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Adam Forrest Grant Urban Collection

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This collection was acquired from Adam Forrest Grant’s family in 2013. Grant was employed an electrical engineer at Sydney Municipal Council, and later Sydney County Council, from 1908 until his death in 1949. Grant was also a talented and keen photographer and a longstanding member of the Photographic Society of NSW. His collection consists of over 200 images, documenting the architectural detail and industrial beauty of urban life in Sydney between the first and second world wars. The photographs feature views of the old City skyline and Sydney Harbour as well as industrial and architectural scenes from suburbs such as Darlinghurst, Pyrmont and Millers Point. A quiet and unassuming man, Grant never exhibited in his lifetime, except in his living room. Many of his negatives and glass plates were never printed.

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Jennifer Jean Grant and grandfather by Adam Forrest Grant, 1940s

Jennifer Jean Grant and grandfather by Adam Forrest Grant, 1940s

Jennifer Jean Grant and grandfather by Adam Forrest Grant, 1940s

Jennifer Jean Grant and grandfather by Adam Forrest Grant, 1940s

Jennifer Jean Grant and grandfather by Adam Forrest Grant, 1940s

Jennifer Jean Grant and grandfather by Adam Forrest Grant, 1940s

Portrait of his daughter by Adam Forrest Grant, circa 1939

Portrait of his daughter by Adam Forrest Grant, circa 1939

Portrait of his daughter by Adam Forrest Grant, circa 1939

Portrait of his daughter by Adam Forrest Grant, circa 1939

Portrait of his daughter by Adam Forrest Grant, circa 1939

Portrait of his daughter by Adam Forrest Grant, circa 1939

Portrait of his daughter by Adam Forrest Grant, 1940s

Portrait of his daughter by Adam Forrest Grant, 1940s

Portrait of his daughter by Adam Forrest Grant, circa 1939

Portrait of his daughter by Adam Forrest Grant, circa 1939

Portrait of his daughter by Adam Forrest Grant, 1940s

Portrait of his daughter by Adam Forrest Grant, 1940s

Portrait of his daughter by Adam Forrest Grant, circa 1939

Portrait of his daughter by Adam Forrest Grant, circa 1939

Portrait of his daughter by Adam Forrest Grant, 1940s

Portrait of his daughter by Adam Forrest Grant, 1940s

Portrait of his daughter by Adam Forrest Grant, 1940s

Portrait of his daughter by Adam Forrest Grant, 1940s

Portrait of his daughter by Adam Forrest Grant, 1940s

Portrait of his daughter by Adam Forrest Grant, 1940s

Portrait of his daughter by Adam Forrest Grant, 1940s

Portrait of his daughter by Adam Forrest Grant, 1940s

Portrait of his daughter by Adam Forrest Grant, circa 1939

Portrait of his daughter by Adam Forrest Grant, circa 1939

Wife and daughter portrait by Adam Forrest Grant, circa 1939

Wife and daughter portrait by Adam Forrest Grant, circa 1939

Family portrait by Adam Forrest Grant, 1940s

Family portrait by Adam Forrest Grant, 1940s

Family portrait by Adam Forrest Grant, 1940s

Family portrait by Adam Forrest Grant, 1940s

Marjie Arthur by Adam Forrest Grant, no date

Marjie Arthur by Adam Forrest Grant, no date

Jennifer Jean Grant and grandfather by Adam Forrest Grant, 1940s

Jennifer Jean Grant and grandfather by Adam Forrest Grant, 1940s

Adam Forrest Grant in a hat, no date

Adam Forrest Grant in a hat, no date

Adam Forrest Grant, no date

Adam Forrest Grant, no date

Adam Forrest Grant, 1887

Adam Forrest Grant, 1887

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Boy waiting for ferry at Circular Quay, 1932 by Adam Forrest Grant (A-00025778)

Boy waiting for ferry at Circular Quay, 1932 by Adam Forrest Grant (A-00025778)

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