This collection was acquired from Adam Forrest Grant’s family in 2009. 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.
This 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 City skyline, Sydney Harbour, and scenes from suburbs such as Darlinghurst, Pyrmont and Millers Point.
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Adam Forrest Grant Photograph Collection [CN-0142]. City of Sydney Archives, accessed 11 Jul 2026, https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/1724478