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Album - Demolition Books - Volume 37 - Resumptions, 1915-1940

Description

Unique IDA-01187707SeriesDemolition Books - Albums and Prints, 1900-1949DateBetween 1st January 1915 and 31st December 1940Date 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). The resumption photographs show various streetscapes and buildings before they were swept away in the compulsory council resumptions in the first four decades of the 20th century.

This album shows photographs taken between 1915 and 1940.
Pages 1-32 - Day Street resumption, 1915. Very detailed captions, showing building street numbers. Similar in format to the William Street resumption photographs (album 18). Images themselves have numerals on them, different to the numbers in books.
Pages 33-38 – include various photographs taken by Milton Kent in 1937. The rest of the images in the album are dated to 1940 and are blurry. There is no photographer identified.

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 them from other photographic negatives and prints commissioned by the City Building Surveyor.

The areas covered in this album include: City, Camperdown, Darlinghurst, Haymarket, Potts Point, Pyrmont, Surry Hills.
LanguageEnglish (eng)Author/creatorCity Surveyor’s Department Digitised recordYesBorn digital itemNo

Numbering & quantity

Number of pages62Volume number37

Characteristics

Colour depthGrayscaleDimensions (free text)Album: 330mm x 430mm x 45mm; Photographs: 205mm x 155mm, 2 per pageImage aspectPortrait

Access

Public access statusRestricted original (digital copy available)

Identification

Source system IDNSCA CRS 51/37

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 - AlbumsBoxCSA045397

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