Album - Demolition Books - Volume 28 - Resumptions, 1911-1937

Description

Unique IDA-01187690SeriesDemolition Books - Albums and Prints, 1900-1949DateBetween 1st January 1911 and 31st December 1937Date qualifiercircaFormatPhotograph - AlbumDescriptionThe City Surveyor's Department generated 12 resumption albums between 1906 and 1940 (Volumes 18, 25, 27, 28 to 31, 37, 49 and 50). There are also two presentation albums of resumption photographs (Volumes 16 and 42). These resumption photographs show various streetscapes before they were swept away in the compulsory council resumptions in the first four decades of the 20th century.

The Sydney Municipal Council gained authority to resume properties in 1905. The council took up resumption with enthusiasm, particularly when Allen Arthur Taylor was the Lord Mayor in 1905–1906 and 1909–1912.

The City Surveyor’s Department engaged the photographic firm Hall & Co to take photographs of the City’s resumptions from 1906 until at least 1928. Hall & Co kept the negatives, which means that the City only holds the prints for these photographs. Hall & Co’s practice was to inscribe the date the photograph was taken on to the negative, which distinguishes their prints from other photographic negatives and prints commissioned by the City Building Surveyor.

pp. 1-13 - Victoria St and Bayswater Rd, Kings Cross, 1910-11.
pp. 15-28 - Dowling St, 1912.
pp. 28-44 - McElhone St (late Duke St), 1912 ref: ‘City Improvement’, The Daily Telegraph, 27 September 1910, p. 9, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article238002461
pp. 46-48 - Harford Place, 1922.
pp. 49-50 - Mansions Hotel, Kings Cross, 1937.

The areas covered in this album include: Darlinghurst, Potts Point, Woolloomooloo.

LanguageEnglish (eng)Digitised recordYesBorn digital itemNo

Numbering & quantity

Number of pages50Volume number28

Characteristics

Colour depthGrayscaleDimensions (free text)Album: 315mm x 430mm x 70mm; Photographs: 200mm x 152mm. 2 per page.Image aspectPortrait

Access

Public access statusRestricted original (digital copy available)

Identification

Source system IDNSCA CRS 51/28

Data quality

Authenticity & integrityThis is an original Demolition Book Album created by the Municipal Council of Sydney. The record has been held in the Council’s custody and has a high level of authenticity.

Relationships

CollectionDemolition Books - AlbumsOrganisationSydney City CouncilBoxCSA045392

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Album - Demolition Books - Volume 28 - Resumptions, 1911-1937

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