Item F3460 - Photographic views Townsville by Allom & Bailey, Photographers.

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F3460

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Photographic views Townsville by Allom & Bailey, Photographers.

Date(s)

  • [188-]? (Creation)

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1 album : ill. ; 27 x 21cm.

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Administrative history

Photography firm of Carey Jamieson Allom and Arthur R. Bailey based in Charters Towers in the late 19th century.

Archival history

Previously described as Fryer Album A2.

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Album of 25 albumen prints, 20 x 16 cm, mounted on boards. Charters Towers, Qld : Imperial Studio. No captions on photographs. Images: Rooney & Co., Timber Merchants, Steam Sawmills & Joinery Manufacturers, Townsville, ca. 1887. -- Eaton's Imperial Hotel in Flinders Street, Townsville, ca. 1908. -- Bank of new South Wales and Commercial Hotel, Townsville, ca. 1888. -- View of the east end of Flinders Street, Townsville, ca. 1887. -- East end of Flinders Street in Townsville, Queensland, ca. 1888. -- Eastern end of Flinders Street, Townsville, ca. 1889. -- Wagon carrying sacks of produce, another carriage with Singers Sewing Machines on side. Views of shops in background including National Mutual Australasia. Denham Street in Townsville around 1887. -- Old Town Hall and Post Office buildings, Townsville, 1887. -- Magistrates Court with policeman outside [designed by F.D.G. Stanley]. -- Presbyterian stone Church at base pf Castle Hill. -- Presbyterian stone Church at base pf Castle Hill. -- View of houses , Castle Hill in background. -- St. Joseph's Church and Convent, Townsville, ca. 1888. -- Townsville's Strand viewed from Melton Hill, ca, 1890. -- View of garden and houses in background. -- Harbour with ships and view to Castle Hill. -- Townsville orphanage, Warburton Street, with children in foreground. -- Townsville Grammer School, 1887 [Opened 1888, destroyed by cyclone 1903]. -- Townsville Hospital ca. 1887. -- Sketch of Townsville Harbour. -- View of water with ship at pier, ferry crossing and houses in background. -- Waterfront with logs and small boats. -- View of boat on water and Steam Saw Mills & Joinery Works. -- View of boats at Burn Philps. -- Central State School in Townsville, Queensland, ca. 1888

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Unrestricted access.

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Out of copyright. Able to be reproduced without permission. Please attribute the Fryer Library.

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  • English

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Album fragile.

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991011706049703131

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Revised

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Revised, Linda Justo, 28-Jul-2021. Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.

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