants and artists. This photograph was taken from the Queen Victoria Building diagonally opposite. The windows of the photographic studio and adjacent hotel are blackened. Crowds of pedestrians gather under the awnings and on roadway out the front. Traffic fills the busy intersection, including a tram with two passengers on the running board, hansom cabs, motor cars, and horses and carts. Fifty returned soldiers helped to fight the blaze, and the proprietor of the Roberts Hotel managed to rescue his talking parrot. (Reference: 'Last night's fire', The Sun, 21 December 1918, p. 6, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221426605).LanguageNo linguistic content - Not applicable (zxx)Special citationMark Blow’s Crown Studios was the largest photographic company in Sydney in the 1890s, employing 82 operators, assistants and artists. This photograph, taken from the Queen Victoria Building, shows the aftermath of a massive fire that engulfed the studios and surrounding buildings in December 1918. Fifty returned soldiers helped to fight the blaze, and the proprietor of Roberts Hotel managed to rescue his talking parrot. 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 nameGeorgeStreet typeStreetSuburbSydneyPostcode2000StateNSWCountryAustralia

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Public access statusRestricted (fragile) - do not issue

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Source system ID094/094307Alternative IDNSCA CRS 51/744

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CollectionDeveloping Sydney: Capturing change 1900-1920SydneyBoxDemolition Books (Glass Negatives) - CSA069345Related Items000\000968